directors chat
Filmmakers Charles Officer (director of ‘Akilla’s Escape’) and Ian Kamau (director of ‘We Went Out’) discuss the themes of generational trauma, growing up in the in-between spaces, and negotiating identity as racialized youth that is so prevalent in their films.
Akilla’s Escape
SCREENING AT THE DRIFF DRIVE-IN JULY 21 AT DUSK
Akilla Brown (played by Saul Williams) captures a fifteen-year-old Jamaican boy in the aftermath of an armed robbery. Over one gruelling night, Akilla confronts a cycle of generational violence he thought he escaped.
We Went Out
SCREENING AT THE DRIFF DRIVE-IN JULY 21 AT DUSK
This short film features members of Toronto's hip hop community in the '90s and '00s. It pays homage to people who became adults in those in-between spaces that aren't often valued, but are an important part of Toronto's cultural landscape.
The directors of our June 16 drive-in films, Tracey Deer and Asia Youngman have a candid and unscripted discussion about the theme of indigenous identity and belonging that is so prevalent in their films and much more.
Don’t miss these Q&A conversations with the directors of the short films featured in our DRIFF in a Jiff series.
Corinne Van Dusen interviews Patrick Weiers, talented writer, director, producer, editor and lead actor in the film, I Hope They Remember My Name, which is receiving international recognition.
DRIFF director of programming, Kirk Cooper, interviews Quentin Lee Murphy, writer and lead actor of the film Be(lie)f. Quentin was trained at the New York Film Academy and the Stella Adler conservatory acting program.
Corinne Van Dusen interviews Carol Vandersanden and Michelle Perry the visonary figures responsible for the success of the community garden project featured in the film This Garden is Yours.
