Transcript: Bags 2 Riches — Shushma Datt

[Aerial view of a long suspension bridge over a large river, with stately coniferous trees standing tall on the right bank, a city with a few white high-rise buildings surrounded by green space on the left bank. In the distance, the sun is rising, just starting to peer over the silhouette of a majestic mountain range.]

>> Shushma Datt: When you come to new country as an immigrant, there are a lot of things that you have to readjust.

[Aerial view pans over the middle of the river, the suspension bridge still filling the picture from left to right. Sunrise continues to over top of the mountain range just off to the left.

[Aerial view of a large, sprawling Vancouver with scores of densely packed high-rise buildings of all shapes, sizes, and heights on both sides of the bridge, which is connecting to the land. Only a few cars dot the multi-lane road of the bridge.]

[Next, an alternate view from the river, of the densely packed high-rise buildings.]

[A close-up of Shushma Datt from behind with Shushma looking off into the distance; large, fluffy clouds overhead.]

>> Shushma Datt: Your way of life, your way of talking, they have to prove twice as much to get where they are.

[Close-up interview of Shushma Datt sitting in a radio station office. A dark brown bookcase with three shelves holding a few books and binders behind to the left, while a desk with microphones and recording equipment in front of a large glass window, is behind and to the right.

>> Shushma Datt: In Canada, I started the very first 24-hour radio station outside of India dedicated to the South Asian audience.

[Close-up of Shushma in the radio station studio, speaking in to a large, professional microphone. On the microphone is the logo for Spice Radio. Shushma is wearing headphones, with the left ear piece resting just behind her left ear.]

[Close-up of a silver-framed plaque with a picture of a young, teenage Shushma, with the words “4. Shushma Datt, Broadcasting Pioneer, For over five decades, Sushma Datt has been…” underneath the photo.]

[Close-up of Shushma speaking in the radio station office.]

>> Shushma Datt: And in 2005, I followed that up by becoming the first woman in Canada to earn a radio licence.

[Posterior shot of Shushma looking off into the distance with large, fluffy clouds filling the sky over a silhouette of large mountains.]

[The words “Shushma Datt, Founder & CEO — Spice Radio” sit in the lower left corner, as Shushma turns from the posterior view to face the camera, sporting a large smile.] 

>> Shushma Datt: My name is Shushma Datt. This is my Bags to Riches story.

[A dotted pink line emerges from centre left of the screen leading to the centre, to a black and white image of several old-timey suitcases shown through a large camera lens.

[The camera lens with suitcases fades to the background while the dotted pink line continues on and expands as marks on a black and white flight board reading “Airport Departures.” Several flight destinations appear under the headings “Time,” “City,” and “Flight.”]

[The airport departures screen fades while a bright pink circle appears close to the screen, then decreases rapidly in size following the airport departures screen. A close-up view of a black and white map showing Canada and Greenland on the left and parts of Europe on the right, appears. An airplane takes off from an area in France, heading toward Canada, a trail of bright pink dots following the flight path of the airplane.]

[From the centre of the screen a large camera lens now surrounded by a bright pink circle rapidly increases in size, breaking up the solid line to form pink dots around the camera lens. Inside the lens are a number of black and white passport stamps indicating various countries and dates. In the centre “CANADA” clearly stands out in bold lettering.]

[A pink circle emerges from the centre of the screen, starting small and rapidly expanding replacing the images of the passport stamps. The title, “BAGS 2 RICHES” in bright pink lettering appear in the centre of the screen, while the words “Simplii Financial” are shown at the bottom right of the title in white lettering, all against a plain black screen.]

[Title: Bags 2 Riches, Simplii Financial]

[Gentle music]

[Title: Nairobi, Kenya. Behind the title an aged aerial view of Nairobi, a large, sprawling city with mostly white-coloured buildings of all shapes and sizes. In the foreground is a large, open field with dry grass, the edges of the field dotted with vastly spaced green trees.]

>> Shushma Datt: I was born in Nairobi, Kenya.

[Aged 1970s style street view images in Nairobi. First, a street with mid-rise white stone buildings and brown rooves stand at the street edge on the right. In the middle, dividing the traffic directions is a large median with leafy deciduous trees. Along the median is a long row of similarly-shaped cars of different colours, angle parked up the entire median. Next, a view of the angle-parked cars leading toward a mosque. Two tall minarets flank each end of the mosque.]

