Short film

Rise

2019 · 20 min

A short, energetic documentary that feels like a lively performance piece, full of rhythm and youthful self-expression.

Directed by: Bárbara Wagner, Benjamin de Burca
Genres: Documentary, Music
Starring: Randell Adjei, Nathan Baya, Chantal Rose

Overview: Young, gifted and black! In an act of self-empowerment, a group of young Black people, mainly first and second generation immigrants from the Caribbean, have occupied the public space of the Toronto underground to perform their agitprop concept of edutainment – poets, rappers, singers and musicians.

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Directed by: Bárbara Wagner, Benjamin de Burca
Genres: Documentary, Music
Starring: Randell Adjei, Nathan Baya, Chantal Rose

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Tone: earneststrength 3 of 3
upliftingstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: identity
race
art
music
power
Places: big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: documentary
ensemble
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex none

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Action	1
Horror	0
Humour	3
Realism	9
Romance	1
Tension	3
Darkness	3
Complexity	4
Emotional weight	6

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Genres: documentary, music
Directed by: Bárbara Wagner, Benjamin de Burca
Written by: Emelie Chhangur, Benjamin de Burca, Bárbara Wagner
Starring: Randell Adjei, Nathan Baya, Chantal Rose, Dynesti Williams, Duke Redbird, Michie Mee
Music: Nate Smith
Cinematography: Pedro Sotero
Runtime: 20 min
Country: Brazil, Canada, United States of America
Languages: English

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