Christene Browne Trailers
Talking to Myself TrailerAustin Clarke: Survivor of the Crossing TrailerFarewell Regent Trailer
Christene A. Browne, a renowned filmmaker, hails from St. Kitts and later settled in Regent Park, Canada's oldest and largest low-income community, in 1970. Her passion for video-making led her to actively participate in the Regent Park Video Workshop Project, eventually becoming its leader. Browne's journey continued as she pursued her film education at Ryerson University. Notably, Browne made history by being the first African-Canadian woman to produce, direct and write a dramatic feature film, "Another Planet." In 2007, she accomplished the documentary series "Speaking in Tongues: The History of Language," which delves into the evolution of language from ancient times to the present. Browne's exceptional work earned her the Documentary Filmmaker prize at the Women's International Film and Television Showcase Visionary Awards in 2011. Currently, she resides in Toronto with her three children.
Most Popular Christene Browne Trailers
Total trailers found: 11
01 January 2016
A tragedy causes an elderly woman to journey deep into her subconscious and ponder the afterlife. What do black women’s dreams look like? In Mount Misery we journey deep into the subconscious of a woman who has just suffered a great loss.
01 January 1993
From the courts of Nova Scotia to the streets of Vancouver, Them That’s Not takes a critical look at Canada’s welfare system through the eyes of single women and single mothers and examines why they and others and joining together to fight for social change.
01 October 2019
What happens when the largest redevelopment in North America dismantles the place where social housing began? Will the community and its residents ever be the same? Farewell Regent is a 90-minute documentary that captures the Regent Park community of downtown Toronto (the place where social housing began in Canada) in the midst of the largest housing redevelopment project in North America.
01 January 1990
John T. Davis (pianist/organist/vocalist) and Jim Heineman (saxophonist) are two Canadian jazzmen who have had to wage the war between the compulsion and the passion that they feel towards their music and the struggle that is involved with trying to make a living in the field of jazz music in Canada.
20 November 2021
In this animated documentary famed black Canadian writer Austin Clarke talks about his upbringing in Barbados, his early literary influences, colonialism, race, class, discrimination and his friendship with Malcolm X.
03 October 1999
Cassandra Jones is a young woman from Toronto with a very active imagination and unique view of the world.
20 November 2001
A Way Out is a documentary about breaking the cycle of poverty in Canadian's oldest and largest "ghetto," Regent Park.
09 January 2026
In 2021, improv comedian Luke O’Grady is asked to perform his first ever stand-up comedy set, and record it as a special.
01 January 1991
Blues and jazz singer Jodie Drake is a legend. From her beginnings in Detroit to her many years of breaking ground in Canada, she has consistently promoted Black music, often simply through the power of her voice.
01 September 1993
No Choice is a short documentary that deals with the abortion issue and how it relates to women living in poverty.
01 January 1987
From Nevis To... is a seven-minute docu-drama that deals with Juliet Jones, a new arrival to Canada. From her arrival to the airport to her ride to the hotel room, many thoughts about her past, present and her future surround her.
