Interest: Discrimination
Black Boys Skate Too
Director
Danica Ricamara
Genre
Documentary
Interests
BIPOC Stories, Discrimination
Original Language
English
I Live Here
Director
Tyler Mckenzie Evans
Genre
Drama
Interests
BIPOC Stories, Black Filmmaker, Discrimination
Original Language
English
Superhero Inc.
Directors
Elizabeth Whitmere, Christine Bélanger
Genre
Animation
Interest
Discrimination
Original Language
English
The Porter
This acclaimed eight-episode series won a Directors Guild of Canada award for Charles Officer, and was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award.
Directors
Charles Officer
Actor, writer and filmmaker Officer’s first feature, Nurse.Fighter.Boy, was nominated for 10 Genies, winning one. Officer also directed the docs Mighty Jerome, The Skin We're In, Unarmed Verses, and Invisible Essence: The Little Prince, as well as the feature Akilla's Escape, which won five CSAs. He directed episodes of Coroner, and executive produced and co-directed The Porter, which was nominated for an Emmy. Officer passed away in 2023. He changed the Canadian film and television landscape with his fierce dedication to portraying Black perspectives and experiences, and is greatly missed.
Cast
Aml Ameen, Ronnie Rowe, Mouna Traoré, Loren Lott
Genre
Drama
Interests
BIPOC Stories, Discrimination, History, Social Justice & Politics
Original Language
English
Sophie and Jacob
A moving animation based on the true story of two young Romanian Jews fleeing the Holocaust, who help each other survive when their ship is turned away from Palestine and then denied entry by country after country.
Director
Max Shoham
Writer
Max Shoham
Genre
Drama
Interests
Discrimination, Global Experiences, History
Original Language
English
Ma boîte noire (My Black Box)
Director
Nicolas-Alexandre Tremblay
Genre
Documentary
Interests
Arts and Culture, BIPOC Stories, Discrimination
Original Language
French
Yesterday In Rwanda
Director
Davina Pardo
Cast
Marie Claire Wihogora
Producer
Davina Pardo
Genre
Documentary
Interests
Discrimination, Female Filmmaker, Global Experiences, Social Justice & Politics
Original Language
English
Four Faces of the Moon
Director
Amanda Strong (Michif)
Writers
Amanda Strong (Michif), Bracken Hanuse Corlett (Wuikinuxv-Klahoose)
Cast
Gail Maurice (Cree/Métis)
Producer
Bracken Hanuse Corlett (Wuikinuxv-Klahoose)
Genres
Action/Adventure, Animation, Documentary, Family
Interests
BIPOC Stories, Discrimination, Family Relationships, Indigenous Filmmaker
Original Language
Other Language
Boxed In
Director
Shane Belcourt (Métis)
Belcourt is a producer, writer, and filmmaker whose directing credits include numerous shorts such as Pookums, Boxed In, and Say Yes, as well as the features Tkaronto, Indictment: The Crimes of Shelly Chartier (which won the Alanis Obomsawin Award at imagineNATIVE), Red Rover, Beautiful Scars of Tom Wilson, Warrior Song and Ni Naadamaadiz: Red Power Rising, which premiered at TIFF. He also directed episodes of Urban Native Girl, CBC Docs POV, and Amplify.
Writers
Shane Belcourt (Métis), Duane Murray
Cast
Jennifer McEwan, Arnold Pinnock
Producer
Lea Marin
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Interests
BIPOC Stories, Discrimination, Indigenous Filmmaker, Social Justice & Politics
Original Language
English
The Music Video
A 13-year-old tomboy is told to put on makeup and sexy clothes to be the dancer in her brother’s friends’ video, then quickly sees their attitude towards her change. Content Note: Coarse Language
Director
Camille Poirier
Writer
Alexis Viau
Cast
Marilou Forgues, Jacob Whiteduck-Lavoie, Zachary T. Gauthier
Producer
Camille Poirier
Genre
Drama
Interests
Arts and Culture, Discrimination, Female Filmmaker
Original Language
French