Wins

Altered States, Audience Award—Vancouver International Film Festival

Audience Award for Narrative Feature—Dallas International Film Festival

Special Jury Prize for Directing (R.T. Thorne)—Dallas International Film Festival

Nominations

Best Cinematography in Theatrical Feature (Jeremy Benning)—Canadian Society of Cinematographers Awards 

Best Feature Film— Cleveland International Film FestivalFestival Favorites, Audience Award—SXSW Film Festival

Best Canadian Film—Vancouver Film Critics Circle

Best Director in a Canadian Film (R.T. Thorne)—Vancouver Film Critics Circle

Best Supporting Male Actor in a Canadian Film (Kataem O'Connor)—Vancouver Film Critics Circle

Wins:

Best Direction, Documentary Series - 2023 Canadian Screen Awards Best Writing, Documentary – 2023 Canadian Screen Awards
Best Photography, Documentary or Factual – 2023 Canadian Screen Awards
Best Picture Editing, Documentary – 2023 Canadian Screen Awards
Best Original Music, Documentary – 2023 Canadian Screen Awards

Nominations:

Best Original Score for a Non-Fiction Series or Limited Series – 2022 Canadian Screen Music Awards

Wins:

Top Ten Audience Favourite - Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival
Inspirational Griot Award - Emerging Lens Cultural Film Festival
Canada’s Top 10 Films – TIFF Top
Ten Audience Favourite - Hot Docs
Canadian International Documentary Festival
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

Nominations:

Grand Jury Award for Best Feature - South by Southwest
Best Writing – WGC 2023 Awards Grand Jury Award for Best Documentary – SXSW Best Documentary – Bentonville Film Festival Best Canadian Documentary – Calgary International Film Festival Mind the Gap Award – Mill Valley Film Festival Spirit Award – Mill Valley Film Festival Gordan Parks Black Excellence in Filmmaking – Tallgrass Film Festival Best Documentary Audience Award –American Black Film Festival Best Writing – 2023 WGC Awards

Wins:

Best Feature Documentary Award - Blackstar Film Festival, Philadelphia, USA
Special Jury Prize - Canadian Feature - Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival
Best Feature Film Audience Award - Boston Latino International Film Festival, USA

Selections:

Official Selection (World Premiere) - Tribeca Film Festival
Official Selection - Doxa Documentary Film Festival
Official Selection - Trinidad and Tobago Film Festival
Official Selection - Rencontres
Internationales du Documentaire de Montréal (RDIM)

Wins:

Best Direction in a Dramatic Program or Miniseries, Canadian Screen Awards (Sudz Sutherland)
Best TV Movie/Mini-Series, International Emmy 2013-2014
Best Youth/Family Program, Shaw Rocket Prize 2013
Best Screenwriting Movies & Miniseries, Writers Guild of Canada (Andrew Wreggitt)

Nominations:

Best Editing in Television Movie or Miniseries, Canadian Cinema Editors Awards (Roslyn Kalloo)
Direction - Television Movie/Miniseries, Directors Guild of Canada (Sudz Sutherland)

Nominations:

Outstanding Performance - Female (Brenda Bazinet), ACTRA Awards
Best Set Design in a Television Series (Rupert Lazarus), Director’s Guild of Canada

Wins:

British Academy of Film and Television Arts Festival Choice Award, Pan African Film Festival (PAFF)
Best Feature Film, Caribe Film Fest

Nominations:

Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role, Canadian Screen Awards (Stephan James)
Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role, Canadian Screen Awards (Fefe Dobson)
Borsos Competition for Best Canadian Feature, 2012 Whistler Film Festival
Best Narrative Feature, 2013 Pan African Film Festival
Best Direction for Feature Film, Directors Guild of Canada Awards
Best Sound Editing for Feature Film, Directors Guild of Canada Awards

Wins:

