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Clement Virgo (born June 1, 1966) is a Canadian film and television writer, producer and director who runs the production company, Conquering Lion Pictures, with producer Damon D'Oliveira.
Clement Virgo is one of Canada's foremost film directors. In 2015 he directed and co-wrote a six part miniseries adaptation of the Lawrence Hill novel The Book of Negroes (2015) which debuted to record-breaking numbers on the CBC in Canada and on BET in the U.S. and won twelve Canadian Screen Awards and was nominated for two U.S. Critics Choice ...
- January 1, 1
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- Montego Bay, Jamaica
Brother: Directed by Clement Virgo. With Lamar Johnson, Aaron Pierre, Marsha Stephanie Blake, Kiana Madeira. Sons of Caribbean immigrants, Francis and Michael face questions of masculinity, identity and family amid the pulsing beat of Toronto's early hip-hop scene.
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- 2023-08-04
Clement Virgo is one of Canada's foremost film directors. In 2015 he directed and co-wrote a six part miniseries adaptation of the Lawrence Hill novel The Book of Negroes (2015) which debuted to record-breaking numbers on the CBC in Canada and on BET in the U.S. and won twelve Canadian Screen Awards and was nominated for two U.S. Critics Choice ...
- June 1, 1966
- Representation in Cinema
- Directing Grief
- Pride in Family
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Virgo is one of the founders of Black Screen Office, an organization that advocates for the advancement of Black Canadian screen professionals. He said that while there's been progress in the promotion of Black-led content since his career began in the 1990s, there's still room for diversity in terms of who's leading the film industry. "The Black S...
As a director, Virgo said that one of his primary motivations is to craft scenes that feel real and create a universal feeling amongst his audience. "We all live in our own movie, and we all think, 'I'm the only person who has ever felt grief, and the only person who has ever felt pain or loss or love,'" he said. "What's great about stories and mov...
As with a lot of Virgo's works, Brotherhas been receiving near-universal acclaim since its screening at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival. But the most poignant praise has come from the director's mother. "I remember when I showed her The Book of Negroesfor the first time she said, 'That's why I brought you to Canada," he told Power. The...
The veteran Canadian film director talks to Q's Tom Power about his adaptation of David Chariandy's novel, his career in TV and cinema, and his views on representation and grief. Listen to the full interview on the Q podcast.
Aug 3, 2023 · Writer/director Clement Virgo talks about his return to filmmaking with his adaptation of "Brother", a novel about two Trinidadian immigrants in Toronto. He discusses his structure, his actors, his cinematic language and his vision for the film.
Sep 10, 2022 · TORONTO - Portraying Black male vulnerability on screen should not feel like a radical or difficult idea, but Canadian director Clement Virgo says that is how he felt when he embarked on his...