[Black and white photograph of a youthful Shushma, long braids in her black hair, sitting on a step with two other, younger children.]

[Close-up of Shushma speaking in the radio station office.]

>> Shushma Datt: When I was 10 years old, I was allowed to take part in a play.

[Close-up of a VU meter with the needle moving rapidly from left to right indicating audio being recorded. Next, a close-up of an old-fashioned microphone, with a large gold circle around the outside, and a sign on top with the words “On the Air”. An old reel-to-reel recording machine with a white reel on the left and a brown reel on the right spins, transferring the tape from one reel to the other while recording.]

>> Shushma Datt: We had to go to a radio station to do a drama. And I had one line in it: “Look at the mouse eating the ladoo.”

[Close-up of Shushma speaking in the radio station office.]

>> Shushma Datt: And it was in Hindi. And I practiced that line all night. Like, “Look at the mouse eating the ladoo. Look at the mouse eating the ladoo,” you know. So, when my turn came, of course, I fumbled. And I was so devastated.

[A vintage-style video of a living room with brown panelled wood walls in the background. In the foreground, a woman wearing a saree is carrying an old radio with two gold knobs on the front. She sets the radio down on a brown coffee table.]

>> Shushma Datt: But the guy across the window asked me to repeat my line three, four times.

[Close-up of Shushma speaking in the radio station office.]

>> Shushma Datt: When it came on the radio, the play, I didn't want to listen to it because I thought my fumbled line would be there. So, when it was the clean piece that was aired —

[Close-up of a vintage brown radio with four bands on the display indicating different frequencies. Underneath the display are eight gold-coloured buttons with the call letters of different radio stations printed on the buttons in white lettering. CFUN is written on the very right button. A person’s finger comes to the second button from the left with the word “Radio” and presses the button.]

>> Recording of Shushma Datt: Look at the mouse eating the ladoo.

[Close-up of Shushma speaking in the radio station office.]

>> Shushma Datt: — I thought to myself, “This is magic.”

[The woman in the vintage living room takes hold of the radio’s silver antenna and extends it up. Her hand then reaches around to the front of the radio and turns the volume dial up, to the right.]

>> Shushma Datt: I want to be in this world. To be a broadcaster would be a magical thing.

[Close-up of a black and white sign with the words “Harambee, what next for Kenya?” The image expands to a newspaper clipping “Kenya Acts To Crush…” by William Stevenson, with the words “The Globe and Mail” highlighted in bright yellow. The image further expands to display the newspaper headline “Kenya Acts To Crush Secret Army,” with “To Crush Secret Army” highlighted in yellow. The image shifts to the right to a subheading, “Report New Terror Rising,” highlighted in yellow.]

[A newspaper article titled “Kenya Has Reached a Crisis in Its History in Spite of Many Encouraging…” by Cyril Dunn in The Globe and Mail, October 29, 1957. The words “Reached a Crisis” are highlighted in yellow.]

>> Shushma Datt: In the 60s in Nairobi, the political situation started getting a little turbulent. The uprising was already happening.

[Close-up of Shushma speaking in the radio station office.]

>> Shushma Datt: The Indian community in Kenya was number two, as far as hierarchy was concerned.

[Black and white photo of a teenage Shushma with several family members all smiling, standing under a large tree. Shushma is standing second from the left in the back. Two small children stand in front. A second photo of a multi-generational Indian family, three men standing in the back while seated in front are three women flanked by two older gentlemen on the ends. The women are holding and surrounded by several small children.

[Close-up of Shushma speaking in the radio station office.]

>> Shushma Datt: You are 14, 15 years old, and you realize that we don't belong here. I really started feeling that we as a community, we're vagabonds, you know, don't have a home. This is not our home.

[Black and white photo of Shushma’s parents sitting together, but spaced apart, looking at the camera. On the left, her mother sits dressed in a shimmery saree. On the right, Shushma’s father is dressed in a lightly checked suit and tie.]

[Close-up of Shushma speaking in the radio station office.]

>> Shushma Datt: My parents felt it was not safe living in Nairobi, and they decided that we should all go to India because that's motherland.