Best Performance by a Leading Male (K.C. Collins), ACTRA Awards
Best Direction, Canadian Screen (Gemini) Awards (Sudz Sutherland)
Best Writing, Canadian Screen (Gemini) Awards (Jennifer Holness & Sudz Sutherland)
Best Picture Editing, Canadian Screen (Gemini) Awards (Jeff Warren)
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Supporting Role, Canadian Screen (Gemini) Awards (Cle Bennett)
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Supporting Role, Canadian Screen (Gemini) Awards (Debra Lynne McCabe)

Nominations:

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, Canadian Screen (Gemini) Awards (Kenny Neal Jr. & Mischa Chillack) Best Achievement in Casting, Canadian Screen (Gemini) Awards (Stephanie Gorin)
Best Drama Nomination, Rose d’Or Festival Best Drama Nomination, Roma Fiction Festival
Outstanding Team Achievement in a Television Movie/Miniseries (Director, Sudz Sutherland), Directors Guild of Canada Awards
Best Screenplay Nomination, Writers Guild of Canada Awards

Wins:

Best Canadian Feature at Toronto International Film Festival, Perspective Canada
Top Ten Canadian Film Selection, Toronto International Film Festival Group
Audience Award for Best Feature, American Black Film Festival
Blockbuster Audience Favourite Award, Los Angeles Pan African Fest
Jury Prize for Best Feature, Los Angeles Pan African Fest
Best Feature, Denver Pan African Film Festival
Best Feature, Victoria Independent Film Festival
Best Feature, London (Canada) Film Festival 2nd Prize, San Francisco Black Film Festival

Nominations:

Best Motion Picture Nomination, Genie Awards
Best Achievement in Direction Nomination, Genie Awards
Best Original Screenplay Nomination, Genie Awards

Wins:

Heritage Toronto Award of Excellence for Media

Wins:

Winner, New & Emerging Filmmaker’s Award at the Jamaican Film & Music Festival

Nominations:

Best Cinematography, Toronto Worldwide Short Film Festival
Best Composer, Toronto Worldwide Short Film Festival

Wins:

Best Television Movie - Canadian Screen (Gemini) Awards
Best Direction in a Television Movie - Canadian Screen (Gemini) Awards
Best Performance for a Supporting Actress (Yanna Macintosh) - Canadian Screen (Gemini) Awards

Nominations:

Best Writing Nomination in a Television Movie - Canadian Screen (Gemini) Awards
Best Actor Nomination in a Television Movie (K.C. Collins) - Canadian Screen (Gemini) Awards
Best Supporting Actor Nomination in a TV Movie (Mark Taylor) - Canadian Screen (Gemini) Awards Best Supporting Actress Nomination in a TV Movie (Genelle Williams) - Canadian Screen (Gemini) Awards

Wins:

Silver Award for Best Music App - The Best Mobile App Awards

Nominations:

Mobile Gaming Category - Digi Awards

Wins:

HBO Award for Best Short Film, Acapulco’s International Black Film Festival
Black Film and Video Network’s Award of Excellence, GOLD
Special Judy Award at the Flagstaff International WORLDFEST
Winner National Black Programming Consortium Awards
Winner of Four Golden Sheaf Awards at the Yorkton Short Fest, including Best Drama, Best Director, Best Script, and Best Actor

Nominations:

Gemini Nominee - Best Short Film
Nominated for Best Cinematography - Toronto Worldwide Short Film Festival
Nominated Best Composer - Toronto Worldwide Short Film Festival

Wins:

Black Film and Video Network’s Award for Best Director in a Documentary Series
Gemini Winning Best Lifestyle/Documentary

Wins:

Best Canadian Short at the Reelworld Festival

Wins:

2000 Black Film and Video Network’s Reel Black Award for Best Documentary Film
2000 Rights On Reel Documentary Festival
2001 Reel World Film Festival
2001 Vues d’Afrique Film Festival - Winner of Le Pix Chantal Lapaire