Take Light

2018 Canadian film
Running time
78 minutesCountryCanadaLanguageEnglish

Take Light is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Shasha Nakhai and released in 2018.[1] The film profiles the energy crisis in Nigeria, where approximately half of the country's entire population lives without consistent and reliable access to the electrical power grid.[2]

The film had its world premiere at the 2018 Cleveland International Film Festival, and its Canadian premiere at the 2018 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival.[2] It was distributed in Canada by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's Documentary Channel, and internationally by Gravitas Ventures.[3]

In 2019, Rich Williamson received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Editing in Documentary at the 7th Canadian Screen Awards.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Review: Take Light is a powerful doc about Nigeria’s electrical grid". Now, October 31, 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Exclusive clip: Shasha Nakhai’s “Take Light”". RealScreen, March 22, 2018.
  3. ^ "Gravitas Ventures picks up Shasha Nakhai’s “Take Light”". RealScreen, August 23, 2018.
  4. ^ "“Anthropocene”, “Amazing Race Canada” among Canadian Screen Award nominees". RealScreen, February 8, 2019.

External links

  • Take Light at IMDb Edit this at Wikidata


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