Save My Lost Nigga Soul
1993 Canadian film
- 1993 (1993)
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Save My Lost Nigga Soul is a 1993 Canadian short film, directed by Clement Virgo.[1] An adaptation of the story of Cain and Abel, it was made while Virgo was a student at the Canadian Film Centre.[2]
The film is about two Black Canadian brothers who live together but do not see eye to eye because one is a drug addict.[3] Meanwhile their roommate, an aspiring stand-up comedian, is planning to use material about their disputes in his forthcoming performance debut.[1]
Virgo's later feature film Love Come Down was an expansion on the themes of Save My Lost Nigga Soul.[4]
Achievements and awards
The film won the Toronto International Film Festival Award for Best Canadian Short Film at the 1993 Toronto International Film Festival,[5] and was nominated for the Genie Award for Best Theatrical Short Film at the 15th Genie Awards.[6]
References
- ^ a b Schwartzberg, Shlomo. "In the frame". Performing Arts & Entertainment in Canada, Summer 1993 (Vol. 28, Issue 2).
- ^ "Film centre grads making their mark". Toronto Star, December 24, 1993.
- ^ Angela Baldassarre, Reel Canadians: Interviews from the Canadian Film World. Guernica Editions, 2003. ISBN 9781550711653. p. 150.
- ^ "Seeking brotherly love". The Globe and Mail, March 9, 2001.
- ^ "Quebec's Obomsawin wins for best Canadian feature film at Toronto festival". Montreal Gazette, September 20, 1993.
- ^ "Exotica dominates Genie nominations". Montreal Gazette, October 20, 1994.
External links
- Save My Lost Nigga Soul at IMDb
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Works directed by Clement Virgo
- Save My Lost Nigga Soul (1993, short)
- Rude (1995)
- The Planet of Junior Brown (1997)
- Love Come Down (2000)
- Lie with Me (2005)
- Poor Boy's Game (2007)
- Brother (2022)
- The Book of Negroes (2015)
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