TORONTO - Canadian actor-brothers Shamier Anderson and Stephan James are set to develop and produce original television projects for Toronto-based global entertainment company Boat Rocker.
The Black Academy To Launch Awards Show Celebrating Black Canadian Talent Corey Atad
Black talent in Canada is getting the awards show it deserves.
On Monday, the Black Academy, launched by Toronto-raised brothers Stephan James and Shamier Anderson, announced the awards show, which will debut on the CBC in fall 2022. [It will] give Black faces a platform to inspire more Black faces, said James, best known to audiences for starring in If Beale Street Could Talk and Homecoming . This isn t just a hashtag for [CBC]. This isn t just a moment in time. This is a legacy that they want to build and they want to build with us, added Anderson, who starred in Wynonna Earp .
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Actors Shamier Anderson, left to right, Devery Jacobs and Simu Liu in the Seek More campaign from the industry advocacy group Made/Nous, are shown in this undated handout image, which aims to inspire Canadians to look for homegrown content and creators from all backgrounds, cultures, and communities. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-MADE | NOUS MANDATORY CREDIT May 19, 2021 - 9:12 AM
TORONTO - The pandemic-era challenges of last month s Oscars struck a chord with Beth Janson, head of the Canadian Screen Awards academy, and not just on a planning level. It was so interesting for me to see the Oscars deal with what the Canadian Screen Awards and the Genies before that dealt with for our entire existence, which was so many people haven t seen the films because theatres were closed and traditional distribution plans were disrupted, festivals weren t showing films, says Janson, CEO of the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television.
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Actors Shamier Anderson (left) and Stephan James arrive ahead of the screening of Homecoming during the Toronto International Film Festival in Toronto, on Friday, September 7, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christopher Katsarov January 28, 2021 - 4:33 AM
TORONTO - After launching The Black Academy in early December, actor-brothers Shamier Anderson and Stephan James are now planning an awards show to celebrate and uplift Black talent across Canada.
But getting financial backing is proving to be a challenge, they say.
The Toronto-raised performers say they want to debut the live, national telecast in the latter half of 2022 in their home city so they can have an in-person audience hopefully without COVID-19 fears.