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| '''Samantha Kaine''' (born '''Samantha Banton''') is a Jamaican-Canadian actor, producer, and activist who portrayed an off-duty crew person in the [[Re-imagined Series]] episode "[[Someone to Watch Over Me]]".<ref group="external" name="imdb_kaine_bsg_stwom">{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0993918/fullcredits#:~:text=Samantha%20Kaine|title="Battlestar Galactica" Someone to Watch Over Me (TV Episode 2009) – Full Cast & Crew|publisher=IMDb|accessdate=May 14, 2026}}</ref> Born on 25 January 1973 in Runaway Bay, St. Ann's Parish, Jamaica,<ref group="external" name="imdb_kaine_bio_birthplace">{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1225606/#:~:text=January%2025%2C%201973|title=Samantha Kaine|publisher=IMDb|accessdate=May 14, 2026}}</ref> she grew up in Ottawa and Toronto, Ontario before establishing a career in both acting and producing in the Canadian film and television industry.<ref group="external" name="greetings_kaine_locations">{{cite web|url=https://greetingsfromisolation.com/profile/julia-hart-samantha-kaine/#:~:text=Ottawa%20%26%20Toronto%2C%20Ontario|title=Julia Hart & Samantha Kaine|publisher=Greetings From Isolation|date=2020|accessdate=May 14, 2026}}</ref> | | '''Samantha Kaine''' (born '''Samantha Banton''') is a Jamaican-Canadian actor, producer, and activist who portrayed an off-duty crew person in the [[Re-imagined Series]] episode "[[Someone to Watch Over Me]]".<ref group="external" name="imdb_kaine_bsg_stwom">{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0993918/fullcredits#:~:text=Samantha%20Kaine|title="Battlestar Galactica" Someone to Watch Over Me (TV Episode 2009) – Full Cast & Crew|publisher=IMDb|accessdate=May 14, 2026}}</ref> Born on 25 January 1973 in Runaway Bay, St. Ann's Parish, Jamaica,<ref group="external" name="imdb_kaine_bio">{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1225606/#:~:text=January%2025%2C%201973|title=Samantha Kaine|publisher=IMDb|accessdate=May 14, 2026}}</ref> she began her career in theatre before moving into film and television, and has also worked extensively as a creative producer in the Canadian industry. |
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| === Acting === | | Kaine began her professional career on stage before transitioning to on-screen work in the early 2000s.<ref group="external" name="imdb_kaine_bio_theatre">{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1225606/bio/#:~:text=began%20her%20career%20in%20theatre|title=Samantha Kaine – Biography|publisher=IMDb|accessdate=May 14, 2026}}</ref> Her early screen credits include the television series ''[[w:Undressed (TV series)|Undressed]]'' (2002) and a role as Black Bachelorette in George Clooney's directorial debut ''[[w:Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (film)|Confessions of a Dangerous Mind]]'' (2002).<ref group="external" name="tvguide_kaine_credits">{{cite web|url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/samantha-kaine/credits/3030341759/#:~:text=Confessions%20of%20a%20Dangerous%20Mind|title=Samantha Kaine – Full Credits|publisher=TV Guide|accessdate=May 14, 2026}}</ref> She subsequently appeared in the drama series ''[[w:Soul Food (TV series)|Soul Food]]'' (2003) and secured guest roles in two episodes of ''[[w:Smallville|Smallville]]'' (2004) and two episodes of ''[[w:Stargate SG-1|Stargate SG-1]]'' (2005).<ref group="external" name="tvguide_kaine_credits_sg1">{{cite web|url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/samantha-kaine/credits/3030341759/#:~:text=Stargate%20SG-1|title=Samantha Kaine – Full Credits|publisher=TV Guide|accessdate=May 14, 2026}}</ref> |
