The 6th Toronto Black Film Festival (TBFF) announced the official program and events lineup featuring over 60 films from 20 countries.
Part of TD’s 2018 Black History Month Series, #TBFF18 will kick off with Nancy Buirski’s THE RAPE OF RECY TAYLOR as a Canadian Premiere at Isabel Bader Theatre and will close with South African film and Ontario Premiere KALUSHI: The Story of Solomon Mahlangu by Mandla Dube.
This year’s festival also showcases the TBFF Black Market which includes a Panel Discussion with Filmmakers, a Masterclass with film producers, as well as a Tribute and Workshop with Emmy-winning Casting Director Robi Reed (BET). A Movie-Talk with the main cast of the film Service to Man, by Aaron Greer, Seth Panitch – including Greenleaf star Lamman Rucker; Movie-Talks with Jazz Legend Oliver Jones and award-winning actor Adrian Holmes (19-2), after parties, late night live performances, exotic food and storytelling for kids, will also be part of #TBFF18.
This year #TBFF18 will introduce the 1st TBFF Kids Film Festival on Family Day on February 19, which will open with the animated feature BILAL: A New Breed of Hero by Ayman Jamal, Khurram H. Alavi (United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia).
Narrative Feature Films
ASINAMALI (WE HAVE NO MONEY)
By Mbongeni Ngema
BABY MAMAS
By Stephina Zwane
BARROW FREEDOM FIGHTER
By Dave Weekes
BILAL: A new breed of Hero
By Ayman Jamal, Khurram H. Alavi
BOOST
By Darren Curtis
CHASING THE BLUES
By Scott Smith
HAPPINESS
By Mike Ugada
KAFOU
By Bruno Mourral
KALUSHI: The story of Solomon Mahlangu
By Mandla Dube
LIYANA
By Aaron Kopp, Amanda Kopp
SERVICE TO MAN
By Aaron Greer, Seth Panitch
THE CUT
By Peter Wangugi Gitau
Documentary Feature Films
BLACK LIVES MATTER
By Joseph Oesi
BOY 23: The forgotten Boys of Brazil
By Belisario Franca
MARIANNES NOIRES
By Kaytie Nielsen, Mame-Fatou Niang
MARVIN BOOKER WAS MURDERED
By Wade Gardner
OLIVER JONES: Mind Hands Heart
By Rosey Ugo Edeh
PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR, Beyond the Mask
By Frederick Lewis
STRIKE A ROCK
By Aliki Saragas
THE RAPE OF RECY TAYLOR
By Nancy Buirski
TIME SIMPLY PASSES
By Ty Flowers
Animated Films
ABINA AND THE IMPORTANT MEN
By Soumyaa Behrens
CUT BAIT
By Robert Walkine
WIRELESS
By Tayo Odesanya
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