{{Short description|Canadian activist, broadcaster and filmmaker}} {{pp-semi-indef|small=yes}} {{Infobox person | name = <!-- defaults to article title when left blank --> | image = <!-- filename only, no "File:" or "Image:" prefix, and no enclosing brackets --> | alt = <!-- descriptive text for use by speech synthesis (text-to-speech) software --> | caption = | birth_name = <!-- only use if different from name --> | birth_date = <!-- {{Birth date and age|YYYY|MM|DD}} for living people supply only the year with {{Birth year and age|YYYY}} unless the exact date is already widely published, as per WP:DOB. For people who have died, use {{Birth date|YYYY|MM|DD}}. --> | birth_place = | death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} (DEATH date then BIRTH date) --> | death_place = | citizenship = Canadian | other_names = | occupation = {{hlist|Activist|broadcaster|filmmaker}} | years_active = | known_for = | notable_works = }} '''Sarain Fox''' is a Canadian Anishinaabe activist, broadcaster and filmmaker.<ref>Dennis Ward, [https://www.aptnnews.ca/facetoface/sarain-fox-face-to-face-inendi/ "Sarain Fox documenting and preserving her auntie’s stories before they’re lost"]. ''APTN National News'', February 9, 2021.</ref> She is most noted for her 2020 documentary film ''Inendi'',<ref>Ben Cousins, [https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/article/they-had-no-pity-new-documentary-chronicles-traumatizing-life-at-residential-schools/ "'They had no pity': New documentary chronicles traumatizing life at residential schools"]. CTV News, March 4, 2021.</ref> for which she received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Host or Interviewer in a News or Information Program or Series at the 9th Canadian Screen Awards in 2021.<ref>Brent Furdyk, [https://web.archive.org/web/20210330100408/https://etcanada.com/news/762146/television-nominees-announced-for-2021-canadian-screen-awards-schitts-creek-leads-the-pack-with-21-nominations/ "Television Nominees Announced For 2021 Canadian Screen Awards, ‘Schitt’s Creek’ Leads The Pack With 21 Nominations"]. ''ET Canada'', March 30, 2021.</ref>
She has also been host of the Viceland/APTN documentary series ''Rise'',<ref>[http://realscreen.com/2017/01/20/sundance-17-vicelands-focus-on-indigenous-resistance-in-rise/ "Sundance ’17: Viceland’s focus on indigenous resistance in “Rise”"]. ''Realscreen'', January 20, 2017.</ref> and cohost of APTN's documentary series ''Future History''.<ref>Radheyan Simonpillai, [https://nowtoronto.com/movies/reviews/aptn-future-history/ "TV review: APTN's Future History is about reclaiming Indigenous culture"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210425030838/https://nowtoronto.com/movies/reviews/aptn-future-history/ |date=2021-04-25 }}. ''Now'', May 7, 2019.</ref>
In 2021 she directed ''Giiwewizh'', a series of short documentaries about indigenous musicians which premiered at the International Indigenous Music Summit.<ref>Kelly Boutsalis, [https://povmagazine.com/sarain-foxs-inclusive-music-doc-giiwewizh/ "Sarain Fox’s inclusive music doc Giiwewizh"]. ''Point of View'', June 18, 2021.</ref>
In 2023 she hosted ''Indigiqueer'', a special about LGBT First Nations people, for Citytv's ''VeraCity'' documentary series,<ref>Meredith Bond, [https://toronto.citynews.ca/2023/03/24/sarain-fox-indigiqueer-indigenous-documentary-canada/ "Storyteller follows Indigenous and queer people amid their journies to acceptance in new documentary"]. ''CityNews'', March 24, 2023.</ref> for which she won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Host or Interviewer in a News or Information Program or Series at the 12th Canadian Screen Awards in 2024.<ref>Connie Thiessen, [https://broadcastdialogue.com/canadian-screen-awards-winners-news-entertainment-sports/ "Canadian Screen Awards winners: News, Entertainment & Sports"]. ''Broadcast Dialogue'', May 28, 2024.</ref>
She has appeared as a guest judge in the third, fourth and fifth seasons of ''Canada's Drag Race''<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://ew.com/tv/brooke-lynn-hytes-vanjie-reunion-canadas-drag-race-season-3-guest-judges/|title=Brooke Lynn Hytes reunites with Werk Room crush Miss Vanjie on Canada's Drag Race season 3|author=Joey Nolfi|newspaper=EW|date=June 29, 2022|access-date=July 12, 2022}}</ref> as well as the first and second seasons of ''Canada's Drag Race: Canada vs. the World''.
==Personal life== Fox is from Batchewana First Nation near Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario,<ref name=cbcs>[https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/sudbury/sarain-fox-batchawana-first-nation-1.5842105 "New film tells captivating story of northern Ontario residential school survival"] CBC Northern Ontario, December 16, 2020.</ref> and grew up in Barrie.<ref>[https://www.todaysparent.com/blogs/opinion/with-my-career-on-hold-and-my-people-and-traditions-dying-i-turned-my-focus-to-starting-a-family/ "With my career on hold and my people and traditions dying, I turned my focus to starting a family"]. ''Today's Parent'', March 18, 2021.</ref> In 2022, Fox and her cousin Chelsea Brunelle travelled with their uncle, Batchewana band councillor Harvey Bell, to Quebec City to protest the visit of Pope Francis.<ref>James Hopkin, [https://www.sootoday.com/local-news/batchewana-first-nation-members-stage-protest-during-papal-visit-5659980 "Batchewana First Nation members stage protest during papal visit"]. ''Soo Today'', August 5, 2022.</ref>
She is the partner of Nimkii Osawamick, a musician and dancer from Wiikwemkoong First Nation, associated with the band Nimkii and the Niniis.<ref>Leanne Delap, [https://thekit.ca/culture/sarain-fox-interview/ "Sarain Fox on Motherhood, Indigenous Identity and Showing Up in Her “Raw State”"]. ''The Kit'', April 25, 2024.</ref>
== Filmography == {| class="wikitable" |+Television !Year !Title !Role !Notes |- |2017 |''Rise'' |Herself |Host |- |2018-19 |''Future History'' |Herself |Co-host |- |2020 |''Inendi'' |Herself |Writer, Director, Producer; Television documentary |- | rowspan="2" |2022 |''Canada's Drag Race'' (season 3) |Herself |Guest judge; 2 episodes |- |''Canada's Drag Race: Canada vs. the World'' (season 1) |Herself |Guest judge |- |2023 |''VeraCity: Indigiqueer'' |Herself |Host; television documentary special |- |rowspan="3"|2024 |''Canada's Drag Race'' (season 4) |Herself |Guest judge |- |''Canada's Drag Race: Canada vs the World'' (season 2) |Herself |Guest judge; 3 episodes |- |''Canada's Drag Race'' (season 5) |Herself |Guest judge; 2 episodes |- |}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *{{IMDb name|6214696}}
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