TAKEN – Interview With Executive Producer Dinae Robinson

We had the chance to sit down with executive producer of Taken, Dinae Robinson.

The show recently returned for Season 5 after a five year break. The interview hits on a number of points including the reason for its return.

Taken is a half-hour true crime documentary series but so much more. It focuses on missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls, men and boys, and members of the LGBTQ2S+ community in Canada. The goals are clear for all involved – to solve these cases, to raise awareness for the work being done to create safety and systemic change, and to honour those who have been lost and, hopefully, to bring them home.

Originally the show ended after four seasons. The end coinciding with the conclusion and publicising of the National Inquiry into Missing Indigenous Women and Girls.

Check out the interview below. We talk about Dinae joining Taken, her other projects and the show’s return.

Dinae Robinson is a proud Anishinaabekwe (Ojibway) writer, director, and producer who holds a degree in Indigenous Studies. True to her ancestral roots, storytelling has always been a part of Dinae; all of her work is influenced by the spiritual traditional ways of Ojibway teachings and the social and political injustices that Indigenous people have endured historically and presently.

Initially starting out as an actress, Dinae has appeared in several films including:

• The Oldest Profession in Winnipeg from Farpoint Films
• Child First, which premiered at the Understanding the Disability Trajectory of First Nations Families of Children with Disabilities National Summit and the recent web series DJ Burnt Bannock. 

Season 5 of Taken premiered on APTN earlier this month. International viewers can watch Seasons 1 to 4 on Tubi.