Private Project

Black Sun

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

It features diasporic-filmmaker Kelly Fyffe-Marshall, who lost nine friends to gun violence in one summer, and community development worker Sherri Bonnallie, a caucasian mother who raised and lost her black son to a bullet in the head.

  • Adrian Wallace
    Director
    Courtside, Pull Up Your Pants
  • Adrian Wallace
    Writer
    Courtside, Pull Up Your Pants
  • Fonna Seidu
    Producer
    The Uninvited Guest, Black Bodies/Marathon, Promise Me
  • 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
  • Ngardy Conteh-George
    Producer
    Mr. Jane and Finch, The Leone Stars
  • Kelly Fyffe-Marshall
    Key Cast
    "Self"
    Marathon, Black Bodies, Haven
  • Sherri Bonnallie
    Key Cast
    "Self"
  • Project Type:
    Documentary, Short
  • Genres:
    Social Issues, Drama, Urban, Social Economics, Political, Documentary, Youth, Community
  • Runtime:
    7 minutes 54 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    September 22, 2019
  • 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
  • 2020 Gary Black Internation Film Festival
    Chicago
    United States
    November 14, 2020
    U.S. Premiere
    Official Selection
  • 2020 CaribbeanTales Film Festival
    Toronto
    Canada
    September 25, 2020
    Official Selection
  • 2020 Halifax Black Film Festival
    Halifax
    Canada
    February 29, 2020
  • 2020 Toronto Black Film Festival
    Toronto
    Canada
    February 14, 2020
    Ontario Premiere
    Official Selection
  • 2019 Montreal Black Film Festival
    Montreal
    Canada
    September 25, 2019
    North American Premiere
    Official Selection
  • 2020 Regent Park Film Festival
    Toronto
    Canada
    November 26, 2020
    Official Selection
Distribution Information
  • CBC Gem
    Distributor
    Country: Canada
    Rights: Video on Demand
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 tell stories through multiple art forms. 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 film, Black Sun, and is developing season two of Courtside, his debut feature, and a TV original.

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Director Statement

"It may not always win an award, but if I can provoke just one person in an audience to laugh, cry, or think differently after watching a piece of my work, that piece of work was a success..."
-Adrian Wallace