ACCLAIMED INDIGENOUS WRITER & MUSICIAN CHRISTA COUTURE HOSTS AMI’S POSTCARDS FROM…
VANCOUVER, BC (May 22, 2024) — Black Rhino Creative and not-for-profit media company Accessible Media Inc. present season five of documentary travel series Postcards From… on AMI-tv and AMI+ starting May 22, 2024 at 9:30 p.m. ET. The veteran doc series launches with a brand new host in musician, writer and amputee Christa Couture. Couture is proudly Indigenous (mixed Cree and Scandinavian), queer and disabled.
In Postcards From… we follow Couture as she reimagines travel through the five senses in eight cities across Canada with new episodes airing weekly. This season’s destinations include Drumheller, Fredericton, Dawson City, Salt Spring Island, Niagara Falls, Montreal, Edmonton and Whistler.
In the first episode of Postcards from…, airing on May 22, Couture visits Drumheller, the “Dinosaur Capital of the World.” She meets fascinating locals who introduce her and the audience to the lesser-known side of Drumheller as they chase ghosts, rev up a motorbike and try the infamous culinary delicacy prairie oysters. Throughout the season, Couture takes us through her travels with a focus on accessibility; using descriptive language to inform the audience about her experiences in each location. Postcards From… is unique in that it spends equal time presenting the locales as it does highlighting how Couture witnesses them through the sensory experiences of taste, touch, smell, hearing and sight.
Over the course of her acclaimed career, Couture’s work has mostly explored personal experiences of loss, from the childhood cancer that led to the amputation of her left leg to the deaths of her two infant sons. Her memoir How to Lose Everything was the inspiration for a series of short-animated films of the same name, but after her maternity photos that showcased her prosthetic leg went viral in 2018, Couture has been drawn to sharing stories that intersect with disability. Couture is a musician, filmmaker, writer, broadcaster and now host of Postcards from… Prairie-raised, Couture spent 17 years in Vancouver and now calls Toronto home.
Postcards From… was written by Christa Couture (How to Lose Everything), directed by Danny Berish (Red Chef Revival) and Ryan Mah (House Special) of Black Rhino Creative, produced by Joanna Wong (Not Your Butter Chicken), executive produced by Leah Mallen (Coast Modern), field and story produced by Rachael Ransom (Anne Murray: Full Circle) and Richard Tran is DOP. Postcards From… was made possible with the support of AMI, Canada Media Fund, Film Incentive BC and the Canadian Film and Television Tax Credit.
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