The Toronto International Film Festival kicks off in 2 days (September 10), so for the rest of the week, I’ll be highlighting the African diaspora titles that are scheduled to screen there this year… continuing with this one…
From co-directors Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah – Brussels-based filmmakers of Moroccan descent – comes "Black," a feature film that’s based on the novel of the same name by Dutch author Dirk Bracke, which tells the story of Mavela, a 15-year-old member of a notorious gang called the Black Bronx. She falls madly in love with Marwan, an extremely charismatic member of a rival gang, known as the 1080s, and the young couple is forced to make…
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