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'North of North,' a comedy about a 20-something Inuit woman living in a tiny, tight-knit Arctic village, is now streaming on Netflix. The show stars Anna Lambe as Siaja, a young woman trying to rebuild her life after exiting her marriage. She spoke to The Hollywood Reporter all about the new series.

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00:00People want original content, they want new stories, they want something that they've never

00:04seen before and you know North of North is a place that a lot of people haven't seen before

00:10or at least not in this way. North of North, a comedy about a 20-something Inuit woman living

00:16in a tiny tight-knit arctic village is now streaming on Netflix. The show stars Ana Lam

00:21as a young woman trying to rebuild her life after exiting her marriage. She spoke to The

00:26Hollywood Reporter all about the new series. What has the viewer response been like for you

00:30since the show came out? The amount of people that have loved it and had the show really like

00:36resonate with them and you know not only loved it but felt impacted by it has been really

00:41meaningful and exciting and the response from the Indigenous community you know in general and then

00:48the response from Inuit specifically has been so special. We had shown the first two episodes in

00:54Iqadit which is where we shot and which is my hometown in December before we released on CBC

01:00in January and to hear the audience laughing, shouting out at the screen and that's been really

01:10amazing that people have just been so excited about it. Comments on the trailer for the series

01:15see viewers praise the show for being quote different compared to everything else on Netflix

01:20and something they hadn't seen before. Why do you think it's important for studios and streamers

01:24to green light shows like this one? I mean I think the response to the show has shown that people

01:28want original content they want new stories they want something that they've never seen before and

01:33you know North of North is a place that a lot of people haven't seen before or at least not in

01:39this way with so much warmth and so much laughter and brightness and so in times like we're having now

01:47where there's you know there's a lot of hardship and negativity and people are searching for something

01:55that makes them feel a bit warm makes them feel uplifted makes them feel hopeful and optimistic and

02:00and just something that makes them laugh so original content that you know hits the heart but also gives you a

02:06little giggle what what else could you ask for? Can I get a macchiato? I need to break it to you but

02:13you're not down south anymore Toto. What makes you think I'm from the south? I like the pico though. Yeah? Thanks.

02:21The response from TV critics has also been overwhelmingly positive with THR's review calling

02:27the show a warm and likable journey into Canada's icy north that feels cozy. How do you hope people feel

02:32after watching it? We really want people to watch our show and you know see the the themes and and

02:39the nuances in our communities and you know there are very real social issues that we experience and

02:44there is definitely you know trauma from colonialism within our lives and we express that through the

02:50show but we navigate that with humor and and with love and through community and being able to share

02:57that with the rest of the world is really really important and I hope people see that you know that

03:02leaning into community is is an important and a very beautiful thing and finding support within

03:08that is you know it can kind of be that that comfort that you didn't know you needed so I just really

03:16hope you know people walk away from the show or watch the show and don't feel like they you know need to

03:21pause or they're holding their breath or they finish an episode and they're like oh all right I'm gonna take

03:26an hour to myself and just kind of sit on the couch and look at a wall I just it's it's nice people watch

03:31the show and just kind of feel like uplifted by it for more on north of north go to thr.com

03:37for the hollywood reporter news i'm tiffany taylor

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