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| Kaine began her professional career on stage before transitioning to on-screen work in the early 2000s.<ref group="external" name="imdb_kaine_bio_theatre">{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1225606/bio/#:~:text=began%20her%20career%20in%20theatre|title=Samantha Kaine – Biography|publisher=IMDb|accessdate=May 14, 2026}}</ref> She made her television debut in the MTV series ''[[w:Undressed (TV series)|Undressed]]'' (2002), playing a character named Libby,<ref group="external" name="imdb_kaine_undressed_libby">{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1225606/#:~:text=Undressed|title=Samantha Kaine|publisher=IMDb|accessdate=May 14, 2026}}</ref> and appeared the same year in George Clooney's directorial debut ''[[w:Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (film)|Confessions of a Dangerous Mind]]'' (2002), billed under her birth name Samantha Banton.<ref group="external" name="tvguide_kaine_credits_codam">{{cite web|url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/samantha-kaine/credits/3030341759/#:~:text=Confessions%20of%20a%20Dangerous%20Mind|title=Samantha Kaine – Full Credits|publisher=TV Guide|accessdate=May 14, 2026}}</ref> She subsequently appeared in the drama series ''[[w:Soul Food (TV series)|Soul Food]]'' (2003) and guest-starred in ''[[w:Smallville|Smallville]]'' (2004) as a nurse treating Chloe Sullivan.<ref group="external" name="imdb_kaine_smallville_nurse">{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1225606/#:~:text=Smallville|title=Samantha Kaine|publisher=IMDb|accessdate=May 14, 2026}}</ref>
| | Further television appearances followed throughout the mid-to-late 2000s, including ''[[w:The L Word|The L Word]]'', the television film ''[[w:Man in the Mirror: The Michael Jackson Story|Man in the Mirror: The Michael Jackson Story]]'' (2004), the crime drama ''Black Widower'' (2006), ''[[w:Flash Gordon (TV series)|Flash Gordon]]'' (2008), and the television film ''The Perfect Assistant'' (2008).<ref group="external" name="tvguide_kaine_credits_flash">{{cite web|url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/samantha-kaine/credits/3030341759/#:~:text=Flash%20Gordon|title=Samantha Kaine – Full Credits|publisher=TV Guide|accessdate=May 14, 2026}}</ref> In 2009, she appeared in "Someone to Watch Over Me," the seventeenth episode of the fourth season of ''[[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Battlestar Galactica]]''. |
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| In 2005, she appeared in ''[[w:Stargate SG-1|Stargate SG-1]]'' as a Goa'uld Lieutenant in the eighth-season episode "Reckoning: Part 1",<ref group="external" name="imdb_kaine_sg1_reckoning_pt1">{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118480/characters/nm1225606#:~:text=Goa%27uld%20Lieutenant|title=Stargate SG-1 – Samantha Kaine as Goa'uld Lieutenant|publisher=IMDb|accessdate=May 14, 2026}}</ref> and as Vanessa in the ''[[w:The L Word|The L Word]]'' episode "Loneliest Number".<ref group="external" name="imdb_kaine_lword_vanessa">{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0623878/#:~:text=Vanessa|title="The L Word" Loneliest Number (TV Episode 2005)|publisher=IMDb|accessdate=May 14, 2026}}</ref> Further television work in the mid-2000s included the television film ''[[w:Man in the Mirror: The Michael Jackson Story|Man in the Mirror: The Michael Jackson Story]]'' (2004), the crime drama ''Black Widower'' (2006), and ''Proof of Lies'' (2006).<ref group="external" name="tvguide_kaine_credits_midlist">{{cite web|url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/samantha-kaine/credits/3030341759/#:~:text=Black%20Widower|title=Samantha Kaine – Full Credits|publisher=TV Guide|accessdate=May 14, 2026}}</ref> | | In the 2010s, Kaine's credits included the short films ''Cold Blooded'' (2012) and ''Baby Half Lie'' (2013), as well as guest appearances in ''[[w:Degrassi: The Next Generation|Degrassi]]'' (2014), ''[[w:Saving Hope|Saving Hope]]'' (2015), ''[[w:Rookie Blue|Rookie Blue]]'' (2015), and the drama series ''[[w:Shoot the Messenger (TV series)|Shoot the Messenger]]'' (2016).<ref group="external" name="tvguide_kaine_credits_2010s">{{cite web|url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/samantha-kaine/credits/3030341759/#:~:text=Saving%20Hope|title=Samantha Kaine – Full Credits|publisher=TV Guide|accessdate=May 14, 2026}}</ref> |
