From Melissa Hank of Postmedia:
Strange Empire creator Laurie Finstad-Knizhnik talks about her new CBC show
Forget Girls Gone Wild — Laurie Finstad-Knizhnik is a girl who has gone Wild West. The writer known for the disturbing yet insightful drama Durham County returns to the television screen with Strange Empire, a dark tale set at the Alberta-Montana border in 1869. Continue reading.
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I love the comment Laurie made that this wasn’t “John A. MacDonald’s history”. Living where I do, there’s some reminders, quite faded, of a tragic lesser-known Metis/earlier settler history that’s seldom talked about. After Louis Riel was hanged in Regina, the Metis were forced to the fringes of society and the area was resettled by others. I was really impressed by Laurie Finstad-Knizhnik’s interview. My hopes for the series are even greater.