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1. Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon (1998)
Unrated | 87 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
Biography of British painter Francis Bacon focuses on his relationship with his lover, George Dyer, a former small time crook.
Director: John Maybury | Stars: Derek Jacobi, Daniel Craig, Tilda Swinton, Anne Lambton
Votes: 4,029 | Gross: $0.34M
2. Katie Chats (2011–2015)
Talk-Show
Katie Uhlmann is a freelance entertainment host who chats with professionals in the entertainment industry.
Stars: Katie Uhlmann, Peter Keleghan, Cara Gee, Jonny Harris
Votes: 185
3. Sixth Happiness (1997)
97 min | Drama
The unusual story of a boy who will never grow. Born with a disease that makes his bones brittle, Brit, as he is appropriately named by his mom, will be four feet tall for life. But he ... See full summary »
Director: Waris Hussein | Stars: Firdaus Kanga, Souad Faress, Khodus Wadia, Nina Wadia
Votes: 152 | Gross: $0.00M
4. HERO Inspired by the Extraordinary Life & Times of Mr. Ulric Cross (2019)
TV-MA | 111 min | Biography, Drama
Inspired by the life and times of the Caribbean war hero, judge and diplomat Ulric Cross spanned key moments of the 20th Century like WW2, African independence movements and Black Power.
Director: Frances-Anne Solomon | Stars: Nickolai Salcedo, Peter Williams, Joseph Marcell, John Dumelo
Votes: 143
5. Lord Have Mercy! (2003– )
Comedy
A wildly irreverent take on lack church life. Canada's first truly multicultural sitcom.
Stars: Arnold Pinnock, Gary Farmer, Leonie Forbes, Dennis Hall
Votes: 142
6. A Winter Tale (2007)
100 min | Drama
Shots ring out one winter night, and a bullet meant for a local dealer kills a child. In the aftermath of shock, Gene, a 40 something social worker starts a Black men's support group, at the local Caribbean Takeaway Restaurant.
Director: Frances-Anne Solomon | Stars: Peter Williams, Leonie Forbes, Michael Miller, Dennis Hall
Votes: 109
7. Screenplay (1986–1993)
Drama
An anthology drama series.
Stars: John Kavanagh, Tony Doyle, Michael Liebmann, Benjamin Whitrow
Votes: 93
8. Speak Like a Child (1998)
77 min | Drama
The story explores the intense friendship that evolves between three troubled teenagers growing up in an isolated children's home on the Northumbrian coast.
Director: John Akomfrah | Stars: Cal MacAninch, Richard Mylan, Rachel Fielding, Daniel Newman
Votes: 90
9. Peggy Su! (1997)
94 min | Comedy, Romance
Director: Frances-Anne Solomon | Stars: Jonathan Arun, Jacqueline Chan, Daphne Cheung, Joseph Chow
Votes: 68
10. Kingston Paradise (2013)
83 min | Drama
A hustler's journey into chaos to steal a car and his lady friends dream for peace from a painting, forces a crime that changes their lives forever.
Director: Mary Wells | Stars: Christopher Daley, Camille Small, Greggory Nelson, Paul Shoucair
Votes: 37
11.
Screenplay (1986–1993)
Episode:
A Little Bit of Lippy
(1992)
Drama
Cross-dressing husband is unmasked but eventually wins through.
Director: Chris Bernard | Stars: Alison Swann, Danny Cunningham, Rachel Davies, Kenneth Cranham
Votes: 32
12. What My Mother Told Me (1995)
57 min | Drama
Exquisitely beautiful and profoundly moving, What My Mother Told Me is a dramatic journey towards self discovery. The story focuses on Jesse, a young woman from England, who goes to ... See full summary »
Director: Frances-Anne Solomon | Stars: Adjoa Andoh, Leonie Forbes, Clarence Smith, Nadine Williams
Votes: 29
13. Delroy Kincaid (2009)
8 min | Animation, Short, Drama
An artistic immigrant boy and his best friend his grandmother, immigrate to Canada from a seaside Caribbean fishing village to live with the boy's parents in North America. After the death ... See full summary »
Director: Powys Dewhurst | Stars: Jwoel Benn, Dulce Felix, Neion George, Jeff Howard
Votes: 29
14. Flight (1997 TV Movie)
74 min | Drama
Young Hindu girl, living in England, flees to London to escape the wrath of her father after her romance with a Muslim boy has come out. There she discovers what it means to be free.
Director: Alex Pillai | Stars: Mina Anwar, Kulvinder Ghir, Ravi Kapoor, Michelle Kent
Votes: 26
15. Drop the Beat (2000– )
30 min | Drama, Comedy
Stars: Shamann Williams, Arlene Duncan, Alan Van Sprang, Kelly Harms
Votes: 23
16. I Is a Long Memoried Woman (1990)
50 min | Documentary, Adventure, Drama
This award winning documentary charts the journey of the African woman from slavery in the caribbean to slavery, through music dance and poetry.
