{"id":25010,"date":"2023-04-21T03:00:11","date_gmt":"2023-04-21T07:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/worldscreen.com\/"},"modified":"2023-04-21T03:16:33","modified_gmt":"2023-04-21T07:16:33","slug":"first-days-firsts-2023-04","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/first-days-firsts-2023-04\/","title":{"rendered":"Video Interview: First Day\u2019s Julie Kalceff &amp; Kirsty Stark"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\">The Australian live-action series <em>First Day<\/em>, distributed and financed by the Australian Children\u2019s Television Foundation, tells the story of a 12-year-old transgender girl as she navigates beginning high school and being her true self.<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: block; position: relative; max-width: 690px;\">\r\n \t                <div style=\"padding-top: 56.2504%;\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<video data-video-id=\"6325450597112\" \r\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-account=\"1120308147\" \r\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-player=\"default\" \r\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-embed=\"default\" \r\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-application-id \r\n\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"video-js\" \r\n\t\t\t\t\tcontrols=\"\"\r\n                    loop autoplay\r\n\t\t\t\t\tstyle=\"width: 100%; height: 100%; position: absolute; top: 0px; bottom: 0px; right: 0px; left: 0px;\"><\/div><\/video>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<script src=\"\/\/players.brightcove.net\/1120308147\/default_default\/index.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In this video interview, part of the TV Kids Festival, creator Julie Kalceff and producer Kirsty Stark share how the series is breaking barriers in its representation of transgender kids and the overall importance of representation in children\u2019s media.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cChildren\u2019s television has such an impact on kids,\u201d Kalceff notes during the conversation. \u201cIt\u2019s how they view the world. 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