Screening Dates
  • December 13, 2017 7:00
Free Admission

“Bracingly gritty and alluringly stylized … In its fearless examination of Black male sexuality, Rude anticipates more recent social dramas such as Moonlight … A landmark of African Canadian cinema.”

TIFF

Toronto filmmaker Clement Virgo’s debut feature is an ambitious exploration of Black Canadian identity made with a predominantly Black crew. Set over an Easter weekend in Toronto, the film interweaves the stories of an ex-con trying to rebuild his life; a young boxer conflicted about his sexuality; and a young woman struggling in the aftermath of an abortion and breakup. All the while, a pirate-radio DJ aptly named Rude raps poetically and profanely about race, gender, and Armageddon. Virgo recently directed CBC’s The Book of Negroes.

preceded by

Save My Lost Nigga Soul
Canada 1993
Clement Virgo
24 min. DCP

Clement Virgo’s acclaimed short, made at the Canadian Film Centre, is an intense, stylish Cain-and-Abel tale of two brothers and their friend, an aspiring stand-up comedian, living together ​“on the dark side of Eden.”

Best Canadian Short
TIFF 1993

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