For renowned Kanyen’kehá:ka (Mohawk) multimedia artist Shelley Niro, the decision to film “Café Daughter” — a coming-of-ager about a Chinese Cree girl in 1960s Saskatchewan — in Northern Ontario was key to its success.
Filmed in the streets, schools and businesses of Greater Sudbury in 2022, “Café Daughter” is based on a 2013 work by Cree playwright Kenneth T. Williams that was inspired by the early life of Lillian Dyck — the first Indigenous woman in Canada to earn a PhD. in science, first Indigenous female senator and first Chinese Canadian senator. Niro, who recently received the first major retrospective of her work at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian, tells Variety that the generous grant from the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corp. helped secure a professional, caring working environment.
“It allowed us to hire local Indigenous people in crew roles and access locations and general services. Having Indigenous people working...
Filmed in the streets, schools and businesses of Greater Sudbury in 2022, “Café Daughter” is based on a 2013 work by Cree playwright Kenneth T. Williams that was inspired by the early life of Lillian Dyck — the first Indigenous woman in Canada to earn a PhD. in science, first Indigenous female senator and first Chinese Canadian senator. Niro, who recently received the first major retrospective of her work at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian, tells Variety that the generous grant from the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corp. helped secure a professional, caring working environment.
“It allowed us to hire local Indigenous people in crew roles and access locations and general services. Having Indigenous people working...
- 2/9/2024
- by Jennie Punter
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Bella Thorne is set to make her feature directorial debut with Color Your Hurt, the true story of a young gay man growing up in the bible belt.
Thorne has started the casting process on the project which is based on her original screenplay and a short film she has made called Unsettled, which is in post-production.
Filming is being lined up for the Midwest and Italy in spring of this year.
The Midnight Sun and Babysitter actress made Unsettled in June 2023 (around the same time her short film Paint Her Red debuted at the Taormina Film Festival) with producers Jen Gatien (Chelsea On The Rocks) and Eddie Alcazar (The Vandal). It was edited by Ron Dulin (Reality) with additional editing from Alfonso Gonçalves (Winter’s Bone).
Gatien will produce Color Your Hurt along with David Lipper (Bandit) and Robert A. Daly Jr. (Freud’s Last Session) of Latigo Films, Dani Druz,...
Thorne has started the casting process on the project which is based on her original screenplay and a short film she has made called Unsettled, which is in post-production.
Filming is being lined up for the Midwest and Italy in spring of this year.
The Midnight Sun and Babysitter actress made Unsettled in June 2023 (around the same time her short film Paint Her Red debuted at the Taormina Film Festival) with producers Jen Gatien (Chelsea On The Rocks) and Eddie Alcazar (The Vandal). It was edited by Ron Dulin (Reality) with additional editing from Alfonso Gonçalves (Winter’s Bone).
Gatien will produce Color Your Hurt along with David Lipper (Bandit) and Robert A. Daly Jr. (Freud’s Last Session) of Latigo Films, Dani Druz,...
- 1/10/2024
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
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