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Commissioned by the Polaris Prize 2020 and CBC Music, THE MONK is an ode to Black Life in 2020. Written by members of the cast in collaboration with Narcy, and directed by Yassin Alsalman, THE MONK follows a day in the life of Musa - a creative spirit confined by the pressures of society in the near future. Faced with his own mortality, we revisit time in a world where police are abolished, and the power is returned to the community.
Running Time: 5:23 minutes
Directed by Narcy
Director of Photography: Walid Kafi
Producer: Thanh Liem Ngo
Editor: Yassin Alsalman , Walid Kafi
Color by Metro Creative
FX by UMEWE Collective
Lighting and BTS by Calvin Liu
Produced by WeAreTheMedium and Metro Creative
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
FOR JUNIA T’s STUDIO MONK, PIRATES BLEND.
Commissioned by the Polaris Prize 2020 and CBC Music, THE MONK is an ode to Black Life in 2020. Written by members of the cast in collaboration with Narcy, and directed by Yassin Alsalman, THE MONK follows a day in the life of Musa - a creative spirit confined by the pressures of society in the near future. Faced with his own mortality, we revisit time in a world where police are abolished, and the power is returned to the community.
Running Time: 5:23 minutes
Directed by Narcy
Director of Photography: Walid Kafi
Producer: Thanh Liem Ngo
Editor: Yassin Alsalman , Walid Kafi
Color by Metro Creative
FX by UMEWE Collective
Lighting and BTS by Calvin Liu
Produced by WeAreTheMedium and Metro Creative
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
FOR JUNIA T’s STUDIO MONK, PIRATES BLEND.