Victoria Ahearn
Actors Louis Gossett Jr. (centre) and Matthew Modine (right) are shown in a scene from the film Foster Boy. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Toronto Black Film Festival MANDATORY CREDIT February 16, 2021 - 1:20 PM
TORONTO - For Toronto Black Film Festival founder Fabienne Colas, this year s edition feels like it s happening in a different era.
Running now through Sunday online across Canada, the ninth annual movie marathon comes amid Black History Month, the first one in this country since the Black Lives Matter movement of last summer raised global awareness of racial injustice. We feel a different vibe, Colas says. We feel like people are looking for impact and purpose and meaning in what they decide to support.