Description:

Shots ring out one winter night and a bullet meant for a local street dealer kills a ten-year-old boy. In the downtown Toronto community of Parkdale, grief and suspicion hang heavily in the air, while the nightly patrons at Miss G’s Caribbean TakeAway resume their ritual of beer and banter. But one of them, Gene Wright, cannot go on. He begs his friends for help. In a most unusual development, six Black men make a pact to form a support group in hopes of salvaging their broken spirits and redeeming their besieged community. Against the backdrop of a multicultural community's unrealized hopes and dreams, a uniquely Canadian story that features Toronto as a central character.

About the Director:

Frances-Anne Solomon is an award-winning filmmaker, writer and producer. Her recent projects include A Winter Tale, which opened The 15th New York African Diaspora Film Festival, the 7th ReelWorld Fim Festival, and the 2007 Trinidad and Tobago Film Festival, taking home a slew of awards including the Tonya Lee Williams Award for Outstanding Canadian Feature, and the Audience Award for Best Caribbean Feature Film. Her landmark sitcom Lord Have Mercy!, dubbed "Canada's first Multicultural sitcom", was broadcast on 4 Canadian networks, and nominated for 2 Geminis, including Best Comedy Series. She is the artistic director and president of the two companies that she founded, Leda Serene Films, her film and television production vehicle, and CaribbeanTales, a prolific not-for-profit producing multimedia projects for the educational market. From 1989 to 1898, she was also a Radio, Film and TV Drama producer for the BBC in England.