Founded in 2010, The Emerging Lens Film Festival is a production of The Charles Taylor Theatre and Media Arts Association. The mandate of the association is to educate, empower and inspire by honouring the influence of African Canadian and other cultural filmmakers and to bring recognition to their work.
To acknowledge the educational power of video, media arts and theatre that is rich in wonder, honest compassion and wisdom.
To present the unique work of our cultural filmmakers and to create a larger appreciation for their cultural stories.
To be a training ground for our youth storytellers, filmmakers and performers.
Lauren, a sex trade worker in Toronto, returns to her small rural Christian African Nova Scotian community after a five-year absence. Unable to cope with the judgment of her mother and the hopeful expectations of her 8-year-old child, she plans to stay in her grandmother’s empty house. But her mother has sold the house to a middle-aged white woman. Lauren, ready for a confrontation, visits the house and is surprised by what she finds there.
- Year2013
- Runtime22 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryCanada
- DirectorAnn Verrall and Tara Lee Reddick
- ScreenwriterAnn Verrall and Tara Lee Reddick
- ProducerAnn Verrall
- CastTara Lee Reddick, Ann-Marie Kerr, Juanita Peters, Naijan David, Jamika Wellington
- CinematographerBecky Parsons
- EditorJackie Dzuba
- Production DesignLisa Tondino
- ComposerDave Johnson
Founded in 2010, The Emerging Lens Film Festival is a production of The Charles Taylor Theatre and Media Arts Association. The mandate of the association is to educate, empower and inspire by honouring the influence of African Canadian and other cultural filmmakers and to bring recognition to their work.
To acknowledge the educational power of video, media arts and theatre that is rich in wonder, honest compassion and wisdom.
To present the unique work of our cultural filmmakers and to create a larger appreciation for their cultural stories.
To be a training ground for our youth storytellers, filmmakers and performers.
Lauren, a sex trade worker in Toronto, returns to her small rural Christian African Nova Scotian community after a five-year absence. Unable to cope with the judgment of her mother and the hopeful expectations of her 8-year-old child, she plans to stay in her grandmother’s empty house. But her mother has sold the house to a middle-aged white woman. Lauren, ready for a confrontation, visits the house and is surprised by what she finds there.
- Year2013
- Runtime22 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryCanada
- DirectorAnn Verrall and Tara Lee Reddick
- ScreenwriterAnn Verrall and Tara Lee Reddick
- ProducerAnn Verrall
- CastTara Lee Reddick, Ann-Marie Kerr, Juanita Peters, Naijan David, Jamika Wellington
- CinematographerBecky Parsons
- EditorJackie Dzuba
- Production DesignLisa Tondino
- ComposerDave Johnson