Save My Lost Nigga Soul is a 1993 Canadian short film, directed by Clement Virgo.Schwartzberg, Shlomo. "In the frame". Performing Arts & Entertainment in Canada, Summer 1993 (Vol. 28, Issue 2). An adaptation of the story of Cain and Abel, it was made while Virgo was a student at the Canadian Film Centre."Film centre grads making their mark". Toronto Star, December 24, 1993.
The film is about two Black Canadian brothers who live together but do not see eye to eye because one is a drug addict.Angela Baldassarre, Reel Canadians: Interviews from the Canadian Film World. Guernica Editions, 2003. . p. 150. Meanwhile their roommate, an aspiring stand-up comedian, is planning to use material about their disputes in his forthcoming performance debut.
Virgo's later feature film Love Come Down was an expansion on the themes of Save My Lost Nigga Soul."Seeking brotherly love". The Globe and Mail, March 9, 2001.
Achievements and awards The film won the Toronto International Film Festival Award for Best Canadian Short Film at the 1993 Toronto International Film Festival,"Quebec's Obomsawin wins for best Canadian feature film at Toronto festival". Montreal Gazette, September 20, 1993. and was nominated for the Genie Award for Best Theatrical Short Film at the 15th Genie Awards."Exotica dominates Genie nominations". Montreal Gazette, October 20, 1994.
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