{"id":1490,"date":"2011-08-11T01:42:31","date_gmt":"2011-08-11T01:42:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/unoportartfilms.org\/?p=1490"},"modified":"2016-06-25T22:18:01","modified_gmt":"2016-06-25T22:18:01","slug":"%e3%80%8e%e3%83%8a%e3%83%bc%e3%82%b9-%e3%83%95%e3%82%a1%e3%82%a4%e3%82%bf%e3%83%bc-%e3%83%9c%e3%83%bc%e3%82%a4%e3%80%8f%e7%9b%a3%e7%9d%a3%ef%bc%9a%e3%83%81%e3%83%a3%e3%83%bc%e3%83%ab%e3%82%ba%e3%83%bb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unoportartfilms.org\/en\/archives\/1490","title":{"rendered":"”NURSE.FIGHTER.BOY” Dir. Charles Officer"},"content":{"rendered":"

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NURSE.FIGHTER.BOY<\/strong> is an urban love story about the soul of a mother, the heart of a fighter, and the faith of a child.<\/p>\n

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JUDE is a single mother who descends from a long line of Jamaican caregivers. SILENCE is a \u2018past his prime\u2019 boxer who fights illegally to survive. CIEL is a boy who delves into music, conjuring dreams for his mother. During the last week of summer, a late-night brawl finds the fighter in the nurse’s care causing their three fates to be forever entwined.<\/p>\n

NURSE.FIGHTER.BOY<\/strong> is about faith, love, and destiny. \u201cIn our current climate of war and fear, our movie is a \u00a0timeless story about trust and knowing that the people you love, never really go away,\u201d says Veninger.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI want to \u00a0show people of a different cultural background in Toronto, Canada, in the place where I was born\u201d, says Officer. \u00a0\u201cI want to make a hopeful, but real film that deals with death and humanity. I want to humanize some black \u00a0people. That\u2019s what I really want to do \u2013 it\u2019s my mission. I hope that this is the first step in doing that\u201d.<\/p>\n

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CHARLES OFFICER(left) INGRID VENINGER<\/p><\/div>\n

WRITER\/DIRECTOR: CHARLES OFFICER<\/strong> studied visual art at Cambridge and communication design at OCAD. He worked as a graphic designer before attending the Neighborhood Playhouse in New York City. Since then, he has appeared in stage, film and television productions. This fall, Charles will be starring in the Soulpepper production of A RAISIN IN THE SUN. Officer\u2019s debut short, \u201cWhen Morning Comes\u201d premiered at the 2000 Toronto Int\u2019l Film Festival to wide acclaim. In 2001, he completed the Directors Lab at the Canadian Film Centre and premiered his second film, \u201cShort Hymn_Silent War\u201d at TIFF 2002, where he received a Special Jury Citation for Best Canadian Short. The film screened at Sundance and was nominated for a Genie Award in 2004. A music video for K\u2019naan \u201cStrugglin\u201d and television pilot \u201cHotel Babylon\u201d followed. In 2006, \u201cHotel Vladivostok\u201d and \u201cEverything is Love + Fear\u201d was co-created with Ingrid Veninger as part of an international collaboration, shot on location in Russia. In 2007, the 57th Berlinale Film Festival selected \u201cNurse.Fighter.Boy\u201d to participate in the \u2018Sparkling Tales\u2019 writers lab, moderated by acclaimed film producer Fred Roos. Officer’s new documentary feature on Harry Jerome, in collaboration with the National Film Board of Canada, has been currently circulating in the festivals. NURSE.FIGHTER.BOY is Officer\u2019s first feature length film.<\/p>\n