[Title: New Delhi, India. Aged film footage of a large intersection in New Delhi. In the foreground, several multi-lane wide streets from the bottom right, bottom left, and mid-left converge at a monument in the middle of the intersection. A further street continues off to the top of the screen. Large, ornate mid-rise buildings pack the sides of the street.]

[A street-level view of scores of people walking along a vast, open street in India. To the back stands a large temple.]

[A double-decker bus loaded with people wearing white rumbles from right to left of the screen, passing the monument in the middle of the intersection, through many men dressed in white, walking on the street. A grey streetcar rumbles past and out to the right of the image.]

[A black and white photo of a late-teenaged Shushma with shoulder-length hair wearing a knitted sweater, standing in front of a brick building. Shushma is looking off to the left of the image.]

>> Shushma Datt: When I was in India, I felt this is a place where our heritage comes from. So culturally, I was pretty okay.

[Close-up of Shushma speaking in the radio station office.]

>> Shushma Datt: But our way of dressing was different. The reception that we received from people, that sense of us not belonging came to me again, very strong, so we decided to go to England.

[Title: London, England. A 1970s-style aerial view over the River Thames with three bridges greatly spread apart, crossing the river. To the bottom left bank, Parliament and Big Ben tower over the river. Large mid-rise buildings line the river’s edges on both sides.]

[A street-level view of Tower Bridge spanning the River Thames. A red double-decker bus crosses the bridge from right to left.]

[Black and white photo of Shushma sitting in a dark, wood-panelled recording booth. Next, a close-up of the BBC headquarters, a curved, pink stone building with large panels of glass reaching up to the top. The letters “BBC” are spelled out on individuals stones on the building front.]

>> Shushma Datt: My very first job in broadcasting was at the BBC Hindi service in London.

[Close-up of Shushma speaking in the radio station office.]

>> Shushma Datt: I was the first person to start a music program.

[In a storage room, floor-to-ceiling shelves are stacked with black video tape cases all with white labels. In the walkway, several storage boxes are stacked also containing video tape cases.]

[Close-up of Shushma speaking in the radio station office.]

>> Shushma Datt: They all had news and feature programs. And the very first music program was given to me in 1969.

[Black and white photo of younger Shushma sitting at a large soundboard. There are several dials and knobs on the board. Shushma is reaching her left hand forward and adjusting one of the dials.]

[Close-up of Shushma speaking in the radio station office.]

>> Shushma Datt: It gave me an opportunity to meet the pop stars of the day.

[Still black and white photos cycle. First, a photograph of The Beatles in their early days, all wearing black suits and thin black ties, with mop-top haircuts, smiling at the camera. Next, the four Beatles members and another person wearing a turban are all seated cross-legged in a circle on the floor. Paul, John, and Ringo are all watching George as he and the other gentleman play long-necked sitars.]

>> Shushma Datt: The Beatles, I sat with George Harrison when he played the sitar.

[Still black and white photos cycle. First, a picture of the young Rolling Stones all standing together, arms around each others’ shoulders. Mick Jagger stands in the middle with his white shirt unbuttoned to his navel; the other members all wear jackets of various shapes and materials. Next, a close-up of Mick Jagger with shoulder-length hair, wearing a ruffled shirt, singing into a microphone.]

>> Shushma Datt: I interviewed Rolling Stones, Mick Jagger.

[Black and white photo of Pete Townsend and Shushma sitting at a table with a small reel-to-reel recorder. Pete Townsend is holding a pen, writing in a notebook. 

>> Shushma Datt: Pete Townsend, of the Who. 

[A photo of Pete Townsend looking over to Sushma while she holds a microphone up. The words Shushma speaks scroll on to the screen.] 

>> Recording of Shushma Datt: What was the idea behind “I Can See for Miles”? 

[The voice of Pete Townsend, The Who. The words he speaks scroll on to the screen.]

>> Recording of Pete Townsend: Actually, “I Can See for Miles” is a very simple storyline. It's just about a guy who suspects that his girl is carrying on with other fellas while he is away working.

[Close-up of Shushma speaking in the radio station office.]

>> Shushma Datt: By the time I left BBC, I was one of the first Indian women to be technician, and a studio manager.