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| In 2008, she played Esmeline, a disgraced Omadrian healer, in the ''[[w:Flash Gordon (TV series)|Flash Gordon]]'' episode "Blame",<ref group="external" name="imdb_kaine_flashgordon_esmeline">{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1157013/#:~:text=Esmeline|title="Flash Gordon" Blame (TV Episode 2008)|publisher=IMDb|accessdate=May 14, 2026}}</ref> and appeared as Lara Steeves in the television film ''The Perfect Assistant'' (2008).<ref group="external" name="tmdb_kaine_perfectassistant_lara">{{cite web|url=https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/60664-the-perfect-assistant/cast#:~:text=Lara%20Steeves|title=The Perfect Assistant (2008) – Cast & Crew|publisher=The Movie Database|accessdate=May 14, 2026}}</ref> In 2009, she appeared in "Someone to Watch Over Me", the seventeenth episode of the fourth season of ''[[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Battlestar Galactica]]''.
| | In 2020, she appeared in the Netflix miniseries ''[[w:Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker|Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker]]'' as a temporary desk security guard.<ref group="external" name="imdb_kaine_selfmade">{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1225606/#:~:text=Self%20Made|title=Samantha Kaine|publisher=IMDb|accessdate=May 14, 2026}}</ref> She took on the recurring role of Detective Petra Weintrager in ''The Baker'' (2021–2023)<ref group="external" name="imdb_kaine_baker">{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1225606/#:~:text=Det.%20Petra%20Weintrager|title=Samantha Kaine|publisher=IMDb|accessdate=May 14, 2026}}</ref> and appeared as Helen in the action-comedy film ''[[w:The Retirement Plan (film)|The Retirement Plan]]'' (2023), directed by Tim Brown and starring Nicolas Cage, Ashley Greene, Ron Perlman, Jackie Earle Haley, and Ernie Hudson.<ref group="external" name="imdb_retirement_plan_cast">{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14827638/fullcredits/#:~:text=Samantha%20Kaine|title=The Retirement Plan (2023) – Full Cast & Crew|publisher=IMDb|accessdate=May 14, 2026}}</ref> |
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| In the 2010s, Kaine's credits included guest appearances in ''[[w:Degrassi: The Next Generation|Degrassi]]'' (2014), ''[[w:Saving Hope|Saving Hope]]'' (2015) as cardiac patient Leila Patterson across two episodes,<ref group="external" name="imdb_kaine_savinghope_leila">{{cite web|url=https://m.imdb.com/title/tt1954804/characters/nm1225606/#:~:text=Leila%20Patterson|title=Saving Hope – Samantha Kaine as Leila Patterson|publisher=IMDb|accessdate=May 14, 2026}}</ref> and ''[[w:Rookie Blue|Rookie Blue]]'' (2015) as Frances Swain in the episode "Breaking Up the Band".<ref group="external" name="tvguide_kaine_credits_rookieblue">{{cite web|url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/samantha-kaine/credits/3030341759/#:~:text=Rookie%20Blue|title=Samantha Kaine – Full Credits|publisher=TV Guide|accessdate=May 14, 2026}}</ref> She also appeared in the Crackle drama ''[[w:The Art of More|The Art of More]]'' (2015) as Kelly Watkins, and as Donnette across two episodes of the CBC drama ''[[w:Shoot the Messenger (TV series)|Shoot the Messenger]]'' (2016).<ref group="external" name="imdb_kaine_shootmessenger_donnette">{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5178678/fullcredits/#:~:text=Donnette|title=Shoot the Messenger (TV Series 2016) – Full Cast & Crew|publisher=IMDb|accessdate=May 14, 2026}}</ref>
