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Make your dreams come true
by Laura Mackenzie, Canadian Living, 2/1/2006
Excerpt from longer story:
HOW ONE WOMAN MADE IT HAPPEN
When Susan Poizner returned to Canada after living and working abroad for 17 years, she came home with a dream: to break down the barriers between ethnic communities. Susan, 39, realised part of that dream when her documentary television series, "Mother Tongue" about the history of ethnic women in Canada, began airing last September. "Having a dream is like having a goalpost to run to," she says. "It gives you focus and the passion and power to overcome those times when things aren't going right."
It took three years from the idea's conception for the documentary to materialize. Susan says she had no idea how to make a documentary: where to start, whom to speak to or how to secure funding. The financial hurdle was the most difficult to overcome. "I was excited, except I didn't have the money to make the shows and I didn't know where I was going to get it," says Susan. But after using her own money to produce a pilot, she secured funding from two small Canadian broadcasters. Heritage Canada eventually followed suit.
Susan says it's easy to get confused and discouraged, especially when friends, loved ones and even society dictate what your dreams should be. Her advice: "Don't listen to people who say you can't do it."
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Mother Tongue: A woman's history of ethnic Canada is a 13-part TV series that documents Canada's multicultural history from a female perspective. Each program tells the story of a notable woman in one of Canada's communities, including a Black fugitive slave, an Acadian mail order bride, and an Icelandic suffragette.
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