Take Light

Take Light
Directed byShasha Nakhai
Produced byEd Barreveld
CinematographyRich Williamson
Edited byRich Williamson
Music byRob Teehan
Production
company
Storyline Entertainment
Distributed byDocumentary Channel
Gravitas Ventures
Release date
Running time
78 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

Take Light is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Shasha Nakhai and released in 2018.[1] The film profiles the energy crisis in Nigeria, where approximately half of the country's entire population lives without consistent and reliable access to the electrical power grid.[2]

The film had its world premiere at the 2018 Cleveland International Film Festival, and its Canadian premiere at the 2018 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival.[2] It was distributed in Canada by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's Documentary Channel, and internationally by Gravitas Ventures.[3]

In 2019, Rich Williamson received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Editing in Documentary at the 7th Canadian Screen Awards.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Review: Take Light is a powerful doc about Nigeria’s electrical grid". Now, October 31, 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Exclusive clip: Shasha Nakhai’s “Take Light”". RealScreen, March 22, 2018.
  3. ^ "Gravitas Ventures picks up Shasha Nakhai’s “Take Light”". RealScreen, August 23, 2018.
  4. ^ "“Anthropocene”, “Amazing Race Canada” among Canadian Screen Award nominees". RealScreen, February 8, 2019.


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