“In his return to the big screen, Clement Virgo reminds us of what a formidable filmmaker he is. PNGįor the past decade and a half, Virgo has been a sought-after TV director with resumé highlights including The Wire, Empire, Billions, and the new Netflix, Ryan Murphy-produced miniseries Dahmer-Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story. The film is at this year’s Vancouver International Film Festival. Vancouver author David Chariandy was “stunned by the power of the cinematography, the acting, and the music, as well as the effective interplay between the three timelines,” in the film adaptation of his novel Brother. “I’m happy and honoured that Clement both felt and visualized my story in his own inimitable way,” said Chariandy, who is currently working on a new novel. I always wanted to be someone like that.” “Francis, well, I always wanted to be someone like Francis. If he’s at a party, he’s the one that’s observing and he’s off to the side looking.

“I’m an introvert and I was an observer, and Michael has that same quality. Photo by Eli Ade / jpgīut while all three characters felt familiar, he saw himself in Michael and recognized that Francis was a guy he wanted to be. Virgo will be in conversation with fellow director Mina Shum at the Annex Theatre stage on Oct. Toronto director Clement Virgo along with his new film Brother will be at the Vancouver International Film Festival. And the dynamic of being immigrants in Scarborough with a mom who sacrificed for her children,” said Virgo, who grew up in the Regent Park neighbourhood of Toronto, the son of Jamaican immigrants. But the difference between Brothers and The Book of Negroes is Brother was very familiar - familiar in the sense of the family unit.

“I had a similar reaction to what I did when I read The Book of Negroes, which is these are fantastic characters. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.

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