Shasha Nakhai (partial data)

Countries: Canada / Nigeria / Philippines

Films directed by Shasha Nakhai

Quote by Shasha Nakhai

"I've always been interested in the power of storytelling and that's why I went to journalism school. In the final year of school, I did this documentary film course, where we got to make our first 15-minute documentary with Marsha Barber. I had another prof, and we would just watch the entire history, the entire back catalogue of documentaries there. That made me interested in volunteering at the Hot Docs Film Festival, where I got to see all these big feature documentaries. And then I just began to realize that I wanted to have all the colours in the painter's toolkit to be able to tell a story. Getting 30-second sound bites wasn't really for me. I really liked the more creative, long-form storytelling."
-- Shasha Nakhai (source)

For QUOTES about a specific film by Shasha Nakhai, please see: Take Light Scarborough

Bibliography for Shasha Nakhai

Section 1: Publications by Shasha Nakhai

Nakhai, Shasha. "Director Shasha Nakhai on her Nigerian Childhood and Growing Up, Literally, in the Dark." Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. https://www.cbc.ca/documentarychannel/features/director-shasha-nakhai-on-her-nigerian-childhood-and-growing-up-literally-i.

Section 2: Publications about the Films of Shasha Nakhai

Take Light (2018)

Articles from Newspapers, Magazines, or News Websites

Mullen, Patrick. "Power to the people: Shasha Nakhai's Take Light." Point of View: POV, August 23, 2018.
National Post. "Take Light shows a nation's power grid ... under pressure." National Post, November 2, 2018.
Wilner, Norman. "Hot Docs review: Take Light; Powerful first feature shines light on the electrical grid in Nigeria, where over half of the population lives without a consistent supply of electricity." Review of Take Light. Now (Toronto), April 27, 2018.

Scarborough (2021)

Articles from Newspapers, Magazines, or News Websites

Bresge, Adina. "Hernandez brings audiences to 'Scarborough'." Interview with Catherine Hernandez. Toronto Star, September 11, 2021.
Bresge, Adina. "Toronto-set drama wins top film categories." Toronto Star, April 11, 2022.
Dowling, Amber. "'Scarborough' gives ground-breaking voice to ignored Toronto community." Variety, September 19, 2021.
Gallardo, Celina. "'Scarborough' film highlights community supports." Toronto Star, September 13, 2021.
Hertz, Barry. "How Scarborough's filmmakers produced a new Canadian classic." Interview with Shasha Nakhai. Globe and Mail, February 26, 2022.
Hertz, Barry. "The Toronto that you never see on-screen." Review of Scarborough. Globe and Mail, February 25, 2022.
Knight, Chris. "Canadian suburbia: Scarborough co-director on chronicling a rich story from the suburbs, as experienced through the friendship of three children." Interview with Shasha Nakhai. National Post, March 26, 2022.
Knight, Chris. "Scarborough fares well: Lovely and inspiring portrait of three struggling families." Review of Scarborough. National Post, February 25, 2022.
Niazi, Amil. "A tender moment of truth in 'Scarborough'." Maclean's, vol. 134, no. 11, December 2021.
Radio-Canada. "Le film Scarborough, un clin d'oeil à Toronto présenté au TIFF." Radio-Canada, September 16, 2021. [in French]
Simonpillai, Radheyan. "Scarborough is a new look for TIFF—and Canadian film: Catherine Hernandez's book helped usher in Scarborough's creative renaissance. Now it's a buzzy movie set to world premiere downtown." Interview with Catherine Hernandez. Now (Toronto), September 8, 2021.
Vigneault, Monique. "TIFF 2021: Q-and-A with 'Scarborough' director Shasha Nakhai: Ryerson journalism alum captures Scarborough on the silver screen." Interview with Shasha Nakhai. On the Record, September 20, 2021.