TARAJI P. HENSON & CLEMENT VIRGO to obtain the TBFF 2021 Profession Achievement Award
JEAN AUGUSTINE to obtain the TBFF 2021 Pioneer Award
WES HALL to obtain the TBFF 2021 Social Impression Award
The ninth annual Toronto Black Movie Pageant – #TBFF21 – marks Black Historical past Month
A mandatory ONLINE Pageant for our instances – Revolutionary, Robust, Various and Daring programming Amplifying much more Black Voices from February 10 – 21, 2021
Full Program, All Entry Passes & Particular person Tickets at TorontoBlackFilm.com
Toronto, ON (February 10, 2021) – The Toronto Black Movie Pageant offered by TD Financial institution Group in collaboration with World Information, will honour Academy Award nominated actress Taraji P. Henson and one among Canada’s foremost director’s Clement Virgo with the TBFF 2021 Profession Achievement Award for his or her accomplishments and success inside the movie and TV industries.
TBFF will even pay tribute to the primary African Canadian lady to be elected as Member of Parliament, Hon. Jean Augustine, with the TBFF 2021 Pioneer Award. Her many achievements embody laws securing to cross a historic movement designating February as Black Historical past Month in Canada. Wes Hall, one among MacLean’s 2021 Prime 50 Most Highly effective Canadians, might be offered with the TBFF 2021 Social Impression Award for his work as chairman of Black North Initiative.
TBFF cross holders can have the chance to view the Discussions with our honorees, fully on-line, from February 10 to 21. The #TBFF21 All Entry Move is obtainable for less than $69 and offers entry to all movies (Characteristic Movies accessible in Canada solely, besides “Foster Boy”, which is accessible throughout North America) / Brief Movies Sequence accessible worldwide). All Passes will be bought on the Pageant’s web site.
“#TBFF21 is greater than a movie competition; it’s a motion. We attempt to highlight necessary Black figures out and in of the movie world for his or her outstanding work. Taraji P. Henson and Clement Virgo’s work within the TV and movie industries embodies Black Excellence and exhibits us that when given the chance, Black filmmakers can do wonders. Wes Corridor’s work towards systemic racism with the Black North Initiative is nothing wanting inspiring. Lastly, Hon. Jean Augustine, the primary Black-Canadian member of Parliament, who confirmed us that we are able to all turn out to be brokers of change and turn out to be higher as a society.” Acknowledged Fabienne Colas, President and Founding father of the TBFF.
In Dialog with Taraji P. Henson Tribute
TBFF President and Founder Fabienne Colas discusses with Academy Award nominated actress Taraji P. Henson about her path in the direction of Hollywood fame as a Black actress. The dialogue might be accessible on the Pageant movie platform till the top of the occasion (accessible to All Entry Move Holders).
Taraji P. Henson will obtain the TBFF 2021 Profession Achievement for her triumphs in TV and movie whereas portraying sturdy highly effective Black characters.
Academy Award nominated and Golden Globe profitable actor, author and producer Taraji P. Henson shortly rose to fame after her breakout efficiency within the critically acclaimed movie HUSTLE & FLOW, which earned her, and solid, a Display screen Actors Guild nomination in addition to profitable her at BET award for Greatest Actress. Henson presently stars as Cookie Lyon in Fox’s hit musical drama “Empire,” which has earned her three Emmy nominations, a Golden Globe Award, a Critic’s Selection Award and three BET Awards.” In 2017, Henson portrayed NASA mathematician Katherine G. Johnson within the Academy Award-nominated movie HIDDEN FIGURES. Henson and her solid obtained a Display screen Actors Guild Award for “Excellent Efficiency by a Solid in a Movement Image” for the movie.
Clement Virgo Tribute
Clement Virgo might be featured on a podcast to be revealed in the course of the Pageant.
One among Canada’s foremost movie administrators, Clement Virgo might be awarded the TBFF 2021 Profession Achievement Award for his excellent and critically acclaimed physique of labor.
His TV directing credit embody The Wire, Billions, American Crime, Empire, and Greenleaf, on which he served as Director and Govt Producer with Oprah Winfrey. He directed, co-wrote, and govt produced the award-winning miniseries adaptation of The Guide of Negroes, which debuted to record-breaking numbers on CBC and BET in america. Clement’s function movies have premiered at TIFF, Sundance, and Berlin movie festivals. His motion pictures embody Poor Boy’s Recreation, Lie with Me, and Love Come Down. He’s presently prepping his subsequent function movie Brother and the upcoming Netflix collection Bloom for Michelle and Barack Obama’s Greater Floor Productions.
Jean Augustine Tribute
Hon. Jean Augustine will supply an insightful dialog in the course of the Pageant. Her story is a testomony to the facility of laborious work and devotion in pursuit of social justice. To mark one among her most notable achievements, the laws designating February as Black Historical past Month in Canada 25 years in the past, TBFF will current her with the TBFF 2021 Pioneer award.
In 1993, Jean Augustine made historical past as the primary African Canadian lady to be elected to Canada’s Home of Commons because the Member of Parliament from the Larger Toronto Space constituency of Etobicoke-Lakeshore. In 2007, Jean Augustine was referred to as on by the Authorities of Ontario to guide an necessary initiative commemorating the two hundredth anniversary of the Abolition of the 1807 British Slave Commerce Act. Amongst tons of of different awards, the Ladies’s Govt Community named her one among Canada’s Most Highly effective Ladies. In 2009, Jean was appointed as a Member of the Order of Canada for her in depth contribution to Canadian society as a politician, educator and advocate for social justice. In 2012, she obtained the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal. In 2014, she was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire for her providers to schooling and politics. In 2020 she was appointed to the Order of Ontario.
In Dialog with Wes Corridor + Tribute
On Tuesday, February 16, at 4pm ET as A part of the TBFF Black Market, Toronto Black Movie Pageant’s Founder and President, Fabienne Colas will interview Wes Corridor about his journey to success and the necessary work he does because the chairman of Black North Initiative, for which he might be receiving the TBFF 2021 Social Impression Award.
With over 20 years of expertise in company governance and shareholder communications, Wes Corridor has established himself because the preeminent chief in shareholder advisory providers and contested investor conditions. Canada’s main newspaper The Globe & Mail has referred to as him one of many nation’s “most influential powerbrokers” and Canadian Enterprise journal named him one of many “strongest businesspeople” in 2016. He’s additionally the Founder and Chair of Black North Initiative.
The 9th annual Toronto Black Movie Pageant, created by the Fabienne Colas Basis, is offered by TD Financial institution Group in collaboration with World Information – from February 10 to 21, 2021 – ONLINE.
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Concerning the Toronto Black Movie Pageant
Based by the Fabienne Colas Basis, the Toronto Black Movie Pageant is Canada’s largest celebration of Black Historical past Month by way of Movies and far more. TBFF is devoted to celebrating the easiest in cinematic work coping with the experiences of Black folks from a variety of communities. Our mandate is to supply a chance for filmmakers from all ethnic backgrounds to shine the highlight on genuine tales that mirror the realities of Black experiences. Together with its sister festivals, the Montreal Worldwide Black Movie Pageant and the Halifax Black Movie Pageant, TBFF showcases new voices in cinema and encourages audiences to see the world in new methods. In connecting black movies with numerous audiences, we acknowledge the variations that make us distinctive whereas celebrating the shared values that deliver us collectively.
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