The Part of Nerd Culture That Loves You Back
Nigerian writer/director Abba T. Makama makes his return to The Toronto International Film Festival with his second feature film, The Lost Okoroshi. Part of the festival’s Discovery slate of 37 films from emerging filmmakers representing 35 countries, Okoroshi follows a disillusioned security guard haunted by […]
**The following review contains minor spoilers** When Wanuri Kahiu’s film Rafiki screened at the Toronto International Film Festival, where I had the honor of seeing it, it couldn’t even be screened in its own country. The film, about two girls who fall in love despite […]
Reinaldo Marcus Green’s Monsters and Men explores three different perspectives of a Brooklyn shooting and how this tragic event affect those points of view and the broader community. Bed Stuy local Darius “Big D” Larson is shot and killed by a white cop after the […]
In the second half of this roundtable round up, I had the opportunity to sit down with the inspiration for the book and film Queen of Katwe Phiona Mutesi, her mentor Robert Katende, director Mira Nair and a group of other journalists during the 2016 Toronto International Film […]
I had the opportunity to sit down with Oscar winner Lupita Nyong’o and David Oyelowo – stars of Disney’s Queen of Katwe – and a group of other journalists during the Toronto International Film Festival. Here are the highlights of our conversation that covered everything from the […]
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Lauren Warren
Leonardo Faierman
Mel Perez
Shannon Miller
Tiffany Smith