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Deep Dive14 Sept 2026

074: Deep Dive with Shonee Samia

Hosted by Loani Arman

Loani Arman speaks with Shonee Samia: actor, stunt performer, motion capture performer, producer, game developer and national powerlifter. Ten years after a brain tumour diagnosis and being told she had six months to live, Shonee shares how facing her mortality made her more deliberate about her life and her career, including why she started her company, Mana Film Productions. Plus, her big idea to credit and protect performers as their work becomes data.

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