Claire Prieto Receiving Her Lifetime Achievement Award

Claire Prieto Receiving Her Lifetime Achievement Award

This image is from 2010, and it is Claire Prieto receiving her lifetime achievement award. This closing Imaged truly shows how far Black Canadian Filmmakers and Directors have gone. They were from not being recognized, underfunded, underappreciated, to receiving lifetime achievement awards. This would have been a big moment for Prieto, but also a huge moment for the Black Canadian director’s industry. Let this image be a final takeaway of this project demonstrating how far these directors have come. From a start when there was no acceptance of real direction and film being allowed for Black artists, to a lifetime achievement award recognizing that work that was pushed to not exist.

Frances-Anne

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Jan 21, 2010

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