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| In 2020, she appeared in the Netflix miniseries ''[[w:Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker|Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker]]''.<ref group="external" name="imdb_kaine_selfmade_2020">{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1225606/#:~:text=Self%20Made|title=Samantha Kaine|publisher=IMDb|accessdate=May 14, 2026}}</ref> She appeared as Detective Petra Weintrager in ''The Baker'' (2023), a feature film directed by Jonathan Sobol opposite Ron Perlman.<ref group="external" name="imdb_kaine_baker_feature_film">{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1225606/#:~:text=Det.%20Petra%20Weintrager|title=Samantha Kaine|publisher=IMDb|accessdate=May 14, 2026}}</ref> She also appeared as Helen in the action-comedy film ''[[w:The Retirement Plan (film)|The Retirement Plan]]'' (2023), directed by Tim Brown and starring Nicolas Cage, Ashley Greene, Ron Perlman, Jackie Earle Haley, and Ernie Hudson.<ref group="external" name="imdb_retirement_plan_fullcredits_helen">{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14827638/fullcredits/#:~:text=Samantha%20Kaine|title=The Retirement Plan (2023) – Full Cast & Crew|publisher=IMDb|accessdate=May 14, 2026}}</ref> | |
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| Kaine founded her own Toronto-based theatre company, Veritas Theatre, around 2016. In 2017, Veritas produced an Equity revival of playwright Salvatore Antonio's ''S H E E T S'', in which Kaine both produced and performed. The production included an all-nude audience night on 1 April 2017,<ref group="external" name="vice_kaine_sheets_nude_audience">{{cite web|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/ezwe4w/i-went-to-a-play-where-the-audience-was-naked#:~:text=Samantha%20Kaine-Gruen|title=I Went to a Play Where the Audience Was Naked|publisher=Vice|date=April 6, 2017|accessdate=May 14, 2026}}</ref> an event that drew coverage from national entertainment press.
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| As founder of Red11 Productions Inc., Kaine's producer credits include the short films ''Willing to Lie'' (2018), in which she also appeared as Detective Lehan,<ref group="external" name="imdb_red11_willing_detective_lehan">{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/search/title/?companies=co0673571#:~:text=Willing%20to%20Lie|title=With Red11 Productions – IMDb|publisher=IMDb|accessdate=May 14, 2026}}</ref> and ''The Women of Alpine Road'' (2019), a short drama about two estranged women confronting a shared past.<ref group="external" name="imdb_alpine_road_short">{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6736560/#:~:text=Women%20of%20Alpine%20Road|title=The Women of Alpine Road (Short 2019)|publisher=IMDb|accessdate=May 14, 2026}}</ref> She also served as production manager on ''[[w:Subjects of Desire (film)|Subjects of Desire]]'' (2021), Jennifer Holness's documentary about Black women and beauty standards, which premiered at [[w:SXSW|SXSW]].<ref group="external" name="hungryeyes_subjects_desire_kaine">{{cite web|url=https://subjectsofdesire.com/about/#:~:text=Samantha%20Kaine|title=About – Subjects of Desire|publisher=Hungry Eyes Media|accessdate=May 14, 2026}}</ref> | | In addition to her acting work, Kaine is also an active producer in the Canadian film and television industry. As owner of Red11 Productions Inc., her producer credits include the award-winning short films ''Willing to Lie'' and ''The Women of Alpine Road''.