Small Army Entertainment is pleased to announce that the television series The Assembly has received five nominations across three major awards: NOMINEE - Banff Rockie Award — Social Issues & Current Affairs WINNER - Golden Sheaf Award, Yorkton Film Festival — Kathleen Shannon Award NOMINEE - Golden Sheaf Award, Yorkton Film Festival — Factual Documentary Series NOMINEE - Canadian Screen Award — Best Factual Series WINNER - Canadian Screen Award — Best Direction, Factual (Dir

See the Full Article Published by Deadline here EXCLUSIVE: Canadian pubcaster CBC has renewed its version of the groundbreaking unscripted format The Assembly. The announcement of a second season comes on World Autism Day, and will feature an expanded cast of more than 30 neurodivergent and autistic adults who interview celebrities – often asking unusual or uncomfortable questions that other interviewers may not consider. In each episode, a different celebrity receives the u

See the full article published by Inside TRU here Luke Verhoeff was first diagnosed at age 3 1/2 with mild-to-moderate autism and global developmental delay (GDD). A non-speaker, he often felt trapped. “I didn’t know the way out,” he said. Following years of speech, vision, oxygen, neuro, physio, occupational, hearing and cranio-sacral therapies, Luke found his voice through a letterboard, which his family refers to as the “great awakening.” Luke, now a TRU student, poet and

Watch the full video here Arlene Dickinson and Jenny Story reveal how ‪@CBC‬'s ‘The Assembly’ is changing the celeb interview game. Arlene shares about the unique interview experience, what made her choose to participate and how wonderful the cast of the show were to work with. Interviewer Jenny Story, discusses her choice to participate in the Show and why she thinks people are so drawn to the show.