Directed by Sharon Lewis |
Canada, 2017 (fiction, 84 minutes, colour, English) |
Also known as "Brown Girl in the Ring: The Prequel" |
Film Description: "Brown Girl Begins is an afrofuturist feature film about a young black woman who is trapped in a world forced upon her. Ti-Jeanne, a reluctant priestess, must resurrect Caribbean spirits and survive the possession ritual that killed her mother, or her people will die." -- thesharonlewis.com (source) |
Film Credits (partial): | |
Written by: | Sharon Lewis |
Based on: | Brown Girl in the Ring, a novel by Nalo Hopkinson |
Produced by: | Sharon Lewis, Floyd Kane, Vince Buda, Jenn Paul, Kulbinder Saran Caldwell, Jennifer Ouano, Sandra Cunningham, Robin Cass, Elijha Hammill, Kiki Hammill |
Principal Cast: | Mouna Traoré, Nigel Shawn Williams, Shakura S'Aida, Emmanuel Kabongo |
Cinematography: | Marc Forand |
Film Editing: | Ben Lawrence, Richard Mandin |
Music: | Aaron Ferrera |
Production Company: | Urbansoul |