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1993 Canadian film

Save My Lost Nigga Soul
Directed by	Clement Virgo
Written by	Clement Virgo
Produced by	Damon D'Oliveira
Starring	Richard Chevolleau Dean Marshall Dayo Ade
Cinematography	Harald Bachmann
Edited by	Lisa Grootenboer
Production company	Canadian Film Centre
Release date	1993 (1993)
Running time	24 minutes
Country	Canada
Language	English

Save My Lost Nigga Soul is a 1993 Canadian short film, directed by Clement Virgo. An adaptation of the story of Cain and Abel, it was made while Virgo was a student at the Canadian Film Centre.

The film is about two Black Canadian brothers who live together but do not see eye to eye because one is a drug addict. Meanwhile their roommate, an aspiring stand-up comedian, is planning to use material about their disputes in his forthcoming performance debut.

Virgo's later feature film Love Come Down was an expansion on the themes of Save My Lost Nigga Soul.

Achievements and awards

The film won the Toronto International Film Festival Award for Best Canadian Short Film at the 1993 Toronto International Film Festival, and was nominated for the Genie Award for Best Theatrical Short Film at the 15th Genie Awards.

References

^ Schwartzberg, Shlomo. "In the frame". Performing Arts & Entertainment in Canada, Summer 1993 (Vol. 28, Issue 2).
"Film centre grads making their mark". Toronto Star, December 24, 1993.
Angela Baldassarre, Reel Canadians: Interviews from the Canadian Film World. Guernica Editions, 2003. ISBN 9781550711653. p. 150.
"Seeking brotherly love". The Globe and Mail, March 9, 2001.
"Quebec's Obomsawin wins for best Canadian feature film at Toronto festival". Montreal Gazette, September 20, 1993.
"Exotica dominates Genie nominations". Montreal Gazette, October 20, 1994.

External links

Save My Lost Nigga Soul at IMDb

v t e Works directed by Clement Virgo
Films	Save My Lost Nigga Soul (1993, short) Rude (1995) The Planet of Junior Brown (1997) Love Come Down (2000) Lie with Me (2005) Poor Boy's Game (2007) Brother (2022)
Television	The Book of Negroes (2015)

v t e Toronto International Film Festival Award for Best Canadian Short Film
Stealing Images (1989) Shaggie: Letters from Prison (1990) The Making of Monsters (1991) Letters of Transit (1992) Save My Lost Nigga Soul (1993) Frank's Cock (1994) Reconstruction (1995) Letters from Home (1996) Cotton Candy (1997) When Ponds Freeze Over (1998) Discharge (1999) The Hat (2000) FILM(dzama) (2001) Blue Skies (2002) Aspiration (2003) Man. Feel. Pain. (2004) Big Girl (2005) The Days (2006) Pool (2007) Block B (2008) Danse Macabre (2009) Little Flowers (2010) Doubles with Slight Pepper (2011) Keep a Modest Head (2012) Noah (2013) The Weatherman and the Shadowboxer (2014) Overpass (2015) Mutants (2016) Pre-Drink (2017) Brotherhood (2018) Delphine (2019) Benjamin, Benny, Ben (2020) Angakusajaujuq: The Shaman's Apprentice (2021) Simo (2022) Motherland (2023) Are You Scared to Be Yourself Because You Think That You Might Fail? (2024)

Toronto International Film Festival Award for Best Canadian Short Film

Stealing Images (1989)
Shaggie: Letters from Prison (1990)
The Making of Monsters (1991)
Letters of Transit (1992)
Save My Lost Nigga Soul (1993)
Frank's Cock (1994)
Reconstruction (1995)
Letters from Home (1996)
Cotton Candy (1997)
When Ponds Freeze Over (1998)
Discharge (1999)
The Hat (2000)
FILM(dzama) (2001)
Blue Skies (2002)
Aspiration (2003)
Man. Feel. Pain. (2004)
Big Girl (2005)
The Days (2006)
Pool (2007)
Block B (2008)
Danse Macabre (2009)
Little Flowers (2010)
Doubles with Slight Pepper (2011)
Keep a Modest Head (2012)
Noah (2013)
The Weatherman and the Shadowboxer (2014)
Overpass (2015)
Mutants (2016)
Pre-Drink (2017)
Brotherhood (2018)
Delphine (2019)
Benjamin, Benny, Ben (2020)
Angakusajaujuq: The Shaman's Apprentice (2021)
Simo (2022)
Motherland (2023)
Are You Scared to Be Yourself Because You Think That You Might Fail? (2024)

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