''Pick'' is a 2019

Canadian Canadians () are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of their being ''C ...

short drama film, directed by Alicia K. Harris.Mike Adler
"With PICK, Scarborough filmmaker shows a choice black girls face"
'' Toronto.com'', November 15, 2019. The film stars Hazel Downey as Alliyah, a young

Black Canadian Black Canadians () are Canadians of full or partial Afro-Caribbean or sub-Saharan African descent. Black Canadian settlement and immigration patterns can be categorized into two distinct groups. The majority of Black Canadians are descendants ...

girl struggling to cope with the social consequences of having chosen to go to school on class photo day wearing her natural

Afro The afro is a hair style created by combing out natural growth of afro-textured hair, or specifically styled with chemical curling products by individuals with naturally curly or straight hair.Garland, Phyl"Is The Afro On Its Way Out?" '' Ebo ...

instead of straightening her hair. The film was funded in part by a

crowdfunding Crowdfunding is the practice of funding a project or venture by raising money from a large number of people, typically via the internet. Crowdfunding is a form of crowdsourcing and Alternative Finance, alternative finance, to fund projects "withou ...

campaign on

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, and entered production in 2018. It premiered in September 2019 at the Urbanworld Film Festival. The film won the

Canadian Screen Award The Canadian Screen Awards () are awards given for artistic and technical merit in the film industry recognizing excellence in Canadian film, English-language television, and digital media ( web series) productions. Given annually by the Academy ...

for Best Live Action Short Drama at the

8th Canadian Screen Awards The 8th Canadian Screen Awards were presented by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television from 25–28 May 2020 to honour achievements in Canadian film, television, and digital media production in 2019. The presentations were held as a seri ...

in 2020.Brent Furdyk
"Canadian Screen Awards Announces Winners In Cinematic Arts Categories, Honouring The Year’s Best Movies"
''

Entertainment Tonight Canada ''Entertainment Tonight Canada'' (commonly shortened to ''ET Canada'') is a Canadian entertainment news television series that aired on the Global Television Network from 2005 to 2023. Its branding and format were based on the American entertainm ...

'', May 28, 2020.

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* {{ACCT Short Films 2019 films 2019 short films Black Canadian films Best Live Action Short Drama Genie and Canadian Screen Award winners Films set in Canada 2010s English-language films Canadian drama short films 2010s Canadian films English-language drama short films