2023.021 acquisition - Discover Archives

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Reference code

CA ON00349 2023.021

Title

2023.021 acquisition

Date(s)

1988-2016 (Creation)

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Extent and medium

Audio
Overall total number of items: 9. Total RT: 9:29:55
• 7 optical discs : CD-R ; audio, RT 6:29:55
• 2 audio cassettes, RT 3:00:00
Data
Overall total number of items: 15.
• 8 optical discs : CD-R ; data
• 3 optical discs : DVD ; data
• 4 optical discs : DVD-R ; data
Graphic
Overall total number of items: 104. Total b&w: 4. Total colour: 100.
• 4 flyers : b&w ; 4 x 8 in.
• 22 baseball cards : colour ; 2 1/2 x 3 1/2 in.
• 6 flyers : colour ; 4 x 6 in.
• 2 flyers : colour ; 5 x 6 1/2 in.
• 12 flyers : colour ; 5 x 7 in.
• 1 flyer : colour ; 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 in.
• 2 flyers : colour ; 8 x 11 in.
• 22 flyers : colour ; 8 1/2 x 11 in.
• 4 flyers : colour ; 8 x 12 in.
• 1 painting : oil on canvas ; 36 x 48 in.
• 5 postcards : colour ; 4 x 6 in.
• 2 posters : colour ; 24 x 18 in.
• 2 posters : colour ; 31 x 22 in.
• 3 posters : colour ; 26 x 39 in.
• 11 posters : colour ; 39 x 27 in.
• 2 posters : colour ; 50 x 72 in.
• 1 poster : colour ; 50 x 72 in., plaqued
• 2 posters : colour ; 56 x 80 in.
Moving Image
Overall total number of items: 2. Total RT: 0:08:47.
• 2 reels : full coat magnetic audio ; 35mm, 790 ft., RT 0:08:47
Object
• Overall total number of items: 23.
• 1 bag of feathers : 8 x 11 in.
• 1 ballpoint pen : dimensions variable
• 1 blank sketchbook : 9 x 11 in.
• 1 box of cigarillos : 3 x 4 in.
• 5 buttons : 1 1/2 x 2 in.
• 1 engraved glass plate : 2 1/2 x 8 in.
• 1 identification badge on lanyard : 3 1/2 x 4 in.
• 1 leather bound sketchbook : 9 x 11 in.
• 1 leather business card case : 3 x 4 x 1/2 in.
• 2 leaves : 1 x 5 in.
• 1 metal and enamel pin: 1/2 in.
• 5 paper matchbooks : 2 x 2 in.
• 1 statuette : dimensions variable
• 1 swatch of plaid fabric : 17 in. round
Photograph
Overall total number of items: 75. Total b&w: 22. Total colour: 53.
• 1 print : b&w ; 5 x 7 in.
• 21 prints : b&w ; 8 x 10 in.
• 53 prints : colour ; 8 x 10 in.
Textual
6.27 meters, textual materials.
Video
Overall total number of items: Overall total number of items: 107. Total RT: 106:10:00.
• 2 digital video discs : BluRay, RT 1:35:21
• 33 digital video discs : DVD, RT 28:51:15
• 15 digital video discs : DVD-R, RT 10:16:02
• 3 optical discs : DVD-R ; 3 MOV files, RT 0:06:54
• 1 video cassette : Betacam SP, RT 1:30:00
• 3 video cassettes : Digital Betacam, RT 4:42:41
• 2 video cassettes : HDCAM SR, RT 1:41:58
• 2 video cassettes : Mini DV, RT 2:00:00
• 41 video cassettes : VHS, RT 54:14:32
• 5 computer memory cards : Sony SxS, with 46 MPEG 4 files, 1:11:17

Context area

Name of creator

Conquering Lion Pictures

(1991 - present)

Administrative history

Conquering Lion Pictures (CLP) is an independent production company based in Toronto, Canada. Company founders Damon D’Oliveira and Clement Virgo met in 1991, while studying at the Canadian Film Centre’s residency program for filmmakers of colour. They formed their production company CLP while working together on their first feature film, Rude (1995).

Damon D’Oliveira is a Canadian actor and film and television producer. He is originally from Guyana, and moved to Canada in 1976. His first film production credit was on Virgo's 1993 short film Save My Lost Nigga Soul, and he currently sits on the board of Bell Media’s Harold Greenberg Fund. Clement Virgo is a Canadian film and television writer, producer and director, and is a member of the Director’s Guild of Canada. Born in Jamaica, Virgo immigrated with his family to Canada at the age of 11 and grew up in the Regent Park area of Toronto.

CLP have produced or co-produced a number of noteworthy films, with many of their productions being selected for Cannes, Berlin, Sundance, and Toronto International Film Festivals. Rude was the first Canadian feature film produced by an African-Canadian, and premiered at Cannes to critical acclaim. Rude and Love Come Down were also both Genie Award nominees for Best Picture. Other notable credits include Poor Boy’s Game (2007) starring Danny Glover, which focuses on racial tensions in the Halifax boxing community, and The Planet of Junior Brown (1997), which was nominated for five Gemini awards and an Emmy.

Recently, Clement Virgo co-wrote and directed a six-part miniseries adaptation of Lawrence Hill’s novel, The Book of Negroes (2015), which aired on CBC Television in Canada and BET in the United States. The series achieved record-breaking viewing figures when it aired on CBC in 2016, and was the winner of 12 Canadian Screen Awards, a TV Critics Award and the NAACP Award for best mini-series.

In 2017, Virgo and D'Oliveira received the Canadian Film Centre's Award for Creative Excellence, for their accomplished body of work with Conquering Lion Pictures.

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University of Toronto Media Commons Archives

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This acquistion is arranged largely based on the creator’s original order and has been grouped into six series by record function/format.
The first series, Development Files, includes subject files related to specific projects in development. This includes film treatments, and proposals, scripts, writer’s and director’s agreements, option agreements, newspaper and magazine clippings, correspondence, funding applications, budgets, development funding agreements, research materials (including clippings, book excerpts, and audio visual research materials), and various promotional one-sheets and pitch booklets.
The second series, Script Drafts, includes a selection of draft scripts related to specific projects in development.
The third series, Production Files, includes files related to the production of various films, including “Love Come Down,” “Poor Boy’s Game,” and “The Book of Negroes.”
The fourth series, Various Festivals and Promotion includes records related to attending various film festivals and conferences, as well as film promotion work. This includes programmes and guides related to the 1995 Cannes Film Festival (for the promotion of the film “Rude”) as well as festival programs and conference materials for the Berlin International Film Festival, IFP Market, Jeonju International Film Festival, the International Financing Forum, Hot Docs, the Banff World Television Festival, the Atlantic Film Festival, and the Toronto International Film Festival. It also includes Genie Awards programmes.
The fifth series, Screeners and Various AV includes VHS and DVD screeners of various Conquering Lion Pictures titles, including “The Law of Enclosures,”, “The Book of Negroes”, “Lie With Me,” “Rude” and “Poor Boy’s Game.” It also includes audition tapes for “Love Come Down” and “Poor Boy’s Game.”
The sixth series, Posters and Art, includes posters for “Lie With Me” and “The Book of Negroes.” It also includes a sign from the set of “Poor Boy’s Game” and an oil painting.

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English

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