Sara Collin's award-winning novel The Confessions of Frannie Langton, the LGBTQ+ drama/mystery story of an enslaved woman taken from Bermuda to London in 1825 was envisioned as a Black Gothic romance in the Wuthering Heights style. The themes of slavery, patriarchy, feminism, and culture are front …
Twenty Years Revealing Global Truths: The Human Rights Watch Canada Film Festival Starts Today.
By Anne Brodie Toronto's Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema hosts the 20th annual Human Rights Watch Canada Film Festival in person in Toronto In Person March 8 - 12 and digitally across Canada March 13 - 19. All tickets are free. Its the revered annual celebration of the world's best documentary …
The Confessions of Frannie Langton, a Black Gothic Romance with a Twist. Meet Frannie and Her Creator.
Sara Collins' bestseller The Confessions of Frannie Langton, now a BritBox four-part series stars Karla-Simone Spence, follows the strange life of an enslaved West Indies woman Frannie, taken by her owner in 1825 to serve in the home of a wealthy family in London. The lady of the house, Madame …
A Girl Finds Hope, Two Women Tempt Fate and the Rest is a Drag!
By Anne Brodie Young actor Catherine Clinch is Cáit, The Quiet Girl and she will break your heart. She is 9 years old and one of four girls born to a poor Irish family expecting a fifth child, victims of the unspoken Roman Catholic doctrinal ban on birth control. It's rural Ireland, 1981 the man …
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Bizarre, Heartwarming, Hilarious, Maddening! Let’s Open with an Exceptional Performance.
By Anne Brodie The Andrea Riseborough underground Oscar campaign - if unconventional - exists for a reason. The British actor is positively on fire in an extremely difficult, naked role in the fact-based elegy of an addict To Leslie. Made on a shoestring budget, and executive produced and …