“Being Black in Halifax” wins award for best direction
| We’re proud to be sharing this great news from the Fabienne Colas Foundation & the Halifax Black Film Festival, our sister festival. Congrats Dena Williams, Lily Nottage, Tyler Simmonds, Kardeisha Provo for this pretigious award!!! |
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| .BEING BLACK IN HALIFAX WINNER OF BEST DIRECTION IN A DOCUMENTARY SERIES AT THE 2022 CANADIAN SCREEN AWARDS PART OF FABIENNE COLAS FOUNDATION’S BEING BLACK IN CANADA PROGRAM– Produced by Zaza Production and broadcast on CBC (Halifax, April 5, 2022) – BEING BLACK IN HALIFAX, part of Fabienne Colas Foundation’s BEING BLACK IN CANADA Series – Produced by Zaza production and broadcast on CBC – has won Best Direction in a Documentary Series at the 2022 Canadian Screen Awards (CSA). The program, presented by NETFLIX in collaboration with National Bank, is also supported by Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions (CED), Telefilm Canada, the Canada Council for the Arts and many other partners. The Being Black in Halifax 2020 episode (broadcast on CBC in 2021) is available for streaming on CBC GEM. “This is a tremendous acknowledgment! Congratulations to our gifted emerging Black Haligonian filmmakers who have made history by winning Best Direction in a Documentary Series at the 2022 Canadian Screen Awards for our Being Black in Halifax 2020/2021 (Part of FCF’s Being Black in Canada Series),” Said Fabienne Colas, Executive-Producer of the Series & Founder of the Black Film Festivals in Montreal, Toronto, Halifax, Ottawa, Calgary, and Vancouver. “We are grateful to the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television for recognizing that Black stories do matter and that Black filmmakers are talented. It also proves one more time that Black emerging Filmmakers don’t lack talent. They just lack opportunities. And this is exactly what the Fabienne Colas Foundation’s Being Black in Canada program offers. We are so proud to be amplifying more Black voices through this program all over Canada with the support of our Partners.” The BEING BLACK IN HALIFAX emerging filmmakers addressed the issue of social integration of people from Black communities in their city through film. The participants presented their films as World Premieres in 2021 at the Toronto Black Film Festival, followed by the Halifax Black Film Festival, the Ottawa Black Film Festival, the Calgary Black Film Festival, the Montreal International Black Film Festival, and the Vancouver International Black Film Festival. Being Black in Halifax is also supported by Arts Nova Scotia. Here are the FCF’s Being Black in Canada: Being Black in Halifax CSA winners: Best Direction in a Documentary Series: · Lily Nottage: Farrin · Dena Williams: A Passion Made New · Kardeisha Provo: North Preston: The Untold Story · Tyler Simmonds: The Search for Healing This is the second prize for a BEING BLACK IN CANADA cohort. Last year, the BEING BLACK IN TORONTO filmmakers brought home the award for Best Direction in a Documentary Series at the 2021 Canadian Screen Awards. |