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Because We Are

The life of a corrupt-white cop is jeopardized while on the job as a result of shooting an unarmed black teenager.

  • St Chris Bailey
    Director
  • SAIIXNT
    Director
  • St Chris Bailey
    Writer
  • St Chris Bailey
    Producer
  • Adrian Wallace
    Producer
  • Neil Paterson
    Key Cast
    "Officer Greg Connors"
  • Emidio Lopes
    Key Cast
    "Jacob "
  • Myriam Nikiema
    Key Cast
    "Lia Franklin"
  • Project Type:
    Feature
  • Runtime:
    1 hour 10 minutes 48 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    June 26, 2020
  • Production Budget:
    15,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Canada
  • Country of Filming:
    Canada
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital 4K
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • BEST ACTOR - EMIDIO LOPES - Hamilton Black FIlm Festival 2021
    Hamilton
    Canada
  • Greater Cleveland Urban Film Festival 2021
    Cleveland, Ohio
    United States
    Official Selection
  • Toronto Black Film Festival 2021
    Toronto, ON
    Canada
    Official Selection
  • Ottawa Black Film Festival 2021
    Ottawa, ON
    Canada
    Official Selection
  • Montreal International Black Film Festival 2020
    Montreal, QC
    Canada
    Official Selection
Director Biography - St Chris Bailey, SAIIXNT

St. Christopher Bailey pka (professionally known as SAIIXNT) is a black-Canadian producer/director who got his start producing music videos in Toronto back in 2008.

Over the past 14 years SAIIXNT has directed and/or produced over 100 music videos across different genre's. Some of his work are OVO Premes 2013 MMVA nominated "We Them" ft. Asap Rocky, Indie rock band The Standstills 2015 "Orleans", Acoustic soul artist Astha Tamang-Maskeys 2016 "Ride", Dancehall legend Serani's 2017 video "Gone", Pop/Rock artist DYLYN's 2019 "Secret" and 2020 "Find Myself". His most recent video "Keep Going" by Vietnamese Canadian hip hop artist SunniLong premiered on hip hop weekly in February 2022.

SAIIXNT has also produced a few festival selected short films such as Forgiveness and Kreme and most recently released a feature film called Because We Are which is currently distributed nationally by Gravitas ventures and available on Amazon prime and Tubi.

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Director Statement

"For me being a black director from Toronto comes with the responsibility of making films that reflect my country and my culture."