Charles Bender
After his Gémeaux nomination for hosting the youth television program C’est parti mon tipi, Charles has become an increasingly noticed presence on the First Nations television network APTN. He was invited to take on the main role in a new fictional series, Sioui-Bacon as well as in the series Mohawk Girls, both for the same network. Although he started his career in French on the floors of Quebec City, Charles decides de complete his training in acting for the theatre in English at Concordia University. Therefore, at the end of his studies, he has the opportunity to work on many productions in French as well as in English, notably Destinée, En Thérapie and Being Human. On stage, he collaborates regularly with the Ondinnok Theatre, the first Native theatre company in Quebec. Recently, he was noticed as a presenter in 8e Feu, a shock documentary series produced by Radio-Canada (CBC), which tackles the contemporary Native question.
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La pièce Muliats – première création des Productions Menuentakuan, un collectif engagé et frondeur – revisite, avec un humour mordant et un sincère besoin de crever l’abcès, les relations souvent teintées de malentendus entre Autochtones et Québécois.
Muliats (Montréal, en innu) raconte l’histoire d’un Innu de Mashteuiatsh, Shaniss, qui décide de quitter sa communauté pour s’installer en milieu urbain. Il y fera la rencontre de Christophe, jeune Allochtone et Montréalais d’origine, qui deviendra son colocataire. Momentanément séparés par un choc culturel, les deux hommes apprendront à vivre la beauté de leurs différences et chercheront ensemble à résoudre les dissonances identitaires auxquelles ils sont confrontés. Muliats sonde le gouffre, trop souvent ignoré, qui existe entre deux nations à la recherche de repères. À travers les parcours d’un Autochtone ayant quitté sa communauté, de son frère aîné revendicateur et traditionaliste et d’un jeune Québécois, lui-même en quête de sa propre identité, la pièce explore les thèmes les plus actuels de la réalité des Premières Nations du Québec.
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Genre: Drama
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