REEL Black Credits
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY
AYAN TANI ÉMERAUDE DOMINGOS MBUKU TRISTEN SUTHERLAND
PRODUCED BY ALEXX BRYANT TRISTEN SUTHERLAND ENNI BALO
FEATURING AJAHNIS CHARLEY CHRISTIAN ANDERSON CLAIRE PRIETO-FULLER CHRISTENE BROWNE CLEMENT VIRGO KAREN KING KAREN CHAPMAN KELLY FYFFE-MARSHALL
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS NGARDY CONTEH GEORGE ALISON DUKE
PRODUCERS ALEXX BRYANT TRISTEN SUTHERLAND ENNI BALO
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
LEILAH DHORÉ
EDITORS ADAM PHIPPS
MARK VALINO
ASSISTANT EDITOR LEILAH DHORÉ
STORY EDITORS NGARDY CONTEH GEORGE ALISON DUKE ALEXX BRYANT
RESEARCH BY
ENNI BALO
ÉMERAUDE DOMINGOS MBUKU TRISTEN SUTHERLAND AYAN TANI
CAMERA OPERATOR & DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY MENTOR
MARK VALINO
SOUND RECORDIST
ADRIAN ACONA
ADDITIONAL EDITING BY SONYA MWAMBU
PRODUCTION AND PROGRAM COORDINATOR KEISHA JAMES
PRODUCTION ASSISTANT/DRIVER
YVANO WICKHAM-EDWARDS
SET PHOTOGRAPHER
YVANO WICKHAM-EDWARDS
DEVELOPMENT PRODUCER ELISE WHITTINGTON
POST-PRODUCTION PRODUCER
FONNA SEIDU
OYA BLACK ARTS COALITION MANAGER, OPERATIONS AND STRATEGIC PLANNING KAMARAH FRANCIS
OYA EMERGING FILMMAKERS PROGRAM COORDINATOR MICHELLE BERRY
OYA EMERGING FILMMAKERS PROGRAM MANAGER ALEXA JOY
MANAGER, CBC BUSINESS & RIGHTS CRISS HAJEK
PRODUCTION ACCOUNTANT LINDA ZANETTI
PRODUCTION LEGAL KATE HENDERSON & ASSOCIATES
MUSIC COURTESY OF APM MUSIC “AFRICAN AWAKE” BY RICHARD HOHN AND EDWARD KING “SORRY” BY FLORENT ALEXANDRE SABATON, ANTOINE PATRICK ALEXANDRE CABAL AND HENRY REMY ROBERT GANDOLFO “WAVY SHORES” BY LUNDI TSOTSO “CHASING DREAMS” BY PHILIPPE JEAN CLAUDE BRIAND AND SALVADOR CASAIS “A PEACEFUL LAND” BY RICHARD HOHN AND EDWARD KING “STAIRCASE TO HEAVEN” BY KENNY RAY MORON “BELOVED SAFARI” BY RICHARD HOHN AND EDWARD KING “CLOCKS OF POP ON TRAP” BY DIMITRI L. SKYDE, HEYALAK JONES AND JIM CONDELLI “FASTEN SEAT BELTS REMIX” BY GERHARD NARHOLZ, MARTIN BLACKMAN AND JUNKIE DRED
FEATURING FILMS COURTESY OF CANADIAN FILM CENTRE CHRISTENE BROWNE/SYNCOPATED PRODUCTIONS CHRISTIAN ANDERSON NATIONAL FILM BOARD PRIETO MCTAIR PRODUCTIONS SUNFLOWER STUDIOS
ADDITIONAL STILLS AND STOCK FOOTAGE IMAGE OF CLAIRE PRIETO-FULLER & ROGER MCTAIR COURTESY OF CLAIRE PRIETO-FULLER AND IAN KAMAU "PICK (BEHIND THE SCENES FOOTAGE)" COURTESY OF SUGAR GLASS FILMS/CEREZO CREATIVE "LOVE JACKED (BEHIND THE SCENES FOOTAGE)" COURTESY OF INNER CITY FILMS “BLACK BODIES" ARTICLE COURTESY OF BLOGTO "THOTS & PRAYERS" COURTESY OF AJAHNIS CHARLEY "BLACK FILM & VIDEO NETWORK 1999 DIRECTORY" COURTESY OF THE ORLA GARRIQUES BLACK CANADIAN MEDIA ARCHIVE "REEL BLACK AWARDS 2000" COURTESY OF THE ORLA GARRIQUES BLACK CANADIAN MEDIA ARCHIVE NOW SEPTEMBER 1995 ISSUE CLEMENT VIRGO COVER COURTESY OF NOW MAGAZINE
SPECIAL THANKS
ALFONS ADETUYI THE BLOOM ROOM CREW ALICIA K. HARRIS JOAN JENKINSON CANADIAN FILM CENTRE LEA MARIN SUDZ SUTHERLAND JENNIFER HOLNESS ROGER MCTAIR ORLA GARRIQUES KEISHA JAMES SHARON LEWIS CAMERON BAILEY TAMAR BIRD SASHA LEIGH HENRY DAMON D'OLIVEIRA RINALDO WALCOTT AMINA TANI MARGOT DALEY TIFFANY HSIUNG FRANCES ANNE SOLOMON NATIONAL FILM BOARD OF CANADA IAN KAMAU
PRODUCED WITH SUPPORT FROM
THIS DOUCMENTARY WAS MADE AS PART OF THE OYA EMERGING FILMMAKERS PROGRAM
PRODUCED IN ASSOCIATION WITH CANADIAN BROADCAST CORPORATION
FOR CBC ONTARIO ABSOLUTELY CANADIAN
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER ADELE CARDAMONE-MARTEL
MANAGING EDITOR SHAWNA KELLY
SENIOR MANAGING DIRECTOR, ONTARIO REGION RUTH ZOWDU