The promotional poster for the Anishinaabemowin version of Star Wars: A New Hope. It will make its theatrical debut in August in Winnipeg.
The Anishinaabemowin version of Star Wars: A New Hope makes its debut next month in Winnipeg In an exciting full-circle moment, he has lent his voice to nearly a dozen characters in the new Anishinaabemowin version of, which will make its debut in Winnipeg in August before being released on Disney Plus and the Aboriginal People's Television Network .
"The postings went out for open casting on Facebook," he says. "I saw the link, filled it out and waited a month or two." After auditioning online through Zoom, he was cast as some of the more minor characters. He says he was scared to take on a lead role, even though the audition process mandated it.
Since his voiceovers had to match the character's mouth movements, he says he had to pull from the techniques he learned from teachers in both the East and the West. Anishinaabemowin speakers in the East are known for dropping vowels and shortening words, while in the West, people kept their vowels intact.
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