<ref group="external" name="eawlc_kaine_profile">{{cite web|url=https://www.eawlc.org/events/east-west-dialogue-with-samantha-kaine-and-ian-steaman-voices-of-under-represented-community-in-film-and-television#:~:text=award-winning%20short%20films%20Willing%20to%20Lie|title=East & West Dialogue with Samantha Kaine and Ian Steaman: Voices of Under-represented Community in Film and Television|publisher=East and West Learning Connections|date=March 17, 2022|accessdate=May 14, 2026}}</ref> She developed, co-wrote, and produced the six-part TV documentary series ''Offbeat Roads – The Danakil Diaries'' (2013), which followed sixteen cyclists through the Danakil region of Ethiopia and was sold to broadcast territories including France, Brazil, Hungary, and Israel.<ref group="external" name="eawlc_kaine_danakil">{{cite web|url=https://www.eawlc.org/events/east-west-dialogue-with-samantha-kaine-and-ian-steaman-voices-of-under-represented-community-in-film-and-television#:~:text=Offbeat%20Roads%20%E2%80%93%20The%20Danakil%20Diaries|title=East & West Dialogue with Samantha Kaine and Ian Steaman: Voices of Under-represented Community in Film and Television|publisher=East and West Learning Connections|date=March 17, 2022|accessdate=May 14, 2026}}</ref> |
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| She developed, co-wrote, and produced the six-part TV documentary series ''Offbeat Roads – The Danakil Diaries'' (2013), which followed sixteen cyclists through the Danakil region of Ethiopia and was sold to broadcast territories including France, Brazil, Hungary, and Israel.<ref group="external" name="eawlc_kaine_danakil_ethiopia">{{cite web|url=https://www.eawlc.org/events/east-west-dialogue-with-samantha-kaine-and-ian-steaman-voices-of-under-represented-community-in-film-and-television#:~:text=Offbeat%20Roads%20%E2%80%93%20The%20Danakil%20Diaries|title=East & West Dialogue with Samantha Kaine and Ian Steaman|publisher=East and West Learning Connections|date=March 17, 2022|accessdate=May 14, 2026}}</ref> The production required leading a crew of 32 people in Ethiopia.<ref group="external" name="linkedin_kaine_danakil_ethiopia_crew">{{cite web|url=https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/producing-think-outside-box-samantha-kaine-gruen#:~:text=crew%20of%2032|title=Producing – Think Outside The Box!|author=Samantha Kaine-Gruen|publisher=LinkedIn|accessdate=May 14, 2026}}</ref> | |
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| Kaine was named a 2018 resident of the Cineplex Entertainment Producers' Lab at the [[w:Canadian Film Centre|Canadian Film Centre]] in Toronto, part of that year's cohort — the centre's 30th-anniversary class and its first predominantly female intake.<ref group="external" name="playback_cfc_2018_kaine_resident">{{cite web|url=https://playbackonline.ca/2018/06/22/cfc-names-cineplex-film-program-residents/#:~:text=Samantha%20Kaine|title=CFC names Cineplex film program residents|publisher=Playback Online|date=June 22, 2018|accessdate=May 14, 2026}}</ref> | | Kaine is an alumna of the Cineplex Entertainment Producers' Lab Program at the [[w:Canadian Film Centre|Canadian Film Centre]] in Toronto.<ref group="external" name="eawlc_kaine_cfc">{{cite web|url=https://www.eawlc.org/events/east-west-dialogue-with-samantha-kaine-and-ian-steaman-voices-of-under-represented-community-in-film-and-television#:~:text=Cineplex%20Entertainment%20Producers%27%20Lab%20Program|title=East & West Dialogue with Samantha Kaine and Ian Steaman: Voices of Under-represented Community in Film and Television|publisher=East and West Learning Connections|date=March 17, 2022|accessdate=May 14, 2026}}</ref> |
