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Gesilayefa Azorbo

Gesilayefa Azorbo is a Toronto-based creative hyphenate (writer, photographer, filmmaker and film festival multitasker) with an abiding love of music, film, TV and literature, and a specific interest in portraiture through both photography and cinematography. Born in Nigeria, raised in Kenya and settled in Canada, her creative projects explore themes related to identity, balance and creativity, from diverse perspectives.

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Virtual Reality, Artificial Intelligence, and Documentary

by Gesilayefa Azorbo
June 18, 2025
Essays/Features

What is the new reality for documentary in the age of artificial intelligence, virtual reality, and the ability to produce in online spaces?

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Beyoncé Is Your Favourite Artist’s Favourite Artist… and Maybe Filmmaker, too

by Gesilayefa Azorbo
February 12, 2025
Essays/Features

Beyoncé's career as a documentary director deserves consideration after music docs, concert films, and visual albums from Lemonade to Renaissance.

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The Beautiful Tragic World of Jackie Shane

by Gesilayefa Azorbo
August 14, 2024
Features

Any Other Way: The Jackie Shane Story revisits the life and career of the Black trans soul singer who broke ground on the Toronto music scene.

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AI and the New Reality of Documentaries

by Gesilayefa Azorbo
June 12, 2023
Essays/Features

How will the documentary community be affected by artificial intelligence (AI) and deepfakes? A look at the trend that has everyone talking.

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Michèle Pearson Clarke Makes Real Art

by Gesilayefa Azorbo
August 23, 2022
Photography

Toronto's second Photo Laureate Michèle Pearson Clarke captures the art of Black queer grief in a photographic installation.

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The Top Docs About Black Women Artists

by Gesilayefa Azorbo
June 20, 2022
Features

Beba, Beyoncé's Homecoming, Miss Sharon Jones, 20 Feet from Stardom, What Happened, Miss Simon?, and Step are among a wave of docs celebrating Black excellence by women in the arts.

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Beba: Rebeca Huntt’s Poetic Ode to the Self

by Gesilayefa Azorbo
September 20, 2021February 17, 2023
Features/TIFF

Beba, Rebeca Huntt's raw, tender, and poetic celebration of selfhood, is now streaming on MUBI.

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Black Beauty and Desire

by Gesilayefa Azorbo
April 30, 2021August 9, 2021
Features/Hot Docs

Jennifer Holness's Subjects of Desire celebrates Blackness while exploring how the beauty industry shapes images of Black women.

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Miette pastry chef Meg Ray and Maria Thomsson from Miette pastry chef Meg Ray and Maria Thomsson from Rödlöga, Sweden at the world premiere of Sweet Störy at @psfilmfest. Here, they share their favourite sweets in this story of cross-cultural cooking. 🌴

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We're at the @psfilmfest this year, with coverage We're at the @psfilmfest this year, with coverage rolling including the world premiere of Elvis, Rocky & Me: The Carol Connors Story! Stay tuned for more. 

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Oscar nominee Carol Connors marches into @psfilmfe Oscar nominee Carol Connors marches into @psfilmfest to her theme from Rocky, and then performs "You Loved My Night Away" - a song she wrote for Elvis Presley the night he died and hasn't released until now.

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#StateOfFirsts director Chase Joynt talks about fo #StateOfFirsts director Chase Joynt talks about following congresswoman Sarah McBride on her historic campaign amid the culture wars and the targeting of trans rights, and making a vérité doc after hybrids like No Ordinary Man and Framing Agnes. #PalmSprings #PSIFF #Documentary #movies
@yanunifilm executive producer Laura Nix tells the @yanunifilm executive producer Laura Nix tells the @psfilmfest audience about what drew her to sharing @juma_xipaia's story and working with director Richard Ladkani to raise awareness about the fight for the Amazon. 🌴

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Song Sung Blue is the latest documentary to get a Song Sung Blue is the latest documentary to get a  Hollywood remake. Kate Hudson and director Craig Brewer tell us about reimagining the doc as a movie musical!

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How have documentaries captured political divides How have documentaries captured political divides since Oct. 7? @dimwig surveys the field of films about Palestine and Israel.

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Every celebrity (and "celebrity") has a doc these Every celebrity (and "celebrity") has a doc these days, so what does it mean for the field?

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