BEING BLACK IN TORONTO
NOMINATED AT CANADIAN SCREEN AWARDS:
BEST DIRECTION IN A DOCUMENTARY SERIES
PART OF FABIENNE COLAS FOUNDATION’S BEING BLACK IN CANADA PROGRAM – Produced by Zaza Manufacturing
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS FOR 2021 BEING BLACK IN CANDA IS OPEN UNTIL APRIL 7, 2021
(Toronto, March 30, 2021) – BEING BLACK IN TORONTO, a part of Fabienne Colas Basis’s BEING BLACK IN CANADA Program – offered by Netflix, in collaboration with the Nationwide Financial institution, and supported by Telefilm Canada, Canada Media Fund and the Canada Council for the Arts – is nominated for BEST DIRECTION IN A DOCUMENTARY SERIES on the Canadian Display screen Awards (CSA). BEING BLACK IN TORONTO aired on CBC and continues to be out there for streaming on CBC GEM. The CSA will probably be going down Might 17- 21, 2021.
The BEING BLACK IN TORONTO rising filmmakers addressed the difficulty of social integration of individuals from Black communities of their metropolis by means of movie. The contributors offered their movies as a World Premieres in 2020 on the Toronto Black Movie, adopted by the Halifax Black Movie Pageant, and the Montreal Worldwide Black Movie Pageant.
Listed below are the FCF’s Being Black in Canada: Being Black in Toronto CSA nominees:
- Omolola Ajao: YYZ
- Valerie Amponsah: Joseph, Margaret & I
- Yasmin Evering-Kerr: The Onyx Butterfly
- Sharine Taylor: Tallawah Overseas
- Adrian Wallace: Black Solar
- Yvano Wickham-Edwards: #Black
THE PROGRAM NOW ACCEPT APPLICATIONS:
The decision for purposes for the 2021 BEING BLACK IN CANADA program is presently open. This system’s eligibility standards and software type can be found HERE. Candidates have till April 7, 2021 to use and solely these chosen will probably be contacted.
ABOUT THE PROGRAM
The Fabienne Colas Basis’s BEING BLACK IN CANADA represents Canada’s largest incubator devoted to Black Filmmakers, and creation program to be solely devoted to Black filmmakers. As a part of the Fabienne Colas Basis’s Youth and Variety Initiative, the FCF’s Being Black in Canada program was created to make up for the blatant lack of variety and the dearth of Black Individuals in entrance and behind the digicam in Canada. Based in 2012, with the primary cohort launched in 2014, the Program offers a voice and a platform to creators who wouldn’t in any other case be seen or heard. The Basis actively promotes equal alternatives for Black Movie professionals whereas fostering Variety on our screens that sadly showcase content material that’s too white for a very numerous society.
Watch the 2019 movies on-line at CBC GEM Toronto TeleQuebec.television, CBC GEM Halifax
Concerning the Fabienne Colas Basis
The Fabienne Colas Basis (FCF) is a not-for-profit cultural group devoted to constructing bridges and advancing training by means of the humanities in addition to to assist the creation, manufacturing, promotion and dissemination of cinema, the humanities and tradition in Canada and elsewhere. To satisfy its mission, the Basis put collectively 10 festivals and applications to interrupt limitations, rejoice variety, foster togetherness, understanding and inclusion. Since its inception in 2005, its initiatives/festivals have showcased and supported over 3,000 artists and attracted over 2 million festivalgoers in Canada, the USA, Haiti and Brazil. The Basis largely promotes Black tradition in Montréal, Toronto, Halifax, New York Metropolis et Salvador de Bahia (Brazil); and Quebec tradition in Port-au-Prince.
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Talar Adam: press@torontoblackfilm.com