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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.

Beba: Rebeca Huntt’s Poetic Ode to the Self

by Gesilayefa Azorbo
September 20, 2021September 22, 2021
Features/TIFF

Beba is Rebeca Hunt's raw, tender, and poetic auto-biography and celebration of herself.

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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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We're pleased to co-present ANNY this week at @Wor We're pleased to co-present ANNY this week at @WorkmanArtsTO's Rendezvous with Madness Festival. The doc is a moving photo essay from the pov of a Prague sex worker as she captures a city in transition. Visit our website to read more about the film and win tix to stream it Oct. 29 to Nov. 7! #RWMFest21 #mentalhealth #Anny #film #movies #documentary #Toronto
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What you gonna do when the world's on fire? Oscar What you gonna do when the world's on fire? Oscar winner Eva Orner unpacks the tragedy of Australia's "Black Summer" and suggests it might just be the canary in the coal mine for climate change. Read up on this doc and more in our #TIFF21 hub! #Burning #Australia #documentary #movies ##EvaOrner #SaveOurPlanet #ClimateChange
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