Location: Ada Slaight Hall, Daniels Spectrum | 585 Dundas St. E., Toronto, ON
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Sons of Caribbean immigrants, Francis and Michael face questions of masculinity, identity and family amid the pulsing beat of Toronto’s early hip-hop scene.
Clement Virgo is one of Canada’s foremost film directors. His TV directing credits include Billions, The Get Down, Empire, and The L Word. His debut feature, Rude, premiered in Cannes’ Un Certain Regard section and opened the Perspectives Canada programme at TIFF. Brother is his latest feature.
Elamin Abdelmahmoud is the host of CBC’s weekly pop culture podcast POP CHAT, co-host of CBC’s political podcast PARTY LINES, and a frequent culture commentator for CBC News. His work has appeared in the Globe and Mail, Maclean’s, and Rolling Stone. In 2022, Elamin published a book titled Son of Elsewhere: A Memoir in Pieces, which became a number one national bestseller.