Director: Frances-Anne Solomon | Stars: Adjoa Andoh, Leonie Forbes
Votes: 22
17.
Siren Spirits (1994– )
Episode:
White Men Are Cracking Up
(1994)
20 min | Drama
Director Ngozi Onwurah uses a murder mystery to explore the legacies of British colonialism and the exoticization of black women.
Director: Ngozi Onwurah | Stars: Howard Davis, Jon Finch, Tom Geoghegan, Bernard Lawrence
Votes: 21
18. Truth or Dare (2016)
90 min | Drama, Romance
The love of a young couple is threatened when she is diagnosed with a brain tumor.
Director: Suzette Reyes | Stars: Christian Alvarez, Laura Gisselle Reynoso, Manny Perez, Aquiles Correa
Votes: 18
19. Reunion: West Indian Women at War (1993 TV Movie)
29 min | Documentary, Drama, War
In 1943 300 middle class "coloured" women from across the West Indies were recruited to the ATS, a branch of the British Army. This documentary documents for the first time the contribution of these women to WW2.
Director: Frances-Anne Solomon | Stars: Adjoa Andoh, Martina Laird
Votes: 17
20. Too Opinionated (2019 Podcast Series)
Talk-Show
Too Opinionated is your one stop shop for all of your pop culture geeky needs. With hundreds of interviews, commentary and nerdy content, Too Opinionated is your next obsession!!.
Stars: Michael Wall, Brett Wall, Shawn Lilly, Mark Roberts
Votes: 14
21. Bideshi (1995)
20 min | Short
Days before his death, a Bengali man has a prophetic dream about his journey towards enlightenment.
Director: Frances-Anne Solomon | Stars: Ronny Jhutti, Archie Panjabi, Roshan Seth, Yasmin Sidhwa
Votes: 14
22. Siren Spirits (1994– )
Drama
"Siren Spirits" is a wonderful feature comprising four short dramas directed by women of color, produced by Leda Serene for the British Film Institute and BBC Television.
Stars: Archie Panjabi, Jon Finch, Roshan Seth, Ronny Jhutti
Votes: 12
23. Literature Alive (2005–2006)
30 min | Documentary
The series profiles Caribbean-Canadian Authors.
Stars: Mutabaruka, Tessa McWatt, Leonie Forbes, Honor Ford-Smith
Votes: 12
24. Flight (II) (1998)
12 min | Short
Director: Sim Sadler | Stars: April Barnett, William Frederick Knight
Votes: 6
25.
Literature Alive (2005–2006)
Episode:
Miss Lou: Then and Now
(2005)
Documentary
Directors: Regan Macaulay, Frances-Anne Solomon | Stars: Louise Bennett, Leonie Forbes, Errol Hill, Rosie-Marie Johnston
Votes: 5
26. In the Black (II)
100 min | Drama | Filming
Jamaican-Canadian businessman B. Denham Jolly's incredible 12-year battle to start Canada's first Black radio station.
Director: Frances-Anne Solomon | Stars: David Harewood, Melanie Nicholls-King, Jordan Alexander, Clarence Smith
27. Battledream Chronicles: A New Beginning (2018 TV Movie)
24 min | Animation, Family, Sci-Fi
Syanna, a young female slave must defeat her masters and bring down their Machiavellian empire in a futuristic world where plantations are video games and where slaves are gamers.
Director: Alain Bidard | Stars: Sean Field, Leonie Forbes, Nuriyyih Gerrard, Alison Hinds
28. Garvey's Ghost (2023– )
60 min | Comedy
A new Caribbean Canadian Comedy: Young Denham Jolly arrives in Toronto in 1995 and boards at the rooming house of Violet WIlliams, Lady President of Marcus Garvey's Universal Negro Improvement Association.
Stars: Trisha Benjamin, Valerie Buhagiar, Sarah Cleveland, Lucky Ejim
29. Heart Beat (2007–2008)
30 min | Documentary, Music
Heart Beat is a 13xhalf hour documentary series that profiles Canadian-Caribbean musicians and explores the hearts, minds, and worlds of some of Canada's most dynamic musical creators.
Stars: Bernie Pitters, Jason Wilson, Drew Gonsalves, Alexis Puentes
30. Claudia (II)
Drama | Announced
London, 1958: As race riots ravage the country, CLAUDIA, a Trinidad-born activist deported to England from McCarthyite USA, comes up with a plan to unite Britain's Black and white working classes.
Director: Frances-Anne Solomon
31. Caribbean Girl NYC - Pilot (2018– )
Comedy
Meet Isabelle, a 22 year old aspiring actress fresh off the plane from the Caribbean island of Guadeloupe. She dreams of being rich and famous and finding love in NYC. There's only one problem: she has no working papers and no money.
