The Colouring Book
Ever wonder what goes on in the mind of a poet? “The Colouring Book”, a collection of poetry and prose exploration of race and identity, was self-published in February 2006. Now writers from the book are putting on the director’s hat and turning their prose and poetry into short videos. Find out about their creative journey as they embark on a one-week intensive digital storytelling workshop to shoot, direct, and edit stories that document their growth, struggles, and power as young adults of colour.
Archive of May, 2009
The CB team of artists & our mentors brainstormed the following 6/7-word poetry at one of our late night workshop dinner breaks - it was fun - here it goes:
*black and white flashes of colour (by Indira Dutt)
*cupcakes dancing between two worlds translates happiness (by Catrina Longmuir)
*Sharing our energy in Quicktime (by Naomi Horii)
*Resonance draws rings around the world (by Rusty Beach)
*I’d elbow the waiter for you (by Nadia Chaney)
*Nobody else ever talks like this (by Hari Alluri)
*Y’all inspire me thank you (by Anisha Abdulla)
*Making art is very good medicine (by Marge Lam)
*Thank you for colouring my world (by Hedyeh Bozorgzadeh)
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All in all, a looong but fun night at the Leo Awards on Fri May 8th. We missed Marge & Nadia who couldn’t be with us. We didn’t take the Leo Award home with us but it was great being recognized by the film community and festival as a community initiative project. It was fun dressin’ up for the ceremony at Hotel Westin Bayshore and partying some more after the show to Reggae music at Cassis Bistro.
I think we cheered for everyone nominated that night even though we didn’t know half the filmmakers. Nothin’ but love & support from table #11.
Enjoy the photos!

Hari, Naomi, & Rusty all dressed up

Anisha and Naomi in b/g, Indira & Hui-Ling on the right...lookin' colourful & beautiful
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Check out our May 8th article in the North Shore News
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