[Black and white photo of younger Shushma sitting on the right holding an older microphone, interviewing a woman on the left, who is wearing a saree.]

[Black and white photo of younger Shushma sitting at an Olympia typewriter. Next, a photo of Shushma’s parents, mother on the right, father on the left, sitting in two large chairs, a cloth draped over the adjoining arms, playing a card game.]

[Close-up of Shushma speaking in the radio station office.]

>> Shushma Datt: My dad's passing away had a huge effect on us.

[Black and white close-up photo of 20-something Shushma with hair in a beehive-type hairdo, standing in front of a wooden fence.]

>> Shushma Datt: My mother wanted me to be married. She'd be looking for somebody to be married to me. So, I said, “Okay, all right. You know, for the family, I'll do this.” My future husband was from Canada — Vancouver, Canada.

[Black and white photo of a 20-something Sushma wearing a saree, seated centre front, smiling in front of a BBC radio mic. Shushma is surrounded on both sides by two men and also behind by a row of six men, all wearing suits, standing around smiling and chatting.]

[Close-up of Shushma speaking in the radio station office.]

>> Shushma Datt: The year is 1972 and I'm leaving England, a place that I really liked very much, because my profession was there.

[Black and white still photos cycle. First, younger Shushma and two men stand in front of a BBC mic. One man is holding an umbrella above the three of them, while they all look up towards the sky, holding out a hand as if to check for rain. Next, younger Shushma sits in a recording studio smiling, looking over to a man with large sideburns, seated on the left, being interviewed for the radio. Next, a group photo of several men and women seemingly in their 20s, all looking at the camera. The first two rows have six women each, while the back row is six men all wearing suits and ties. Shushma is located in the centre row, second from the right.]

[Close-up of Shushma speaking in the radio station office.]

>> Shushma Datt: And I was a broadcaster, something I wanted to be all my life.

[Colour photo of Shushma and three female family members. Shushma’s mother is seated in the centre front, smiling.]

[Close-up of Shushma speaking in the radio station office.]

>> Shushma Datt: Leaving mum and my siblings was traumatic.

[Title: Vancouver, British Columbia. A 1970s-style aerial view of the port of Vancouver. The white-peaked roof of the Vancouver Cruise Terminal juts out from the left to the centre of the frame. Behind to the left are many large, multi-story buildings. To the right of the river is a large, densely forested area. Next, an aerial view of densely packed Vancouver. The white dome of BC Place is located in the far upper left, while the upper right is stacked with high-rise buildings. The foreground has many straight, parallel streets lines with single-family homes.]

[Aerial view of tightly-packed multi-storey buildings of all heights and shapes. Next, a row of tall flag poles in front of large high-rise buildings. The flags flutter quickly in the wind. The three closest flags are a blue Port of Vancouver flag, followed by the Canadian flag, and the flag of British Columbia.]

[Close-up of Shushma speaking in the radio station office.]

>> Shushma Datt: But there was an excitement that I would be going to a new place. Starting a new life. When I first came here, I just went straight to CFUN, if I'm not mistaken, and a guy there said “Oh, you got three things against you. Number one, you're a woman. Number two, you're Black. And number three, you’ve got a thick accent.” I said,” I'm brown.” But you know, regardless, “So I'm not gonna get a job?” He said, “Well, it's gonna be very difficult.”

[Black and white photo of Shushma leaning over with her chin resting on her hands, folded one on top of the other, in front of a large office building blurred behind. Next, a photo of young Shushma smiling brightly at the camera, a ribbon tied at the end of a braid in her long hair, which is resting just on the front of her right shoulder, standing in front of a large, leafy tree.]

[Close-up of Shushma speaking in the radio station office.]

>> Shushma Datt: At that point, I did realize that I'll have to hone on, on my broadcasting skills as a — as an Indian broadcaster.

[Sepia photo of Shushma smiling, looking down, sitting in front of a microphone.]

[Close-up of Shushma speaking in the radio station office.]

>> Shushma Datt: So, I started working with CJVB. There was a new voice in Vancouver very quickly, and that was me doing a Hindi program.

[Close-up photo of 20-something Shushma looking off to the left.]

[Close-up of Shushma speaking in the radio station office.]

>> Shushma Datt: I had three, four hours of programming. And I used to work as an operator for CHQM, in the evenings.

