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Village Keeper
''Village Keeper'' is a Canadian drama film directed by Karen Chapman, and released in 2024. The film stars Oluniké Adeliyi as Jean, a Black Canadian widow living in the Lawrence Heights community of Toronto, where she tries to protect her children Tamika (Zahra Bentham) and Tristin ( Micah Mensah-Jatoe) from neighbourhood violence.Victoria Ahearn"Karen Chapman embarks on feature directorial debut" '' Playback'', June 26, 2023. The cast also includes Maxine Simpson as Jean's mother, as well as Oyin Oladejo, d'bi.young anitafrika, Ethan Burnett, Shiloh O'Reilly, Noah Zulfikar, Ricardo Betancourt, L.A. Sweeney, Mark Sparks, Gordon Fulton, Zara McLean, Jael Obasi and Mekeylah Minott in supporting roles. Chapman's feature directorial debut, it entered production in summer 2023, in Toronto. The film premiered in the Discovery program at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival The 49th annual Toronto International Film Festival was held from September 5–15, 2024. The fes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karen Chapman (director)
Karen Chapman is a Canada, Canadian film and television director,Victoria Ahearn"Karen Chapman embarks on feature directorial debut" ''Playback (magazine), Playback'', June 26, 2023. whose debut feature film ''Village Keeper'' premiered at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival. A graduate of Emily Carr University of Art and Design and the Canadian Film Centre, she made a number of short films in her early career, prior to her screenplay treatment for ''Village Keeper'' being selected for Telefilm Canada's Talent to Watch program for emerging filmmakers in 2018. In 2019 her short virtual reality documentary ''They Should Be Flowers'' premiered at the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, and her narrative short film ''Measure'' premiered at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival. ''They Should Be Flowers'' received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Immersive Experience, Non-Fiction at the 8th Canadian Screen Awards in 2020. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |