A Look Back at Season 1
New season, website raise profile of Dene A Journey
Six new episodes of Northern-made TV series coming later this year by Meagan Wohlberg (Northern Journal) A new website boasting beautiful behind the scenes footage, elders’ stories, indigenous language and information on the people and places of the NWT might accomplish more than simply promoting the hit Northern TV show, Dene A Journey. It could make it part of a greater movement, says writer, director and producer Amos Scott. “Dene A Journey as a brand or movement is something that has the potential to become more than a TV show,” said Scott, who launched the show’s innovative new website last week in preparation for the premiere of the show’s second season this year on APTN. “Ultimately that’s the end goal, right? The TV show is fun to do and fun to watch, but the end goal is to have people take the initiative within their daily lives to reconnect to the land and see what kind of value that has for their personal lives.” Dene A Journey, which debuted on APTN in 2012, is a documentary series that tells the story of young, urban indigenous people on a trek to reconnect with their culture and, ultimately, themselves. As the first…