Amplify
Amplify is a TV show on NITV. The program has been available since 2025. A total of 25 episodes have been broadcast, most recently in November 2025.
Last episode
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Metis songwriter Shane Belcourt, finds inspiration looking back on interviews he did with celebrated Metis author Maria Campbell, and his father, an acclaimed Metis Rights leader Tony Belcourt.
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21:06After reading Cherie Dimaline's award winning book The Marrow Thieves, Cree songwriter Christa Couture sets out to create a new song that speaks to the harrowing journey the characters face.
21:06Tuscarora songwriter Jennifer Kreisberg sets out to write a song about the dispersal of the Skaru:re population following the Tuscarora War of 1710.
21:06Anishinaabe songwriter, Ansley Simpson sets out to write a song about her personal connection between trauma and alcoholism.
21:06Cree songwriter Jason Burnstick sets out to write a song that examines the struggles of reconciling childhood trauma after the birth of his own son.
21:06Anishinaabe songwriter Leonard Sumner sets out to write a song that reflects on the unjust verdicts in Colton Boushie and Tina Fontaine cases.
21:06Cree songwriter Tara Williamson sets out to make sense of the heartache of losing her infant son.
21:06Oji-Cree songwriter Nick Sherman sets out to write a song about the challenges of living in a town with a reputation steeped in anti-Indigenous racism and corruption.
21:06Anishinaabe composer Melody McKiver looks to the power of water to inspire Debiinaawe Giizhigon.
21:06Mohawk songwriter Shawnee sets out to write a song that captures the awakening of her two-spirit identity as she builds a two-spirit sweat lodge with other community members.
21:06Songwriter iskwe writes a song about the loss of young Tina Fontaine in 2015 while Dr. Cindy Blackstock weighs in on the colonial policies that continue to affect thousands of Indigenous children.
21:06After considering the warming winters in Haudenosaunee territory, Oneida songwriter Lacey Hill writes a song about the growing challenges of maintaining the tradition of Snow Snake competitions.
21:06After reading Robin Wall Kimmerer's book Braiding Sweetgrass, Metis/Cree songwriter, Cheryl L'Hirondelle, sets out to write a song about how to exist in a cycle of reciprocity with the universe.
Season 2
22:01
22:01Traditional Seneca singer Sadie Buck (Seneca/Tuscarora) uses a message from her late mother as inspiration for three new songs, performed with the Six Nations Women's Singers.
22:00JB The First Lady (Jerilynn Webster, Nuxalk/Onondaga) uplifts and upholds the memories of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls in this touching tribute to Chelsea Poorman.
22:00Cree musician Kris Harper embraces his family's artistic legacy and for the first time creates a song using the poetry of his late mother.
22:00Up-and-coming pop singer Thea May (Anishinaabe) draws strength and inspiration from the beauty of her community and family after a devastating personal loss.
22:01Emerging spoken word artist Zoey Roy (Cree) takes us home to Saskatoon where a meeting with the legendary artist and activist Maria Campbell inspires a song about the power of celebration.
22:00Jason Camp & The Posers reveal how even the most serene locales - their beautiful home island of Haida Gwaii - and their cultural stories inspire their unique brand of punk music.
22:00The eclectic singer Kristi Lane Singer (Haida/Cree) shares her emotional journey of returning home to Haida Gwaii to find love and forgiveness. Directed by Shane Belcourt & Sean Stiller.