SCARBOROUGH
a film by Shasha Nakhai & Rich Williamson
FEATURE PRESENTATION
FREE IN-PERSON
+ ONLINE SCREENING
IN-PERSON SCREENING:
MARCH 28, 2022 • 7 PM
@ Halifax Central Library
VIEWABLE ONLINE IN ATLANTIC CANADA
FOR 48 HOURS FOLLOWING IN-PERSON SCREENING
2021 / CANADA / 136 mins
Adapted from Catherine Hernandez’s novel of the same name, Shasha Nakhai and Rich Williamson’s Scarborough weaves together a world through the lived realities of three children and their families in a low-income, multicultural neighbourhood in suburban Tkaronto. With demonstrated care, Scarborough looks systemic discrimination, addiction, and job insecurity square in the eye, all the while delivering a work that deals with these challenges in a radically humanistic way that centres compassion over shame. Equal parts brutal and delicate, Scarborough sits with the implications of what diversity truly amounts to in a marginalized context, its warm performances offering a profoundly humanizing portrait of the power of community and intergenerational healing in the face of hardship. —Audrey Chan
Before Scarborough, After Images will present Ashley McKenzie’s short film Stray.
TRAILER
ABOUT THE FILMMAKERS
Shasha Nakhai
Shasha is a storyteller whose work has taken her to the Hawaiian coastline, the ski slopes of Davos, the Nevada desert, a Cold War bunker, the engine room of a decaying ship, Philippine sugar mills and the front lines of Nigeria's energy crisis.
Her work has aired on the BBC, CBC, ZDF, and Arte; screened at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA); been nominated for 5 Canadian Screen Awards and a Golden Sheaf; named TIFF's Top 10; and shortlisted for an Oscar.
Rich Williamson
Rich Williamson graduated from Ryerson University in 2008 focusing on cinematography and editing. He has since worked as a freelancer, shooting and cutting films, corporate videos, trailers and TV programs for well-known brands and companies, as well as fellow independent filmmakers.
As a director, his work blends the best of fiction and documentary technique together with a focus on social-issue subjects. His award-winning films including Frame 394, The Sugar Bowl, Joe and Unsinkable have screened at festivals worldwide including the Hot Docs, IDFA, LA Shorts, Atlanta, New Orleans, St Louis, Hot Springs, Sidewalk, Big Sky, and Aljazeera Film Festivals.