Brown Girl Begins is a 2017 Canadian science fiction film, directed by Sharon Lewis."‘Brown Girl Begins’ is the Canadian sci-fi movie we need right now". Your Morning, February 5, 2018.
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."How Sharon Lewis adapted Nalo Hopkinson's Brown Girl in the Ring to film". CBC Books, February 22, 2018.
Plot 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."Brown Girl Begins rethinks Black History" . BeatRoute, February 10, 2018.
Cast Alongside Traoré, the cast also includes Emmanuel Kabongo, Nigel Shawn Williams, Shakura S'Aida, Rachael Crawford, Andy McQueen and Measha Brueggergosman.
Release The film premiered at the Urbanworld Film Festival in 2017."Director Sharon Lewis on Urbanworld debut of ‘Brown Girl Begins’". Amsterdam News, September 21, 2017.
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."Brown Girl Begins brings a post-apocalyptic Toronto to life". Q, February 21, 2018.
Accolades 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 List of Afrofuturist films
References
External links
Brown Girl Begins at Library and Archives Canada