The relationship between church and state is an interesting one, but when you aren’t part of a heteronormative world, it becomes a major obstacle to worship or serve your country. It’s no secret that many faiths don’t accept the LGBTQ+ community, and when worshippers are openly gay, they are often shunned. This dilemma is highlighted... Continue Reading →
Trust, family and race lie at the heart of Blood Conscious. Kevin (Oghenero Gbaje), his big sister Brittney (DeShawn White), and her fiancé Tony (Lenny Thomas) are heading to a vacation cabin to join their parents. When they arrive, they find the dead bodies of their parents and surrounding neighbours littering the nearby dock. Trying... Continue Reading →
I was invited to do another presentation for Fantasia 2021! This was something brewing in my head for a while, so I was thrilled to explore Black women in a monstrous role. I wanted to reach back and reveal how Black women are seen in general and apply those perceptions to some of our favourite... Continue Reading →
Filmmaking has been forced to make a shift due to restrictions presented by the pandemic. With the 2020 breakout film Host by Rob Savage, the video call has become an essential tool for creating content to keep the film industry afloat. Safer at Home is a film that also uses the video call as a... Continue Reading →
Actor David Oyelowo's love for 80s cinema like The Goonies and representation inspired his choice for his feature directorial debut. In The Water Man, he takes us on a heartfelt journey with a boy, legend, and renewed faith in family. Gunner (Lonnie Chavis) is a creative child that his father, Amos (David Oyelowo), doesn’t understand.... Continue Reading →
I did a presentation on Afrofuturism for the 2020 Fantasia Film Festival. If you missed it, you can watch it here. There will be other great panels available on this playlist too! And check out the festival if you're in Canada because there are lots of amazing films. If you are interested in more... Continue Reading →
As a programmer for The Blood in the Snow Film Festival, I have the privilege of seeing some fantastic films created here in Canada, and I feel even luckier when we acquire them. One such film, She Never Died, screened in 2019 to great acclaim. Directed by Audrey Cummings, it’s not exactly a sequel to... Continue Reading →
Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones were the first to make Men in Black a fun, alien-filled comedy with gags galore. As a franchise, the stories in subsequent films gave us more of the secret agency ready to protect the universe as we know it from invading extraterrestrials vying for galaxies to intergalactic doo-dads filled... Continue Reading →
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