12th Annual Emerging Lens Cultural Film Festival - Master Class

        

Samantha will take us through the ins and outs of creating a docuseries and the challenges. 

Samantha Kaine is a Jamaican-Canadian, award-winning independent film and television creative producer, advocate, mentor and alumna of the Cineplex Entertainment Producers’ Lab Program at the Canadian Film Centre (CFC).  

Samantha is the Founder and CEO of the Independent Media Producers Association of Creative Talent - I.M.P.A.C.T, a national, member-based non profit organization created to combat systemic and anti-Black racism.  By breaking down barriers and opening the gates for producers who are of Afro descent, Afro-Indigenous descent and who identify as Black, of all intersectional identities, we create a fair, equitable and a truly representative film, tv, digital media and music industries. Samantha has more than a decade of experience in the Canadian and Quebec Film, TV and Media Industries and her producer credits include award-winning short films and a six-part TV docu-series. 

A strong supporter for the advancement of emerging under-represented voices and talent, Samantha is a mentor and continues to champion talent, innovation, Black excellence and advocating for proper and truthful representation on screen. Continuing her critical work to dismantle systemic racism, Samantha sits on the Board of the Canadian Independent Screen Fund for Black and People of Colour (CISF) and is also a vital voice as a member of Telefilms Diversity and Inclusion Working Group.