Brown Girl Begins

Brown Girl Begins is a Canadian science fiction film, directed by Sharon Lewis and released in 2017.[1] The film was inspired by Nalo Hopkinson's 1998 novel Brown Girl in the Ring, although for budgetary reasons Lewis opted to write and film a prequel story rather than literally adapting the novel itself.[2]

Brown Girl Begins
Directed bySharon Lewis
Produced byVince Buda
Sharon Lewis
Floyd Kane
Jenn Paul
Written bySharon Lewis
Based onBrown Girl in the Ring by Nalo Hopkinson
StarringMouna Traoré
Nigel Shawn Williams
Shakura S'Aida
Rachael Crawford
Measha Brueggergosman
Music byAaron Ferrera
CinematographyMarc Forand
Edited byBen Lawrence
Richard Mandin
Production
company
Urbansoul
Release date
Running time
95 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

Set in a post-apocalyptic version of Toronto in 2049, the film focuses on a small group of survivors whose continued survival depends on Ti-Jeanne's (Mouna Traoré) response to a potentially life-altering decision.[3] The cast also includes Nigel Shawn Williams, Shakura S'Aida, Emmanuel Kabongo, Rachael Crawford, Andy McQueen and Measha Brueggergosman.

The film premiered at the Urbanworld Film Festival in 2017.[4] It had its general theatrical release in 2018 in conjunction with Black History Month, although due to the film's Afrofuturist themes its commercial opening was branded as a "Black Futures Month" event.[5]

The film received two Canadian Screen Award nominations at the 7th Canadian Screen Awards in 2019, for Best Adapted Screenplay (Lewis) and Best Makeup (Carla Hutchinson).

See also
  • Afrofuturism in film

References
  1. "‘Brown Girl Begins’ is the Canadian sci-fi movie we need right now". Your Morning, February 5, 2018.
  2. "How Sharon Lewis adapted Nalo Hopkinson's Brown Girl in the Ring to film". CBC Books, February 22, 2018.
  3. "Brown Girl Begins rethinks Black History". BeatRoute, February 10, 2018.
  4. "Director Sharon Lewis on Urbanworld debut of ‘Brown Girl Begins’". Amsterdam News, September 21, 2017.
  5. "Brown Girl Begins brings a post-apocalyptic Toronto to life". Q, February 21, 2018.


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