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Six Quebecers are immersed in Aboriginal communities in new docuseries on Canal D

MONTREAL – Bell Media announced today its specialty channel Canal D will present Premier Contact (First Contact), an original, three-part documentary series, starting April 6 at 7 p.m. In the series, “six Quebecers with ignorance and prejudice against Aboriginal peoples will experience an 18-day immersion,” an English translation of a Bell Media press release explains. “With the participation of Samian, a multidisciplinary artist from the Pikogan community, participants confront their preconceived ideas and meet Quebec’s Aboriginal communities. This adventure takes them to the Anishinaabe of Abitibi and Upper Gatineau, to Montreal with the urban Aboriginal population, to the Atikamekws, to...