Philippine Asian News Today Vol 20 No 16 | Page 15

August 16 - 31, 2018
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Innovative and Inclusive Kids
Series “16 Hudson” Premieres
in Canada
Features Dave Dimapilis, a
Vancouver-based Filipino-Canadian
performance artist
Vancouver– Big Bad Boo Studios
is excited to launch their new show
“16 Hudson” across Canada this fall
with 39 x 7-minute episodes and 3
holiday specials.
The show follows Lili, Sam,
Amala and Luc as they explore their
small neighborhood at “16 Hudson”
and show us what friendship is all
about. Holiday specials celebrate
Chinese New Year, Diwali, and Persian
New Year through the eyes of these
kids.
“Airing the show in three
languages across Canada alone is a
testament to the nature of 16 Hudson.
For the first time, we are normalizing
families that you see every day in real
life on TV,” said Shabnam Rezaei,
creator/director of the show.
“16 Hudson” is the first preschool
show to feature a main character, Luc,
with two Dads, the first show to have
main characters that are Iranian (Lili),
Chinese (Sam) and “Halfies” (Amala
who is half-Irish, half-Indian), the first
original Vancouver-based preschool
show to be female-directed and
produced,
and the first
preschool
series with a
majority led
female crew.
is excited
to be a part
of the 16
Hudson cast.
He
lends
his voice for
“Bayani,”
a
filipino
bakery-owner
and one of
Luc’s
two
dads. Dave
is grateful to
Shabnam and
Big Bad Boo
studios
for
being able to launch this unique series
to
children
a c r o s s
Canada. As a
father of two
himself,
he
understands
t
h
e
significance
of
showing
culturally
d i v e r s e
characters,
while being
inclusive to all
families, no
matter what
the dynamic.
“Seeing
my
kids
identify with
characters
like those on 16 Hudson is amazing
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and parents will definitely appreciate
how the show encourages children to
be all-embracing to everyone.”
The 2D animated preschool
series has already premiered on
TVOKids in the greater Ontario
region, followed by Knowledge Kids
on September 3rd, 2018. Further
broadcast partners will launch later
this year including SRC Radio Canada
in French, ICI TV in Persian and the
SVOD channel Oznoz.
Big Bad Boo has plans to
distribute the show worldwide in
multiple languages, similar to previous
original shows “1001 Nights” and
“Mixed Nutz”. They are also releasing
free digital media components
including three digital storybooks,
three online games on TVOKids.
org and at the show’s own website
16hudson.com.