BECOMING A QUEEN
SHOWTIME
PRIMETIME | 1261FF21
Sat, Nov 6 | 7:00 PM (AST)
Canada | 90 Minutes | Documentary
English
DIGITAL SCREENING
Availability: Caribbean Only
Grenada Premiere
SYNOPSIS
Joella Crichton aims to win for a historic tenth time in Caribbean Carnival's Queen Competition, in her final year. A tenth win would forever solidify her legacy in the Caribbean-Canadian community.
Joella hopes to leverage this legacy to be viewed as an ambassador for Caribbean Carnival, educating youth and the larger society on its significance so that the vibrant event is seen as the fine art that it truly is.
Chris Strikes
Is an award winning director who began his career in music videos working with top Canadian and international artists, including Nelly Furtado, Kardinal Offishall and Machel Montano. In 2013, Chris was MMVA nominated for Pop Video of the Year for “Turn It Up” by Kardinal Offishall. In 2017 Chris’ animal awareness music video “Chains of Silence” for Stephanie Braganza collected three awards including the Best Music Video at the Global Music Awards and the Merit Award of Awareness.
Chris expanded to producing and directing short narrative films, which have screened in festivals in Cannes, London & Manchester UK, Toronto, Halifax, Hamilton and LA.
In 2019 Chris was accepted into the HotDocs Accelerator Fellowship. He was also one of only six recipients of HotDocs’ first CrossCurrents Fund for emerging Canadian documentary filmmakers. In the same year Chris was also accepted into Reelworld’s E20 program.
THE CREW
Director/Writer/ Producer
Chris Strikes
Story Editor
Sonia Godding Tobogo
Sound Design/ Composer
Derek Brin
Archival Producer
Joel Elliott
Key Cast
Joella Crichton, Kenney Coombs, Lou-Ann Crichton, Mischka Crichton, Nneka Elliott