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| Kaine is the founder and executive director of the Independent Media Producers Association of Creative Talent (IMPACT), a national non-profit incorporated in September 2020 to combat systemic anti-Black racism and open pathways for Black, Afro-Indigenous, and other marginalized producers in the Canadian film, television, digital media, and music industries.<ref group="external" name="eawlc_impact_mandate_2022">{{cite web|url=https://www.eawlc.org/events/east-west-dialogue-with-samantha-kaine-and-ian-steaman-voices-of-under-represented-community-in-film-and-television#:~:text=Founder%20and%20CEO%20of%20the%20Independent%20Media%20Producers|title=East & West Dialogue with Samantha Kaine and Ian Steaman|publisher=East and West Learning Connections|date=March 17, 2022|accessdate=May 14, 2026}}</ref> She launched IMPACT in conjunction with the Toronto International Film Festival in September 2020, telling ''[[w:The Hollywood Reporter|The Hollywood Reporter]]'': "I've been working in this industry for over ten years and the doors have been closed to me. There were opportunities I felt I should have had, when it came to funding and pitching broadcasters on shows, and they weren't open to me."<ref group="external" name="thr_kaine_tiff2020_launch">{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/toronto-bipoc-filmmakers-launch-inclusion-initiative-to-boost-marginalized-creators#:~:text=I%27ve%20been%20working%20in%20this%20industry%20for%20over%20ten%20years|title=Toronto: BIPOC Filmmakers Launch Inclusion Initiative to Boost Marginalized Creators|publisher=The Hollywood Reporter|date=September 13, 2020|accessdate=May 14, 2026}}</ref> | | Kaine is the founder and executive director of the Independent Media Producers Association of Creative Talent (IMPACT), a national non-profit organization created to combat systemic anti-Black racism and open pathways for Black, Afro-Indigenous, and other marginalized producers in the Canadian film, television, digital media, and music industries.<ref group="external" name="eawlc_kaine_impact">{{cite web|url=https://www.eawlc.org/events/east-west-dialogue-with-samantha-kaine-and-ian-steaman-voices-of-under-represented-community-in-film-and-television#:~:text=Founder%20and%20CEO%20of%20the%20Independent%20Media%20Producers|title=East & West Dialogue with Samantha Kaine and Ian Steaman: Voices of Under-represented Community in Film and Television|publisher=East and West Learning Connections|date=March 17, 2022|accessdate=May 14, 2026}}</ref> She launched IMPACT in conjunction with the Toronto International Film Festival in 2020, telling ''[[w:The Hollywood Reporter|The Hollywood Reporter]]'': "I've been working in this industry for over ten years and the doors have been closed to me. There were opportunities I felt I should have had, when it came to funding and pitching broadcasters on shows, and they weren't open to me."<ref group="external" name="thr_kaine_impact_quote">{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/toronto-bipoc-filmmakers-launch-inclusion-initiative-to-boost-marginalized-creators#:~:text=I%27ve%20been%20working%20in%20this%20industry%20for%20over%20ten%20years|title=Toronto: BIPOC Filmmakers Launch Inclusion Initiative to Boost Marginalized Creators|publisher=The Hollywood Reporter|date=September 13, 2020|accessdate=May 14, 2026}}</ref> IMPACT also launched a Producers Pledge, a coalition effort that raised more than CA$160,000 to support traditionally under-represented filmmakers.<ref group="external" name="screendaily_kaine_pledge">{{cite web|url=https://www.screendaily.com/news/canadian-indie-producers-launch-pledge-to-tackle-systemic-racism-exclusive/5151121.article#:~:text=Systemic%20racism%20in%20Canada%20has%20been%20vastly%20ignored|title=Canadian indie producers launch pledge to tackle systemic racism (exclusive)|publisher=Screen Daily|date=June 26, 2020|accessdate=May 14, 2026}}</ref> |
