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21 Black Futures
is a Canadian film and theatre project, broadcast by
CBC Gem
in 2021.
[1]
Created in conjunction with the
Black Canadian
theatre company
Obsidian Theatre
to mark both
Black History Month
and the 21st anniversary of Obsidian,
[2]
the project commissioned 21 short film adaptations of theatrical monologues on the theme of "the future of Blackness" by Black Canadian writers,
[3]
each performed by a Black actor on the stage of
Meridian Hall
in
Toronto
.
[1]
The project was commissioned in part because the
COVID-19 pandemic in Canada
had prevented the staging of a traditional theatre festival.
[1]
The project aired over three weeks in February 2021, with seven films premiering each week on February 12, 19 and 26.
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Films
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Film
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Director
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Writer
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Actor
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Synopsis
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The Death News
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Charles Officer
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Amanda Parris
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Lovell Adams-Gray
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A man performs and records his own obituary on
The Death News
, a television show which airs testimonials by the recently deceased, to be broadcast in the event of his future death.
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The Sender
|
Leah-Simone Bowen
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Cheryl Foggo
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Amanda Cordner
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Cil Brown is a Sender with a project that exiles racists to their own island society.
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Jah in the Ever Expanding Song
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d’bi.young anitafrika
|
Kaie Kellough
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Ravyn Wngz
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Beyere
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Lisa Karen Cox
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Shauntay Grant
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Natasha Courage Bacchus
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Madness with Rocks
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Jamie Robinson
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Peace Akintade
|
Dion Johnstone
|
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Witness Shift
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Sarah Waisvisz
|
Donna-Michelle St. Bernard
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Uche Ama
|
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Sensitivity
|
Mike Payette
|
Lawrence Hill
|
Sabryn Rock
|
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Special
|
Jay Northcott
|
Keshia Cheesman
|
Avery Grant
|
Eight-year-old Zari has moved with her mother to an all-Black town, but finds that although she fits in with her classmates at school she misses the feeling of being special and different.
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Umoja Corp.
|
Leighton Alexander Williams
|
Jacob Sampson
|
Pablo Ogunlesi
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A corporation that works to amass and defend Black knowledge and strength steps in to help Adrian after he runs into trouble with the law.
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Notice
|
Ngozi Paul
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Luke Reece
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Lisa Berry
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Inspired by the global anti-racism protests that took place during her childhood in 2020, the now-adult Crystal Hinds rises into a position to make a powerful difference in 2045.
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Blackberries
|
Alicia K. Harris
|
Miali-Elise Coley-Sudlovenick
|
Adeline Bird
|
Effie, a woman of mixed African and
Inuk
heritage, travels to
Nunavut
for her grandmother's funeral.
|
Emmett
|
Tanisha Taitt
|
Syrus Marcus Ware
|
Prince Amponsah
|
Medgar, one of the few survivors of a catastrophe that largely wiped out human civilization seven years earlier, talks about his life and recalls his relationship with his lover Emmett.
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Georgeena
|
Weyni Mengesha
|
Djanet Sears
|
Virgilia Griffith
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After fleeing her wedding when she realized she was marrying into an all-white world, Georgeena believes she is going to die because her car is being followed.
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Rebirth of the Afronauts: A Black Space Odyssey
|
Jerome Kruin
|
Wendy Motion Brathwaite
|
Chelsea Russell
|
In 2059, Chariott receives a mysterious call that leads her on an exploration of whole new vistas of experience.
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Cavities
|
Mumbi Tindyebwa Otu
|
K. T. Dennis
|
Alison Sealy-Smith
|
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40 Parsecs and Some Fuel
|
Lucius Dechausay
|
Omari Newton
|
Daniel Faraldo
|
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The Prescription
|
Alison Duke
|
Lisa Codrington
|
Akosua Amo-Adem
|
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Chronologie
|
Mike Payette, Katia Cafe-Febrissy
|
Stephie Mazunya
|
Sheila Ingabire-Isaro
|
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Y&N Ara Asaase Ni (This Is Our Own Native Land)
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Dorothy A. Atabong
|
Tawiah M'carthy
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Peter Fernandes
|
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Builders of Nations
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Kimberley Rampersad
|
Joseph Jomo Pierre
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Philip Akin
|
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Omega Child
|
Ahdri Zhina Mandiela
|
Cherissa Richards
|
Emerjade Simms
|
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Awards
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References
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a
b
c
Victoria Ahearn,
"Black creators explore 'the future of Blackness' in '21 Black Futures' on CBC Gem"
.
CityNews
, February 17, 2021.
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Lauren Malyk,
"Obsidian Theatre, CBC reveal talent for 21 Black Futures project"
.
Playback
, January 20, 2021.
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Kelly Townsend,
"How 21 Black Futures merged the stage and screen"
.
Playback
, February 12, 2021.
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Glenn Sumi,
"New work imagines a world without white supremacists"
Archived
2021-09-26 at the
Wayback Machine
.
Now
, February 8, 2021.
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a
b
c
Brent Furdyk,
"Canadian Screen Awards: Winners Announced In Sports Programming, Digital & Immersive Categories"
.
ET Canada
, April 5, 2022.
- ^
a
b
Brent Furdyk,
"2022 Canadian Screen Award Nominees Announced, ‘Sort Of’ & ‘Scarborough’ Lead The Pack"
.
ET Canada
, February 15, 2022.
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