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Hey Cuzzin
Films by Genre
8MIN
FROM WINNIPEG CANADA — DISCUSSION PANEL SPONSORED BY INDIGENOUS FILMMAKERS ASSOCIATION, MODERATOR ROGER BOYER fb.watch/1cgYO51mTR/
American Museum & Gardens — curator's choice celebrating Native American Heritage Month in UK
Director Bio
Joy Haskell is an Indigenous Screenwriter, Director and Producer. She has a background in theatre, specializing in acting, singing and dancing. Joy created, wrote, directed and produced the comedy short HEY CUZZIN, starring Evan Adams, which is now being developed as a series with Mosaic Entertainment.
Joy was Associate Story Editor on Ron E. Scott’s series “TRIBAL” which airs on APTN. She is a past recipient of prestigious BANFF MEDIA FESTIVAL’s Diversity of Voices Initiative.
Joy completed her first feature film script COOKIES OR CRACK through the Women in Film and Television (Vancouver) Tricksters and Writers program and was granted a mentorship through Women in Film and Television Vancouver to attend the Whistler Film Festival in December 2019 as part of their Market Preparation Mentorship. Her feature script also had a successful workshop with Margo Kane and a reading at the Vancouver International Women in Film Festival 2019.
In her downtime Joy volunteers with animal facilities, and is a public speaker. She recently started her own production company called Firediva Productions.
Credits
Directed by Joy Haskell
Produced by Joy Haskell
Jude MacInnes
Marcy Waughtal
Cast Evan Adams
Shauna Baker
Asivak Koostachin
Joel D Montgrand
Shae-Lynn Pearsons