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| IMPACT launched a Producers Pledge in 2020, a coalition effort that grew from a CA$160,000 fundraising total to raise more than CA$300,000 to support traditionally under-represented filmmakers, with over 175 production companies signing on.<ref group="external" name="linkedin_kaine_pledge_300k_175cos">{{cite web|url=https://www.linkedin.com/in/samanthakaine/#:~:text=300%2C000|title=Samantha Kaine – LinkedIn|publisher=LinkedIn|accessdate=May 14, 2026}}</ref><ref group="external" name="screendaily_2020_producers_pledge">{{cite web|url=https://www.screendaily.com/news/canadian-indie-producers-launch-pledge-to-tackle-systemic-racism-exclusive/5151121.article#:~:text=Systemic%20racism%20in%20Canada%20has%20been%20vastly%20ignored|title=Canadian indie producers launch pledge to tackle systemic racism (exclusive)|publisher=Screen Daily|date=June 26, 2020|accessdate=May 14, 2026}}</ref> Institutional partners and sponsors have included BMO as Legacy Sponsor, Canada Media Fund, Telefilm Canada, SODEC, Bell Media, and Netflix.<ref group="external" name="impact_site_bmo_legacy_sponsor">{{cite web|url=https://www.impact-aptcmi.org/new-page-1#:~:text=BMO|title=Board Members – IMPACT|publisher=IMPACT|accessdate=May 14, 2026}}</ref> | |
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| IMPACT's flagship initiative is the Producer Career Catalyst Accelerator Platform (PCCAP), a three-year accelerator for mid-career Black producers covering business infrastructure, capital fluency, and global market access.<ref group="external" name="impact_pccap_program_page">{{cite web|url=https://www.impact-aptcmi.org/home-1#:~:text=Producer%20Career%20Catalyst|title=Flagship Program – IMPACT|publisher=IMPACT|accessdate=May 14, 2026}}</ref> Kaine has also represented IMPACT internationally, moderating and panelling at [[w:Durban FilmMart|Durban FilmMart]] 2025 and participating in Content London 2024.<ref group="external" name="c21media_impact_contentlondon_2024">{{cite web|url=https://www.c21media.net/marketplace/independentmediapact/#:~:text=Samantha%20Kaine|title=The Independent Media Producers Association of Creative Talent (I.M.P.A.C.T)|publisher=C21 Media|date=October 1, 2024|accessdate=May 14, 2026}}</ref> In April 2026, IMPACT published an open letter to Prime Minister Mark Carney calling for the inclusion of Black creators and racialized communities in Canada's cultural sovereignty and national AI strategy.<ref group="external" name="impact_openletter_carney_2026">{{cite web|url=https://www.impact-aptcmi.org/openletter#:~:text=Prime%20Minister%20Mark%20Carney|title=Open Letter – IMPACT|publisher=IMPACT|date=April 27, 2026|accessdate=May 14, 2026}}</ref>
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| Beyond IMPACT, Kaine serves as Program Director of the OYA Emerging Filmmakers Producer Incubator Program.<ref group="external" name="lepetitseptieme_oya_7th_cohort_kaine">{{cite web|url=https://lepetitseptieme.ca/en/2024/09/21/7th-cohort-of-the-oya-emerging-filmmakers-producer-incubator-program/#:~:text=Samantha%20Kaine|title=7th cohort of the OYA Emerging Filmmakers Producer Incubator Program|publisher=Le Petit Septième|date=September 21, 2024|accessdate=May 14, 2026}}</ref> She has also served on the boards of the Canadian Independent Screen Fund for Black Creators, the Coalition for the Diversity of Cultural Expressions (CDCE), and the English Language Arts Network (ELAN), and has participated in Telefilm Canada's Diversity and Inclusion Working Group.<ref group="external" name="impact_staff_board_roles_kaine">{{cite web|url=https://www.impact-aptcmi.org/staff#:~:text=Coalition%20for%20the%20Diversity|title=Executive Team – IMPACT|publisher=IMPACT|accessdate=May 14, 2026}}</ref>
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| == References == | | == References == |
| === External Sources === | | === External Sources === |
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