Film

Frances-Anne Solomon

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TweetDirector / Film Maker Toronto, ON. Born: London England. Frances-Anne Solomon is an award-winning filmmaker, writer, and producer in film, television, radio, theatre, and new media. Born in London, England to Trinidadian parents and raised in the Caribbean and Canada, Frances-Anne began her television career at Banyan Productions in Trinidad. Eventually returning to Great Britain, she built a [...]

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Kevin “Jedi” Barton

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TweetDirector / Content Producer / Brand Stylist, Toronto, ON. Born: Scarborough, ON. Kevin “Jedi” Barton created the largest Urban Music department at Universal Music Group Canada. “Universal Urban” marketed and promoted high-profile artists such as, Eminem, Jay-Z, Method Man & Redman, DMX, Brian McKnight, Shaggy, Mary J. Blige, Lil Jon, Snoop & the EastSidaz, Common, [...]

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Satori (a.k.a. Jeannette McGruder) Shakoor

Thumbnail image for Satori (a.k.a. Jeannette McGruder) Shakoor January 17, 2011 Actor

TweetActor / Singer / Writer / Comedienne, Toronto, ON / Detroit, MI. Born: USA (became a Canadian citizen in 2008). Satori Shakoor is a veteran of live performance. As a singer, she recorded and performed with The Brides of Funkenstein, as well as multiple Grammy Award winners David Foster, Sly Stone, Luther Vandross and George Clinton’s Parliament/Funkadelic. [...]

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Karen King

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TweetExecutive in Charge of Production, Shaw Media & Founder, Productions Without Borders, Toronto, ON. Born: Trinidad & Tobago. Karen King is the founder of Productions Without Borders (PWB), an online community dedicated to supporting the film and TV content industry in reaping the benefits of diversity and inclusion. In 2010, PWB organized an unprecedented event [...]

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Cheryl Foggo

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TweetAuthor / Journalist / Dramatist / Scriptwriter, Calgary, AB. Born: Calgary, AB. Cheryl Foggo is an award-winning writer of fiction, non-fiction, poetry and plays; she has also written for TV and film. As a descendant of the migration of Black Oklahomans who settled in Amber Valley, Alberta and Maidstone, Saskatchewan in 1910, Cheryl is well [...]

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