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Virgo is best known for co-writing and directing an adaptation of the novel by Canadian writer Lawrence Hill, The Book of Negroes (2015), a six-part miniseries that aired on CBC Television in Canada and BET in the United States.
Mar 21, 2023 · You may not have heard of Clement Virgo, but the veteran Canadian film director has worked on some of the most critically acclaimed television shows of the 2000s.
Jun 1, 2011 · For Clement Virgo, Save My Lost Nigga Soul was the start of a career making innovative films that reflect a balanced approach to Afro-Canadian themes in keeping with mainstream multicultural values. A year later Virgo completed his first feature, the ambitious Rude , which he wrote and directed.
Mar 20, 2023 · ‘Brother’ director Clement Virgo talks about perceptions of life, his understanding of masculinity, and how 90s Canadian hip-hop laid the groundwork.
Mar 24, 2017 · Clement Virgo and Damon D'Oliveira have led the way for Canadian filmmakers — but their shared immigrant experience has never left them.
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Clement Virgo. Director, Producer, Screenwriter. (b. January 1, 1966 Jamaica) The films of Clement Virgo advance earlier conceptions and patterns of black filmmaking in Canada. Relegated to the documentary sector, black production was historically nurtured by state institutions, notably the NFB.