Amanda Parris

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Amanda Parris
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NationalityCanadian
Occupation(s)writer, radio and television broadcaster
Known for Exhibitionists , Revenge of the Black Best Friend

Amanda Parris is a Canadian broadcaster and writer. [1] An arts reporter and producer for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, she hosts the CBC Television series Exhibitionists , The Filmmakers and From the Vaults , and the CBC Music radio series Marvin's Room . [2] [3] She was cohost with Tom Power of the 2016 Polaris Music Prize ceremony. [4] She writes the weekly column Black Light for CBC Arts.

Other Side of the Game, her debut as a theatrical playwright, was staged by Toronto's Obsidian Theatre and Cahoots Theatre in 2017. [5] After it was published in book form, it won the Governor General's Award for English-language drama at the 2019 Governor General's Awards. [6] Other Side of the Game was adapted by the theatre podcast PlayME and released in three parts on February 24, 2021. [7]

The Death News, written by Amanda Parris and directed by Charles Officer, is a short, filmed, stage monodrama set in the near-future where premature Black death is an inevitability. [8] Commissioned by Mumbi Tindyebwa Otu, Obsidian Theatres’s artistic director, for 21 Black Futures , an anthology series featuring 21 Black playwrights which began streaming on CBC Gem in February 2021. [9] [8] The Death News responds to the question “What is the future of Blackness?” [8] Parris was inspired by TV and radio broadcasts in Grenada, where hosts provide information on who has died and funeral details. [8] Parris imagined her work as a tool of resistance to mainstream media and its failure to tell nuanced stories of Black people. [8]

Prior to joining the CBC, Parris co-founded Lost Lyrics with Natasha Daniels, an arts education program that used theatre, dance, poetry, film and music to reach youth at risk of dropping out of school. [10]

In 2022, she was named alongside Kathleen Newman-Bremang and Kayla Grey as one of the recipients of the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television's inaugural Changemaker Award at the 10th Canadian Screen Awards. [11] She also received a nomination for Best Host, Talk Show or Entertainment News as the host of Exhibitionists, [12] and won the award for Best Writing in a Web Program or Series for "The Death News". [13]

In 2022 she created the comedy web series Revenge of the Black Best Friend . [14]

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  2. ↑ Chaka V. Grier, "Local hero: Amanda Parris returns with Marvin's Room and Exhibitionists". Now , November 2, 2016.
  3. ↑ "CBC's Exhibitionists proves home is where the art is". canada.com. October 31, 2016. Retrieved October 7, 2018.
  4. ↑ "Watch the Polaris Music Prize gala live tonight". Cult MTL , September 19, 2016.
  5. ↑ Carly Maga, "Amanda Parris debut play Other Side of the Game makes an impact beyond the stage: review". Toronto Star , October 23, 2017.
  6. ↑ Jane van Koeverden, "Here are the winners of the 2019 Governor General's Literary Awards". CBC Books, October 29, 2019.
  7. ↑ "Amanda Parris' debut play 'Other Side of the Game' adapted for the ear | CBC Radio". CBC. Retrieved March 12, 2021.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 "Black creators explore 'the future of Blackness' in '21 Black Futures' on CBC Gem - CityNews Toronto". toronto.citynews.ca. Retrieved March 12, 2021.
  9. ↑ Edeh, Rosey. "21 Black Futures: Obsidian Theatre Focused on Self Determination". ByBlacks.com - #1 online magazine for Black Canadians. Retrieved March 12, 2021.
  10. ↑ Ashante Infantry, "Tough talk in a tough town". Toronto Star , October 2, 2012.
  11. ↑ Corey Atad, "Canadian Screen Award Academy Announces 2022 Special Award Honourees And Changemakers". ET Canada , January 18, 2022.
  12. ↑ Brent Furdyk, "2022 Canadian Screen Award Nominees Announced, ‘Sort Of’ & ‘Scarborough’ Lead The Pack". ET Canada , February 15, 2022.
  13. ↑ Brent Furdyk, "Canadian Screen Awards: Winners Announced In Sports Programming, Digital & Immersive Categories". ET Canada , April 5, 2022.
  14. ↑ Radheyan Simonpillai, "Canada’s Rising Screen Stars: Amanda Parris". Now , April 3, 2022.
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