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Netflix releases season 2 trailer for North of North, returning November 5

Netflix has released a trailer for the second season of the Canadian comedy North of North, which returns to the streamer on November 5. The series follows Siaja, a young Inuk mother played by Anna Lambe.

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Mixed · 2Netflix has released a trailer for the second season of the Canadian comedy North of North, which returns to the streamer on November 5. Mixed · 2The series follows Siaja, a young Inuk mother played by Anna Lambe, in the Arctic community of Ice Cove. Centre · 1Deadline says that in season 2 Siaja is still making bold decisions and even bolder mistakes as she tries to level up her life, and must prove to her tight-knit community and herself that she is ready to take charge.

Left · 1The A.V. Club describes the trailer as showing Siaja, after leaving her traditional marriage, pursuing an independent identity and a new love life, complicated by a sparse population and old traditions. Centre · 1Lambe returns alongside Maika Harper, Braeden Clarke, Jay Ryan, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Zorga Qaunaq, Bailey Poching and Nutaaq Simmonds; Deadline also lists Keira Cooper as Bun. Centre · 1The series, created by Stacey Aglok MacDonald and Alethea Arnaquq-Baril, is co-produced with the CBC in partnership with APTN, and was the first original to come out of Netflix's Canada office.

Centre · 1Season 2 is executive produced by Aglok MacDonald and Arnaquq-Baril for Red Marrow Media, along with Miranda de Pencier for Northwood Entertainment, Mike Goldbach, Garry Campbell, Jessie Gabe and Robin Gurney.

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Left1 outlet

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Fan-oriented preview that praises the show and describes the trailer's tone and themes.
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Tone, female empowerment, cultural insight and small-town humour; compares Siaja to a character in Rutherford Falls.
Leaves out or plays down
Does not list the executive producers or mention the Netflix Canada first-original milestone.
Charged language
“winning sitcom”“warm laughs”
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“the winning sitcom from the CBC and the Aboriginal People’s Television Network (APTV)” — The A.V. Club

Centre1 outlet

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Trade-style announcement focused on the release news, cast and production credits, with Netflix Canada's first-original milestone.
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Production credits, executive producers, co-producers and the show's significance for Netflix in Canada.
Leaves out or plays down
Little evaluation of the show's tone or quality.
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“represented a key milestone for Netflix in Canada, being its first original.” — Deadline

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