SPOTLIGHT STORIES: FILM INDUSTRY Q&A SERIES - Juanita Peters

Join us as we feature a diverse lineup of directors, producers, writers, and industry innovators who share their journeys, insights, and the challenges they\\\'ve faced. Each session offers a behind-the-scenes look at their unique paths.

HOST:

Amber Fryday - Award Winning Journalist

Amber Fryday is an award winning journalist, producer, television host, director and podcaster. She is the former Atlantic Director of Canadian Association For Black Journalists.

SPEAKER:

Juanita Peters - Actor, Film & Stage Director, and Playwright

Juanita Peters is known by many people, as many things. She is an actor, film and stage director, and playwright. As a film writer and director she has given us: I Made a Vow, Hannah’s Story, Africville; Can’t Stop Now, and 8:37 Rebirth which has won multiple awards in Canada, New York, London and Paris. Juanita Peters directed two seasons of the Film Nova Scotia Award winning dramatic series “Studio Black” and the multi-award winning television series DIGGSTOWN. As a playwright she has given us: The San Family, The Mother Club, I M Possible and The Green Book. Founding member of Women In Film and Television Atlantic and Founding member of Atlantic Canada’s newest multicultural festival, Nova-MultiFest. Member of Playwrights Atlantic Resource Centre, Canadian Actors Equity, Actra and the Directors Guild of Canada. Board member of The Robert Pope Foundation, Matchstick Theatre and Women In The Directors Chair National. Named the 2023 Portia White Prize Winner by Creative Arts NS and the 2022 Woman of the Year by the union representing 28,000 professional actors across the country, ACTRA. Juanita Peters is also a recipient of the Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee medal and the King Charles III Coronation Medal. In addition to this Juanita Peters is the Executive Director of the Africville Museum where she continues telling the stories of one of Canada’s most significant historical black communities.