Zahira is ashy suburban Blerd (Black nerd) who is tired of being a bystander and must tap into her inner strength to become Super Zee, defender of victims of everyday injustices. If only she could use that superpower to pursue the love of her life…
Film Specifications
- Short
- 5 minutes 55 seconds
- Canada
- Filmed Canada
- Languages: English
- Screening Date: Saturday June 8, 2019
- Time: 1:00-3:15 pm
- Location: AMC Empire 25 (Times Square) 234 W42nd St
- Short Film Showcase B
Director Nathalie Younglai
Toronto-based Writer-Director Nathalie Younglai started in factual TV as continuity girl and rose up through the ranks to Story Editor and Director on the Gemini Award-winning shows ‘TIL DEBT DO US PART (Slice) and PRINCESS (Slice), as well as CSA-nominated TESSA & SCOTT (W Network). She was director on the short, THE SOUND THAT BROKE THE SILENCE (Reel World Film Festival). Nathalie has written in children’s television on THE MAGIC SCHOOLBUS: RIDES AGAIN (Netflix), DINO DANA (TVO, Amazon) and 16 HUDSON (TVO). In the primetime TV world, Nathalie story coordinated on BELLEVUE (CBC) and had a drama series in development with eOne/Shaw and RDF. Her script, HOLY FATHER, won the 2013 Telefilm New Voices Award and her play, BANANA GIRLZ, was invited to be a part of fu-GEN Asian-Canadian Theatre’s playwriting unit. A strong advocate for diversity, Nathalie founded the Indigenous & Creatives of Colour in TV & Film networking group and has participated in various industry panels and juries. Nathalie currently sits on the newly-formed WGC Diversity Committee and is a recipient of the 2017 ACTRA Toronto Sandi Ross Award.
Director’s Statement
Thank you so much for extending the opportunity for us to submit our short film, Super Zee. It is an immensely dear project for all of us, everyone from the all female POC creative team to the all-POC crew and to the incredibly talented cast. We hope you’ll enjoy watching it as much as we did making it!
Film Credits
- Nathalie Younglai, Director
- Nathalie Younglai, Writer
- Farah Merani, Gillian Muller, and Jay Vaidya Producer(s)
- Sedina Fiati, Key Cast
- Christina Song, Key Cast
- Kevan Kase, Key Cast
