Private Project

Black Sun

Black Sun tells the story of two women anguished by acts of gun violence, who use their experiences to take a personal stand, and help their affected communities.

Sherri Bonnelli, a white woman who raised and lost her black son, looks to advocate for anti-gun violence through her community activism, and Kelly Fyffe-Marshall, a black filmmaker, aims to shed emotional intelligence through the creation of her first feature "Summer of the Gun", based on one of Toronto's deadliest summers.

  • Adrian Wallace
    Director
    Courtside, Pull Up Your Pants, Haus, Smitty's Got the Funk
  • Adrian Wallace
    Writer
    Courtside, Pull Up Your Pants, Haus, Smitty's Got the Funk
  • Fabienne Colas
    Producer
    Minuit, Profonds Regrets, Sortie 67
  • Emile Castonguay
    Producer
    Minuit, 5150 Elm's Way
  • Ngardy Conteh George
    Producer
    Mr. Jane and Finch, The Leone Stars
  • Alison Duke
    Producer
    Cool Black North, Women on the Move, Positive Women: Exposing injustice, The Vent, Witness: A Deathly Silence, Raising Kane: a rapumentary, Promise Me
  • Fonna Seidu
    Producer
    The Uninvited Guest, Black Bodies/Marathon, Promise Me
  • Kelly Fyffe-Marshall
    Key Cast
    "As Herself"
    Haven, Reason Enough, Marathon/Black Bodies, Scratch
  • Sherri Bonnelli
    Key Cast
    "As Herself"
  • Project Type:
    Documentary, Short
  • Runtime:
    7 minutes 54 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    September 3, 2019
  • Country of Origin:
    Canada
  • Country of Filming:
    Canada
  • Language:
    English
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Montreal International Black Film Festival
    Montreal
    Canada
    September 25, 2019
    World Premiere
Director Biography - Adrian Wallace

Adrian Wallace is an award-winning director, screenwriter and actor from Toronto, Ontario. As a grad student of a vast array of creative fields in post-secondary from comedy writing, dramatic arts, acting for film and television, and film and television production, Adrian strives to be a diverse storyteller. His debut film, a short comedic doc titled "Pull Up Your Pants" screened at the 2014 Montreal World Film Festival and won 'Best Student Documentary'. Since then, Adrian's post-work has seen the eyes of festivals internationally. As the creator, writer, director and co-lead in the web series Courtside, it has notched six official selections to date, and took home 'Best Web Series' at the 2018 Toronto Nollywood International Film Festival. Currently, Adrian is premiering his second documentary "Black Sun", and developing season two of Courtside, his debut feature, and a TV series

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