[Black and white photo of shorter-haired Shushma doing a location shoot, standing, holding a microphone, while a cameraperson holds a camera pointed at her, standing in front of a sign that reads “Exhibition Hall C”. Next, a colour photo of Shushma sitting on a bench in a large white room with horizontally panelled walls. Just behind Shushma is a folding paneled wall covered with 10 or so almost life-size posters of South Asian stars.]

>> Shushma Datt: I branched into television in 1976.

[Close-up of Shushma speaking in the radio station office.]

>> Shushma Datt: And being the producer for the South Asian programming, producing 13 hours of programming a week.

[The words “Monday Evening at the Movies” printed in yellow letters spin quickly from background to foreground, landing in a silhouetted archway between two ornate columns. In the distance is the Taj Mahal. Next, the words “Thursday Entertainment” printed in yellow letters rush forward, seemingly being swept ashore by large, rolling waves with the golden glow of the setting sun casting upon them.]

>> Shushma Datt: “Monday Evening at the Movies” and “Thursday Entertainment” became the most popular.

[Television footage of Shushma speaking in Hindi to the camera. First, Shushma is seated in a rose pink saree with gold trim, against a black backdrop, interviewing a woman who closes her eyes and clasps her hands as if to say “Namaste”.]

>> Shushma Datt: My programming always had purpose to it. Stories of women, I would highlight them, I would talk about them. 

[A slightly older Shushma now with shorter hair seated in a red saree with yellow trim, against a backdrop of backlit folding panels, interviewing another South Asian woman.]

>> Shushma Datt: I deliberately interviewed South Asian women.

[A 1970s street view of Vancouver. On the left is a large sign that reads “Mr. Jake’s Steaks.” Two women walk past a glass bus shelter in the foreground. In the background on the right stands a large office high-rise with a clock tower at the top. A close-up of the clock tower reveals the time to be 3:42.]

>> Shushma Datt: In the 70s, my family had decided to come to Canada.

[Colour photo of Shushma and three female family members. Shushma’s mother is seated in the centre front, smiling.]

[Close-up of Shushma speaking in the radio station office.]

>> Shushma Datt: So then, I became the breadwinner for the family. I had already decided to leave my husband and have a baby.

[Colour photo of Shushma seated, looking off to the right, holding a very young infant in her lap. Behind Shushma is a vastly white wall with one single white picture frame above Shushma’s head.]

[A colour photo of Shushma’s mother standing, surrounded by several family members, all smiling and looking towards the camera. One of the women has her arm draped around Shushma’s mother lovingly. Next, a close-up of a framed photo of Sushma and her mother, their heads touching, smiling at the camera.]

>> Shushma Datt: My family’s support was the most important. The backbone of my life. My mother was a very strong woman, my younger sister who lived with me, both of them helped a lot when Sudhir was born.

[In a current-day living room with dark wood-panelled walls and a white stone fireplace, with an old photograph of young children in a dark frame on the fireplace ledge, Shushma and Sadhna sit at opposite ends of a couch, both talking, smiling, and laughing.]

>> Shushma Datt: If I didn't have my family’s support, I don't think I would have been able to do what I have been able to do.

[Still framed photographs cycle. First, a black and white photograph of a teenaged Shushma standing with several other older family members, all posed and looking at the camera. Next, a colour photograph of Shushma, her siblings, and many teenaged and younger children all sitting closely packed together around Shushma’s mother, smiling happily.]

>> Shushma Datt: Family is the most important thing for a person, especially for immigrants.

[Close-up of Shushma speaking in the radio station office.]

>> Shushma Datt: When a newcomer comes here, the first and foremost thing is look after their family. Make sure that the family has got enough food to eat and — and they have a job. My two cents worth is to always work hard, because hard work does pay. I know it is back breaking sometimes.

[Shushma stands at the edge of a large, open body of water. Behind Shushma, a foot and bike path follows the curved edge of the water. In the background, several large, bushy trees stand at the waters edge. Shushma looks off to the left, waving.]

[Close-up of Shushma speaking in the radio station office.]

>> Shushma Datt: But it eventually pays off. And it’s the immigrants whose hard work eventually helps that country. Wish for the sky because the universe is waiting for you to ask.

