Brown Girl Begins
| Brown Girl Begins | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Sharon Lewis |
| Written by | Sharon Lewis |
| Based on | Brown Girl in the Ring by Nalo Hopkinson |
| Produced by | Vince Buda Sharon Lewis Floyd Kane Jenn Paul |
| Starring | Mouna Traoré Emmanuel Kabongo Nigel Shawn Williams Shakura S'Aida Rachael Crawford Measha Brueggergosman |
| Cinematography | Marc Forand |
| Edited by | Ben Lawrence Richard Mandin |
| Music by | Aaron Ferrera |
Production company | Urbansoul |
Release date |
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Running time | 95 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | English |
Brown Girl Begins is a 2017 Canadian science fiction film, directed by Sharon Lewis.[1]
The film was inspired by Nalo Hopkinson's 1998 novel Brown Girl in the Ring, although for budgetary reasons Lewis opted to write and film a prequel story rather than literally adapting the novel itself.[2]
Plot
[edit]Set in a post-apocalyptic version of Toronto in 2049, the film focuses on a small group of survivors whose continued survival depends on Ti-Jeanne's (Mouna Traoré) response to a potentially life-altering decision.[3]
Cast
[edit]Alongside Traoré, the cast also includes Emmanuel Kabongo, Nigel Shawn Williams, Shakura S'Aida, Rachael Crawford, Andy McQueen and Measha Brueggergosman.
Release
[edit]The film premiered at the Urbanworld Film Festival in 2017.[4]
It had its general theatrical release in 2018 in conjunction with Black History Month, although due to the film's Afrofuturist themes its commercial opening was branded as a "Black Futures Month" event.[5]
Accolades
[edit]The film received two Canadian Screen Award nominations at the 7th Canadian Screen Awards in 2019, for Best Adapted Screenplay (Lewis) and Best Makeup (Carla Hutchinson).[6]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "‘Brown Girl Begins’ is the Canadian sci-fi movie we need right now". Your Morning, February 5, 2018.
- ^ "How Sharon Lewis adapted Nalo Hopkinson's Brown Girl in the Ring to film". CBC Books, February 22, 2018.
- ^ "Brown Girl Begins rethinks Black History" Archived February 12, 2019, at the Wayback Machine. BeatRoute, February 10, 2018.
- ^ "Director Sharon Lewis on Urbanworld debut of ‘Brown Girl Begins’". Amsterdam News, September 21, 2017.
- ^ "Brown Girl Begins brings a post-apocalyptic Toronto to life". Q, February 21, 2018.
- ^ "Brown Girl Begins (2017) Awards & Festivals". mubi.com. Retrieved May 2, 2023.
External links
[edit]- 2017 films
- 2017 science fiction films
- Afrofuturist films
- Canadian science fiction films
- Black Canadian films
- English-language Canadian films
- Films based on Canadian novels
- Films based on science fiction novels
- 2010s English-language films
- 2010s Canadian films
- 2010s dystopian films
- Canadian post-apocalyptic films
- Films set in Toronto
- Films shot in Toronto
- English-language science fiction films