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Written by: Lesley Rae Wetmore
Genre: Drama, Historical
The Chair of Sparrow follows the life of Cornelius Sparrow, a man who escapes enslavement in Virginia and rebuilds his life in Saint John, New Brunswick. The play moves between his past and present, showing him as a child, a young man running for his life, and an older barber...
Written by: Kanika Ambrose
Genre: TYA
Length: 70 min.
It is 1858 on a Virginian tobacco plantation. Deep in a forest, a young Black girl named Phoebe sits in the hollow of a tree, a notebook in her pocket and a harrowing choice ahead. Truth is adapted from the Governor General’s Award-winning novel The Gospel Truth and tells the...
Written by: Pascale St-Onge
Genre: Drama
Length: 75 min.
Runway, by Pascale St-Onge (original title: Tarmac), translated by Alexis Diamond Since their sister Effy disappeared, her sisters do what they can to fill the absence she left behind: Eda spends her nights trying to spot Effy’s face in dark, crowded night clubs, and Aby sticks her head in the...