Please click on the titles below to see the respective festivals and awards.
Wins
Top 10 Audience Award – Hot Docs
Cultural Spirit Award – New Hope Film Festival
Best Documentary – DC Black Film Festival
Best Documentary – San Francisco Black Film Festival
DOXX Award for Best Documentary – Tallgrass Film Festival
Best Documentary – CineFAM Film Festival
Canada’s Top 10 Films 2021 – TIFF
Nominations
Nominee Grand Jury Award for Best Documentary – SXSW
Nominee Best Documentary – Bentonville Film Festival
Nominee Best Canadian Documentary – Calgary International Film Festival
Nominee Mind the Gap Award – Mill Valley Film Festival
Nominee Spirit Award – Mill Valley Film Festival
Nominee Gordan Parks Black Excellence in Filmmaking – Tallgrass Film Festival
Nominee Audience Favourite Award for Best Documentary – American Black Film Festival
Nominee Best Documentary – Denton Black Film Festival
Nominee First Best Feature Documentary – Pan African Film Festival
Festivals:
Official Selection of the 2021 South by South West Film Festival
Official Selection of the 2021 Hot Docs Film Festival
Official Selection of the 2021 San Francisco Black Film Festival
Official Selection of the 2021 New Hope Film Festival
Official Selection of the 2021 Bentonville Film Festival
Official Selection of the 2021 New Haven Film Festival
Official Selection of the 2021 DC Black Film Festival
Official Selection of the 2021 ReFrame Film Festival
Official Selection of the 2021 Regent Park Film Festival
Official Selection of the 2021 Fin Atlantic Film Festival
Official Selection of the 2021 Trinidad and Tobago Film Festival
Official Selection of the 2021 Montreal Black Film Festival
Official Selection of the 2021 Calgary Film Festival
Official Selection of the 2021 Edmonton Film Festival
Official Selection of the 2021 Mill Valley Film Festival
Official Selection of the 2021 St. John Women’s International Film Festival
Official Selection of the 2021 Tallgrass Film Festival
Official Selection of the 2021 Twin Cities Black Film Festival
Official Selection of the 2021 CineFAM Film Festival
Official Selection of the 2021 Raindance Film Festival
Official Selection of the 2021 DOC NYC
Official Selection of the 2021 Denver Film Festival
Official Selection of the 2021 Rocky Mountain Women’s Film Festival
Official Selection of the 2021 American Black Film Festival
Official Selection of the 2021 British Urban Film Festival
Official Selection of the 2022 Denton Black Film Festival
Official Selection of the 2022 Victoria Black Film Festival
Official Selection of the 2022 Pan African Film Festival
Official Selection of the 2022 Maui Film Festival
Nominations:
Allan King Award for Excellence in Documentary – Canadian Screen Awards
Festivals:
Official Selection of the 2020 Tribeca Film Festival
Official Selection of the 2020 Hot Docs Film Festival
Official Selection of the 2020 BlackStar Film Festival
Official Selection of the 2020 DOXA Film Festival
Official Selection of the 2020 Philadelphia Latino American Film Festival
Official Selection of the 2020 Boston Latino Film Festival
Official Selection of the 2020 AFI Latin American Film Festival
Official Selection of the 2020 Trinidad and Tobago Film Festival
Official Selection of the 2020 Calgary International Film Festival
Official Selection of the 2020 FIN Atlantic International Film Festival
Nominations:
Best Direction for Feature Film, Directors Guild of Canada Awards (Sudz Sutherland)
Best Sound Editing, Directors Guild of Canada Awards
Performance By An Actor In A Supporting Role, Canadian Screen Awards (Stephan James)
Performance By An Actress In A Supporting Role, Canadian ScreenAwards (Fefe Dobson)
Best Narrative Feature, Pan African Film & Arts Festival
Borsos Competition for Best Canadian Feature, Whistler Film Festival
Festivals:
Official Selection of the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival
Official Selection of the 2012 Whistler Film Festival
Official Selection of the 2013 Pan African Film & Arts Festival
Official Selection of the 2013 DC caribbean Film Festival (Opening Night Film)
Official Selection of the 2013 American Black Film Festival
Official Selection of the 2013 Belize International Film Festival (Opening Night Film)
Official Selection of the 2013 Urbanworld Film Festival
Official Selection of the 2013 World Cinema Amsterdam Film Festival
Official Selection of the 2013 Black Harvest Film Festival
Nominations:
Best in- Mobile Gaming, Digi Awards
Nominations:
Best Direction in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series, Canadian Screen Awards (Sudz Sutherland)
Best Direction for a TV Movie, Directors Guild of Canada Awards (Sudz Sutherland)
Best TV Movie/Miniseries, International Emmy Kids
Wins:
Heritage Toronto Award of Excellence for Media
Nominations:
Outstanding Team Achievement in a Television Movie / Mini-Series (Director, Sudz Sutherland), Directors Guild of Canada Awards
Best Screenplay Nomination, Writers Guild of Canada Awards
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role, Gemini Awards (K.C. Collins)
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Supporting Role, Gemini Awards (Colm Feore)
Best Original Music Score, Gemini Awards (Kenny Neal Jr. & Mischa Chillack)
Best Achievement in Casting, Gemini Awards (Stephanie Gorin)
Best Drama Nomination, Rose D’Or Festival Best Drama Nomination, Roma Fiction Festival
Nominations:
Nominations:
Best Motion Picture Nomination, Genie Awards
Best Achievement in Direction Nomination, Genie Awards
Best Original Screenplay Nomination, Genie Awards
Nominations:
Gemini Nominee, Best Short Film
Nominated for Best Cinematography, Toronto World Wide Short Film Festival
Nominated Best Composer, Toronto World Wide Short Film Festival