[Current-day Shushma speaking in to a large, professional microphone. Shushma is wearing headphones, looking up to a screen on the wall above.]

>> Shushma Datt: Spice Radio (Shushma speaking in Hindi). 

[Sushma sits in the recording studio looking at a computer.]

>> Shushma Datt: In 1987, I did have television programming, but I started leaning towards radio.

[Close-up of an old brown radio sitting on a table in a 1960s style living room.]

[Close-up of Shushma speaking in the radio station office.]

>> Shushma Datt: So, I contacted my old colleagues from BBC and asked them if they would do a 20-minute news bulletin every day for us, if I started a brand-new radio station. And they said, “Yes.”

[Repeat black and white photo of a 20-something Sushma wearing a saree, seated centre front, smiling in front of a BBC radio mic. Shushma is surrounded on both sides by two men and also behind by a row of six men, all wearing suits, standing around smiling and chatting.]

[Large orange panelled door with the words “Rim Jhim” printed repeatedly, row upon row, filling the panel. Over top in the middle, the words “Rim Jhim” are printed in large, white letters. To the right of the panel is a silver plate with a door handle in the shape of a vertical bar.]

>> Shushma Datt: And that's how Rim Jhim was born.

[Close up of audio panel with many sliders and knobs, in a darkened room. Behind is a large, lit computer screen.]

[Close-up of Shushma speaking in the radio station office.]

>> Shushma Datt: On November 1, 1987, Rim Jhim became the first radio station outside of India to broadcast 24/7, for the community living here.

[Close-up of Sudhir Datta, sitting in front of several rows of shelving housing black video tape cases with white labels. The words “Sudhir Datta, Vice President & Program Director - Spice Radio” rest in the bottom left corner.]

>> Sudhir Datta: That was probably one of her happiest days. Everything that she had worked for, since moving to Canada was realized at that moment.

[Close-up of Shushma speaking in the radio station office.]

>> Shushma Datt: And in 2005, I followed that up —

[Professional photo of Shushma standing elegantly, eyes looking off to the right of the screen, wearing a white, swirled-pattern saree with elegant gold and red trim.]

>> Shushma Datt: — by becoming the first woman in Canada to own a radio licence.

[Close-up of Sudhir Datta sitting in front of shelving housing black video tape cases with white labels.]

>> Sudhir Datta: >> To be the first woman to be awarded a license for an AM station by the CRTC, she was just over the moon.

[Close-up interview of Sadhna Datta, standing in a large living room with a wood panelled wall to the left. In the middle of the wall is a large white stone fireplace with blue trim around the opening. In the background is heavy, navy blue floor-to-ceiling curtain. The words “Sadhna Datta, Retired Teacher” rest in the bottom left.]

>> Sadhna Datta: >> That was a — a huge accomplishment for her.

[Exterior view of a two-storey office-type grey building. Camera pans in to show a close up of signs on the building. The first is a read sign that says “Sp!ce Radio” in white lettering. The middle sign has the iTMB logo on top with “i.t. Media Broadcasting” below in white lettering. The third sign is an orange background, with large white lettering that says, “Rim Jhim”. Next, a large white panel with a repeated pattern of “1200 AM Sp!ce Radio” in orange circles alternating with orange circles with a slightly askew white question mark. In the middle of the panel, a large version of the “1200 AM Sp!ce Radio” logo fills four lines.]

>> Sudhir Datta: >> What we have now at Spice Radio is a voice that speaks to a younger crowd to a younger generation.

[Close-up of Shushma speaking in the radio station office.]

>> Shushma Datt: I thought of my mum, the day I got the radio station —

[Video of Shushma’s mother in later years, wearing a yellow saree, seated in a plush blue chair, holding a large, several-hundred page hardcover book, reading to the camera.]

>> Shushma Datt: — and I thought to myself, she would be so happy. I knew my mother would be very proud of me.

>> (Mother speaking in Hindi) 

[Close-up of Shushma speaking in the radio station office.]

>> Shushma Datt: Working in, in the industry that I am in, there was nobody who — who could give me a boost. I had to do it all on my own.

[Current-day Shushma sits beside a young female, Natasha Mendes, in the recording studio. Natasha sits in front of the recording microphone with headphones resting around her neck, watching Shushma as Shushma gives instruction and demonstrates with her hands. The younger female smiles.]

