‘North of North’ Premieres on Netflix, Scored by Caleb and Brian Chan

North of North, the heartfelt new comedy series from CBC and Netflix scored by Caleb and Brian Chan and featuring a talented cast of Indigenous actors, is now streaming on Netflix. The 8-episode series, which began airing weekly on CBC on January 7, 2025, is set in a charming, fictional Arctic town and captures the beauty of the Arctic while offering a glimpse into life in remote northern communities. 

Anna Lambe leads the cast as Siaja, a plucky civil servant in the mold of Parks and Recreation’s Leslie Knope or Rutherford Falls’ Reagan Wells. Or, at least, that’s what she aspires to be. As the series starts, she’s the stay-at-home wife to Ting (Kelly William), the town “golden boy,” and mother to a seven-year-old named Bun (Keira Belle Cooper, a TV child who manages to stay on the right side of the balance between funny and cutesy). But at 26, she’s starting to long for something of her own, outside the roles prescribed to her as a good Inuk woman.

In quick succession, she dumps Ting and moves in with her mother, Neevee (Maika Harper). She talks her way into a probationary job as the assistant to Helen (Mary Lynn Rajskub), the town manager whose white-savior tendencies are mostly counterbalanced by her clearly genuine love for her adopted home. She even, eventually, starts trying to date again, ignoring the whispers of neighbors who cannot believe she’d let go of a catch like Ting. (Source: Hollywood Reporter)

Caleb and Brian’s lighthearted score features contemporary, pop production seamlessly blended with Inuk throat singing and Indigenous percussion.

The series is produced by Red Marrow Media and Northwood Entertainment and co-commissioned by CBC and Netflix in association with APTN.

Read the Hollywood Reporter review.

You can read more about North of North here on the CBC website. Watch the trailer below, and stream all episodes now on Netflix!