Original upload date: Sun, 17 Mar 2019 00:00:00 GMT
Archive date: Sat, 11 Dec 2021 16:14:33 GMT
A Film by Mustafa the Poet
“Remember Me, Toronto” is a project created for artists in this video & everyone in our communities. Gun violence and homicide rates in Toronto have been on a steady increa
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se for the past decade. To realize that the greater issue is not between us, there is a larger beast and systemic structure working against us. The city’s “priority neighbourhoods” are tucked away. They tuck away our truth and our humanity. We wanted to give these artists the opportunity to rewrite their memories and the memories of those they lost.
We hope to spark larger conversations, that address these issues at their core.
Subscribe to see the follow up videos including; Remember Me, Mama; capturing mothers speaking on how they want their murdered sons to be remembered...
Directed by:
Mustafa The Poet
Directors of Photography:
Umar Qureshi
Omar Albach
Score by:
Noah “40” Shebib
Editors:
Rafe Scobey-Thal
Umar Qureshi
Executive Producers:
Mustafa The Poet
Sol Guy
Producers:
Drex Jancar
Nicky Rei
Production Coordinators:
Bashar Saqr
Yassin Ahmed
Habib Mohmed
Saif Musaad
Artists Featured:
Drake
Baka Not Nice
Gilla
Pilla B
TJin
Pressa
Loco City
Smiley
Top 5
Blockboi Twitch
Jay Whiss
Puffy L’z
Rax
Booggz
Yung Lava
Mustafa the Poet
Introduction by:
Smoke Dawg (May God have mercy on his soul)