Aruba (2006)

Directed by

Hubert Davis

Genre

coming-of-age film

Country

Canada

Runtime

40 min

Rating

8.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A short film about a Black teenager in Vancouver navigating his daily life and the challenges of growing up. It focuses on his experiences and the choices he makes in his urban environment.

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What happens

Aruba is a 2006 Canadian coming-of-age dramatic short film and the fiction debut of director Hubert Davis. It was his first major work after his Academy Award-nominated film Hardwood. Davis was inspired to create the film after having worked with "at risk kids" in Vancouver, and toward his film addressing issues found within Black communities, he "advocates the need for 'intelligent urban films' that offer a different perspective from the conventions of urban comedies and Black Entertainment TV." The film has been archived in the National Film Board of Canada African-Canadian Issues Collection. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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