[Close-up of Shushma speaking in the radio station office.]

>> Shushma Datt: By being a woman, broadcaster. Young women who used to watch my television programs, or listen to me on radio, felt that if she can do it, we can do it too.

[Close-up interview of Natasha Mendes sitting in front of blurred stacks behind. The words “Natasha Mendes, Host & Co-Producer - The Morning Buzz, Spice Radio” rest in the lower left.]

[Natasha and Shushma continue talking in the recording studio.]

>> Natasha Mendes: I see myself in her. She is a stalwart in the radio industry and her beliefs, her attitude, the feminism that she exudes, the power that she exudes is very infectious.

[Interview of Vishaljeet Kaur, a younger female standing in a large white office space. To the left are several framed certificates and awards of various shapes and sizes. The words “Vishaljeet Kaur, Traffic Manager - Spice Radio” rest in the lower left corner.]

[Shushma again standing in front of the large open body of water, looking to the left, waving.]

>> Vishaljeet Kaur: She has helped me a lot, whether it is regarding work, whether it is regarding my performance, she is my mentor as well.

[Two younger people join Shushma standing in front of the water. The younger persons put their arms around Shushma, while all three pose and smile towards the camera.] 

>> Shushma Datt: When young women come up to me and say, “I was a little girl watching you,” makes me feel very happy.

[Close-up interview of Sadhna Datta in living room space.]

[Several images cycle. First, a black and white photo of Sushma being presented with a certificate by a tall gentleman. Next, hanging on the wall, a plaque stating “Award of Recognition presented to Shushma Datt, in deep appreciation of your tireless efforts and outstanding contribution…” Also hanging on the wall, a Proclamation from the Office of the Mayor City of Vancouver for “Raise Your Hands Against Racism Day”, recognizing Holi as a significant holiday for the South Asian Community being celebrated on March 7, 2015. Four military-type medals are displayed on a piece of card in a clear plastic stand. Several newspaper clippings on a corkboard recognizing Shushma’s accomplishments and photographs of family.]

>> Sadhna Datta: She's achieved things that were very difficult to achieve. She's a woman of action. So yeah, I think she's pretty cool.

[Close-up of Sudhir Datta sitting in front of shelving housing black video tape cases with white labels.]

[Colour photo of a very young Sudhir sitting on a black couch with red floral print. Sudhir is wearing large white headphones on his ears.]

[Photo of Shushma smiling, looking at a toddler-aged Sudhir who is wearing a white towel with a hood.]

>> Sudhir Datta: Growing up people would, would ask me who's your role model or who’d you idolize and who's your hero? And I can't say anybody else but her.

[Shushma again standing by the water’s edge, smiling brightly.]

[Close-up of Shushma speaking in the radio station office.]

>> Shushma Datt: I love this country very much.

[Aerial view of a stately home on a hill, a Canadian flag towering above densely packed trees of all shapes and sizes, surrounding the home. To the very right is a large, open body of water. Aerial views of the City of Vancouver. First, in the foreground, sprawling green, grassy space, contrasted sharply behind with numerous, densely packed, high-rise buildings of all shapes and sizes. To the left, an inlet on the water with a marina housing hundreds of sailboats. The view changes to a closer view of the large high-rise buildings.]

>> Shushma Datt: This is home for me. This is the country that has given me a feeling of belonging. I belong here.

[Close-up of a plaque with a picture of a young, teenage Shushma, with the words “4. Shushma Datt, Broadcasting Pioneer, “For our five decades, Sushma Datt has been a trailblazer and a role model. Known as the ‘great connector’, Shushma has not only…” underneath the photo.]

>> Shushma Datt: I am not a vagabond anymore. I belong in Canada.

[Close-up of Shushma speaking in the radio station office.]

>> Shushma Datt: I am a Canadian.

[Upbeat music]

[Aerial view of the high-rise buildings in Vancouver.]

[Aerial view of the large water way in the Port of Vancouver. In the background to the right are the densely packed high-rise buildings. To the left, an industrial port with many large cargo ships.] 

[Title: Bags 2 Riches]

[“Bags 2 Riches” and “Simplii Financial” fade to black.]

[Upbeat music ends]