Name: Onscreen/Backstage "Reverence" - Teaunna Gray
Start: 2022-03-24T19:00:00-04:00
Location: Bampot Bohemian House Of Tea And Board Games

Onscreen/Backstage "Reverence" - Teaunna Gray

Femme Fatale Film Festival

Join us for our screening of "Reverence" by Teaunna Gray

Bampot Bohemian House Of Tea And Board Games

Onscreen/Backstage

Onscreen/Backstage is a collaborative series curated by Femme Fatale and Rose Coloured Theatre with a focus on celebrating and uplifting work by femme and non-binary creators.

While digging deep into the city’s past, we challenge what findings are held in reverence.For three days in September 1851, The St. Lawrence Hall in Toronto was the site of the largest anti-slavery convention in history. On the heels of slavery being abolished in the states and 20 years after its end in Canada, Black leaders and educators joined to discuss one question: “What is the future of Black People in North America?”This experimental documentary takes the viewer on a journey through the historic St. Lawrence Hall. Mayors of Toronto&#x27;s past line the hallways- all white men, and images of those who entertained in this now venue space. In the four-story space, faint clues of Black excellence and Black history fail to tell the full and important story of the conference that took place here almost 170 years ago.As the story unfolds, archival newspaper clippings are juxtaposed with footage from this year’s protests. They have you questioning- what’s changed? Toward the end of the film, Black bodies and Black art appear and begin to express themselves in the Hall. With even just a look, they carry on the story of Mary Ann Shadd, Henry Bibb, Rev. Martin Delaney, Frederick Douglass and countless others who fought for the advancement and equal treatment of marginalized communities today.Teaunna Gray (she/her) is an Afro-Indigenous Director &amp; Film Photographer based in Toronto. She started her career as a curator in her home city which gained traction following each successful exhibit. The group art shows Teaunna produces are held as a way to not only give under-represented artists platforms, but includes give-back to community organizations globally. Through visual storytelling, she will continue developing unique stories that are made even stronger coming from her genuine and multi-cultural point of view. The inclusion of womxn, people of colour and the Deaf community impact the work she creates and collaborators she chooses to work with. In her free time, you can find Teaunna bidding for vintage on eBay and working freelance as an interior designer and stylist through her small business sunday afternoon.

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