Finding a balm in the stories at FIN Atlantic International Film Festival
Brother and Women Talking is the first film at FIN Atlantic International Film Festival opening Thursday night. The film is based on the novels by Canadian novelists David Chariandy and Miriam Toews. It is directed by Clement Virgo and Sarah Polley. The cast includes four-time Academy Award winner Frances McDormand.
Bystanders is a film about a group of friends who are on vacation. One of them might have had sex with a woman who is not at the cottage. In My Name is Andrea is an innovative documentary about Andrea Dworkin. It features a cast of marquee actors who portray D Workin at various stages in her life. The Hate U Give actress Amandla Sternberg plays Andrea. The film took nearly a decade to complete. Pratibha Parmar took the lead role. She used actors of African ancestry. They were cast before "equity, diversity, and inclusion" became a thing.
