Molly of Denali

***Molly of Denali*** is an American-Canadian animated television series created and produced by Atomic Cartoons and WGBH Kids for PBS Kids (US) and CBC Kids (Canada). It premiered on July 15, 2019. The show is the first-ever nationally distributed children's show to feature an Alaska Native as the main character.

## Plot

The show follows the adventures of feisty and resourceful 10-year-old Molly, an Alaska Native girl. Each episode follows Molly, her dog Suki and her friends Tooey and Trini on their daily adventures in Alaska, from fishing to building snow forts to delivering a camera to friends on a volcano via dog sled.

## Cast

### Main cast

* Sovereign Bill as Molly Mabray
* Sequoia Janvier as Tooey Ookami (Season 1 Only)

## Molly of Denali

### Created by

Dorothea Gillim
Kathy Waugh

### Creative director(s)

Princess Daazhraii Johnson
Kathy Waugh

### Voices of

Sovereign Bill
Sequoia Janvier
Zane Jasper
Vienna Leacock
Jules Arita Koostachin
Ronnie Dean Harris
Lorne Cardinal

### Theme music composer

Steve D'Angelo
Terry Tompkins
Lorenzo Castelli

### Opening theme

"Molly of Denali" sung by Phillip Blanchett and Karina Moeller

### Country of origin

United States
Canada

## Production

### Productioncompany(s)

Atomic Cartoons
WGBH Kids

## Broadcast

### Original channel

PBS Kids (US)
CBC Kids (Canada)

## External links

### website

https://pbskids.org/molly

* Zane Jasper as Tooey Ookami (Since Season 2)
* Vienna Leacock as Trini Mumford
* Jules Arita Koostachin as Layla Mabray
* Ronnie Dean Harris as Walter Mabray
* Lorne Cardinal as Nat Mabray

### Supporting cast

* Hyuma Frankowski as Kenji Ookami
* Luc Roderique as Daniel Mumford and The Announcer
* Adeline Potts as Midge Marsh
* Pawaken Koostachin-Chakasim as Oscar Marsh
* Shawn Youngchief as Mr. Patak, Maurice, Eugene Pike, Olin Benedict, and Finnegan King
* Katrina Salisbury as Nina
* Ellen Kennedy as Connie Williams, Mindy Moose, and Video Voice
* Taran Kootenhayoo as Randall (He voiced him until his death in 2020)
* Nyla Carpentier as Atsaq
* Anna Dickey as Vera Malakas
* Brenden Sunderland as Jake
* Michelle Thrush as Merna and Shyahtsoo
* Tai Amy Grauman as Renate Marsh
* Clay St. Thomas as Travis Hightower and Mr. Rowley
* Various voices as the Cruisers

### Guest cast

* Pamela Jones as Sadie Albert
* Rhona Rees as Barb
* Rebecca Shoichet as Dr. Antigone Howell

## Episodes

Each episode of Molly of Denaliincludes two 11-minute stories as well as interstitial content – including live-action segments featuring real children and regions in Alaska. The series is currently in production of 38 half-hour episodes and a one-hour special.

*Main article: List of Molly of Denali episodes*

## Production

The series is co-produced by WGBH (now known as GBH) and Atomic Cartoons. Molly of Denaliis developed and produced with funding from Homer (Early airings), the T. Rowe Price College Savings Plan (Early airings), the Ready to Learn Grant from the US Department of Education, Ikea (in some airings), and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting." as of Season 2 and 3 except for Season 4 The Arthur Vinning Davis Foundations and GBH catalyst fund funded the series.

## Trivia

* Denali is a place in Alaska, which is where the main setting of the show is set at. Denali is also typically pronounced as "Den-al-ee”. However, because the main character is named Molly, in the show’s title’s case, it is pronounced as "duh-nal-ee” in order to make it rhyme with Molly’s name (As Molly of "den-al-ee" does not rhyme).
* In the logo, the "M” in Molly is shaped like a mountain, probably to further describe her life in Alaska (as Alaska has mountains).
* Common Sense Media gave the show a 5/5 and a Common Sense Seal.
* At one point, the show would've been about Molly traveling the world with her parents on a boat instead of setting it in Alaska.
* In 2020, it won a Peabody Award.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 [1]
2. ↑ https://www.commonsensemedia.org/about-us/news/press-releases/common-sense-media-announces-summer-2019-common-sense-seal-honorees-for?utm\_source=Twitter&utm\_medium=social