Stars: Katia Angers, Jacinth Headlam, Yvette Lashawn Williams, Deborah Napier
32. Birthrights (1991–1993)
29 min | Documentary
Series of films on British culture and identity, viewed from a black perspective. This series emerged from the BBC TV Continuing Education and Training Initiative's Mosaic Project and invested in black independent film production.
Stars: Bernie Grant, Keith Vaz
33. Memsahib Rita (1994 TV Short)
18 min | Drama, Family, Fantasy
Using magic realism, Memsahib Rita looks at the physical and emotional violence of racism. Shanti is haunted by both the racist taunts of nationalist white youths and the memory of her white mother.
Director: Pratibha Parmar | Stars: Nisha Nayar, Kaleem Janjua, Jayne Boniface, Meera Syal
34.
Siren Spirits (1994– )
Episode:
Get Me to the Crematorium on Time
(1994)
20 min | Drama
Dani Williamson's Get Me to the Crematorium on Time is a moving portrait of undying love and grief. When her husband of twenty years dies, Bonetta is overcome by her loss and is taken to a ... See full summary »
Director: Dani Williamson | Stars: Margaret Ashley, Joan Hooley, Rachel Lumberg, Theresa Petts
35.
Literature Alive (2005–2006)
Episode:
Believe
(2005)
Documentary
Director: Ngardy Conteh George | Star: Ricardo Keens-Douglas
36.
Literature Alive (2005–2006)
Episode:
Blood, Dub and the Matriarch
(2005)
Documentary
Director: Judy Singh | Stars: Mutabaruka, Anita Stewart, Debbie Young
37.
Literature Alive (2005–2006)
Episode:
Her True-True Name
(2005)
Documentary
Director: Tumelo Phadi | Stars: Louise Bennett, Pamela Mordecai, Velma Pollard, Mary Lou Soutar-Hynes
38.
Literature Alive (2005–2006)
Episode:
My Dinner with Shani
(2005)
Documentary
Director: Frances-Anne Solomon | Stars: Gamal Abdel-Shehid, Richard Fung, Shani Mootoo
39.
Literature Alive (2005–2006)
Episode:
The Man Behind the Mic
(2005)
Documentary
Director: Ngardy Conteh George | Stars: Dwayne Morgan, Mutabaruka
40.
Literature Alive (2005–2006)
Episode:
Un Homme Dans Sa Ville
(2005)
Documentary
Director: Frances-Anne Solomon | Star: Dany Laferrière
41.
Literature Alive (2005–2006)
Episode:
Fabulous Spaces
(2005)
Documentary
Directors: Ngardy Conteh George, Frances-Anne Solomon | Star: Nalo Hopkinson
42.
Literature Alive (2005–2006)
Episode:
Gardening with Olive
(2005)
Documentary
Director: Regan Macaulay | Stars: Honor Ford-Smith, Olive Senior
43.
Literature Alive (2005–2006)
Episode:
Home
(2005)
Documentary
Director: Ngardy Conteh George | Star: Tessa McWatt
44.
Literature Alive (2005–2006)
Episode:
Jemini in the City
(2005)
Documentary
Director: Regan Macaulay | Star: Jemeni
45.
Literature Alive (2005–2006)
Episode:
Memory Places
(2005)
Documentary
Directors: Frances-Anne Solomon, Eugene Paramoer | Stars: Andre Alexis, Eugene Paramoer, Frances-Anne Solomon
46.
Literature Alive (2005–2006)
Episode:
Word Hammers
(2005)
Documentary
Director: Lana Lovell | Star: Philip M. Nourbese
47.
Lord Have Mercy! (2003– )
Episode:
Backsliding
Comedy
Kent decides that he is going to save souls. But he has a hard time with the lost sheep at Mt. Zion. Shaken, he ends up with Ryan and falling into his old bad habits!
Director: Frances-Anne Solomon | Star: Arnold Pinnock
48.
Lord Have Mercy! (2003– )
Episode:
Blood Is Thicker
Comedy
Crystal asks Stevens to take her for an abortion. Mt. Zion is outraged. Gooding asks for Steven's resignation and Hope leaves.
Director: Frances-Anne Solomon | Star: Arnold Pinnock
49.
Lord Have Mercy! (2003– )
Episode:
Deranged Marriage
Comedy
Ryan is in love. But in the process he gets kicked out of his house, has to crash at Mt. Zion, and ends up driving everyone crazy.
Director: Frances-Anne Solomon | Stars: Russell Peters, Arnold Pinnock
50.
Lord Have Mercy! (2003– )
Episode:
Greener Pastures
Comedy
With Hope gone, Pastor Stevens feels out of step and announces his retirement. Gooding and Desiree are in over their heads. They have to find a way to get Hope back and convince Stevens to stay.
Director: Frances-Anne Solomon | Star: Arnold Pinnock