Power to the People
The Indigenous Path to our Post Carbon Future.
Power to the People is a television documentary series exploring how Indigenous people, values and wisdom are guiding the way to a sustainable, clean energy future. In each episode you’ll visit an Indigenous community, explore the inspired energy initiatives they are developing, and see how they’re empowering themselves and their way of life.
Meet the Host
Power to the People is hosted by Melina Laboucan-Massimo.
As a member of the Lubicon Lake Cree Nation in northern Alberta, Melina Laboucan-Massimo saw the effects of oil and gas development on her traditional territory and decided to be a force for change.
After a decade as a Climate and Energy Campaigner with Greenpeace Canada, Melina was appointed the first Indigenous Knowledge and Climate Change fellow by the David Suzuki Foundation in 2017 where she researched how Indigenous communities can make meaningful contributions to sustainable climate solutions. Today she is one of Canada’s leading voices on climate change, a rising star in the international environmental movement, and a much sought after speaker on the future of alternative energy.
Now Melina brings her passion and curiosity to Power to the People, where she is using her unique background and cultural insights to help us interpret the science, and understand how new renewable energy and sustainability initiatives can take us all one step further along the path to a post carbon future.
Watch selected excerpts from Power to the People
The Producers
RealWorld Media Inc. is a Vancouver based production company with award winning international experience creating Indigenous inspired TV and Web content about the environment and the future of our planet.
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realworldmedia.tvProduction Credits
- Produced, Written. and Directed By
- Denis Paquette & Carmen Henriquez
- Host
- Melina Laboucan-Massimo
- Supervising Editor
- Carmen Henriquez
- Editors
- Javier Aparisi
Garth Dyke - Camera
- Denis Paquette
- Sound
- Carmen Henriquez
- Production Manager
- Kim Kaufmann
- Additional Camera & Drone
- Javier Aparisi
- Still Photography
- Carmen Henriquez
- Music Composer
- Doug Johnson
- Post Production Assistant
- Diego De La Torre
- Audio Post Production
- Parlante Sound Inc. / Pleasant Sound Media Ltd.
- Sound Supervisor & Re-Recording Mixer
- Humberto Corte / Eugenio Battaglia
- Narration Sound Recordist (English and Cree)
- Diego De La Torre
- Dialogue Editor
- Miguel Araujo / Ireri Barron
- SFX Editor
- Javier Ivan Perez / Alex Lara
- Brand, Animation & Graphic Design
- Victoria Manica
The Design Foundation - Digital Strategy, Design, and Development
- Denman Digital
- Colour Grading
- Dave Roman
The Colour Closet - HD Mastering
- 24 Frames Digital Films
- Cree Translation
- Darlene Willier
Lillian Whitehead - Cree Voice Talent
- Ray Thunderchild
Darlene Willier
Melvina Albert
Melina Laboucan-Massimo - Editorial Trainees
- Reed Kierce
Michael Morin - Wardrobe & Hair Consultant
- Carey Williams
- Bookkeeper
- Kim Kaufmann
- Production Accountant
- Irene Sternitzke, CGA
- Legal Consul
- Nathaniel Lyman
Chandler Fogden Aldous - Closed Captioning and Transcription
- Rev.com
- Descriptive Video
- Descriptive Video Works
Our Supporters
Power to the People has formed a special partnership with The Indigenous Clean Energy Social Enterprise, a national collaborative platform that advances clean energy economic development; and expressly ‘walks the talk’ of Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) and the process of reconciliation with Indigenous peoples and communities.
