Doubles with Slight Pepper
| Doubles with Slight Pepper | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Ian Harnarine |
| Written by | Ian Harnarine |
| Produced by | Ian Harnarine Jason Harnarine Ryan Silbert |
| Starring | Errol Sitahal Sanjiv Boodhu |
| Cinematography | Spencer Kiernan |
| Edited by | Brooke Swaney |
| Music by | Kenyatta Beasley |
Release date |
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Running time | 16 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | English |
Doubles with Slight Pepper is a Canadian short drama film, directed by Ian Harnarine and released in 2011.
The film stars Sanjiv Boodhu as Dhani, a young doubles vendor in Trinidad whose estranged father Ragbir (Errol Sitahal) returns from Toronto for the first time in many years to reveal that he is dying.[1]
A full-length feature expansion of the film, Doubles, was announced as receiving funding from Telefilm Canada's Talent to Watch program in 2019,[2] and premiered at the 2023 Atlantic International Film Festival.
Accolades
[edit]The film won the Toronto International Film Festival Award for Best Canadian Short Film at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival,[3] and was named to TIFF's year-end Canada's Top Ten list.[4]
In 2012, it won the Genie Award for Best Live Action Short Drama at the 32nd Genie Awards.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "Watch Ian Harnarine’s Award-Winning ‘Doubles With Slight Pepper’ (Short Shouts!)". Indiewire, August 30, 2013.
- ^ Radheyan Simonpillai, "A Canadian movie about Trinidadian doubles is in the works". Now, June 12, 2019.
- ^ "Doubles free in NYC". Daily Express, June 25, 2015.
- ^ "The Festival group releases Canada's annual top ten". Postmedia News, December 7, 2011.
- ^ "Seeking a New York Audience for a Film Rooted in Trinidad". The New York Times, August 23, 2012.
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