Pick (film)

Pick
Film poster
Directed byAlicia K. Harris
Written byAlicia K. Harris
Produced byAlicia K. Harris
Venessa Harris
Rebeca Ortiz
StarringHazel Downey
Deragh Campbell
CinematographyAnn Tipper
Edited byKathryn Lyons
Production
company
Sugar Glass Films
Release date
  • September 2019 (2019-09) (Urbanworld)
Running time
11 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

Pick is a 2019 Canadian short drama film, directed by Alicia K. Harris.[1] The film stars Hazel Downey as Alliyah, a young Black Canadian girl struggling to cope with the social consequences of having chosen to go to school on class photo day wearing her natural Afro instead of straightening her hair.[1]

The film was funded in part by a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter, and entered production in 2018.[2] It premiered in September 2019 at the Urbanworld Film Festival.[3]

The film won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Live Action Short Drama at the 8th Canadian Screen Awards in 2020.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b Mike Adler, "With PICK, Scarborough filmmaker shows a choice black girls face". Toronto.com, November 15, 2019.
  2. ^ Shree Paradkar, "New short film PICK aims to straighten out misconceptions about Black women’s hair". Toronto Star, June 11, 2018.
  3. ^ Mackenzie Nichols, "‘Harriet’ to Open 2019 Urbanworld Film Festival". Variety, August 30, 2019.
  4. ^ Brent Furdyk, "Canadian Screen Awards Announces Winners In Cinematic Arts Categories, Honouring The Year’s Best Movies". Entertainment Tonight Canada, May 28, 2020.