SCARBOROUGH – Review by Liz Braun
Scarborough is a splendid film based on Catherine Hernandez’s award-winning novel about the community where she grew up. Like the book, the film is a love letter to a place and a community that’s home to 650,000 people in Toronto’s east end. Directed by Shasha Nakhai and Rich Williamson. the film centers on three children of 8 or 9 years old who rely on each other growing up in a tough neighborhood. Despite a tiny budget, the profoundly moving Scarborough won the Shawn Mendes Changemaker Award at TIFF last fall and now has 11 nominations at the upcoming Canadian Screen Awards.
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