''Pick'' is a 2019

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short drama film, directed by Alicia K. Harris.Mike Adler
"With PICK, Scarborough filmmaker shows a choice black girls face"
'' Toronto.com'', November 15, 2019. The film stars Hazel Downey as Alliyah, a young

Black Canadian Black Canadians (also known as Caribbean-Canadians or Afro-Canadians) are people of full or partial sub-Saharan African descent who are citizens or permanent residents of Canada. The majority of Black Canadians are of Caribbean origin, though t ...

girl struggling to cope with the social consequences of having chosen to go to school on class photo day wearing her natural Afro instead of straightening her hair. The film was funded in part by a

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campaign on

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, and entered production in 2018. It premiered in September 2019 at the Urbanworld Film Festival. The film won the

Canadian Screen Award The Canadian Screen Awards (french: link=no, Les prix Écrans canadiens) are awards given for artistic and technical merit in the film industry recognizing excellence in Canadian film, English-language television, and digital media (web series) p ...

for Best Live Action Short Drama at the 8th Canadian Screen Awards in 2020.Brent Furdyk
"Canadan Screen Awards Announces Winners In Cinematic Arts Categories, Honouring The Year’s Best Movies"
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'', May 28, 2020.

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* {{ACCT Short Films 2019 films 2019 short films Black Canadian films Best Live Action Short Drama Genie and Canadian Screen Award winners Films set in Canada 2010s English-language films Canadian drama short films 2010s Canadian films