{"id":80679,"date":"2017-08-31T11:15:20","date_gmt":"2017-08-31T11:15:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/0de2709a84.nxcli.net\/0-kjasnb\/2017\/08\/31\/tiff-2017-preview-naledi-jacksons-short-film-the-drop-in\/"},"modified":"2018-12-18T02:23:04","modified_gmt":"2018-12-18T02:23:04","slug":"tiff-2017-preview-naledi-jacksons-short-film-the-drop-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/tiff-2017-preview-naledi-jacksons-short-film-the-drop-in\/","title":{"rendered":"TIFF 2017 Preview: Naledi Jackson’s Short Film ‘The Drop In’"},"content":{"rendered":"

TIFF 2017 Preview: Naledi Jackson’s Short Film ‘The Drop In’<\/strong>Posted by Wilson Morales<\/p>\n

August 31, 2017<\/p>\n

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Among the short films set to play at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival is ‘The Drop In,’<\/strong> written and directed by Naledi Jackson<\/strong> and starring Mouna Traor\u00e9<\/strong> and Olunik\u00e9 Adeliyi<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

On a night like any other, Joelle is closing up her hair salon when a mysterious visitor appears asking too many questions about her citizenship. Nothing is what it seems in this fierce and stylish genre-bending allegory on immigration and belonging.<\/p>\n

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Naledi Jackson is a writer, director and producer currently based in Toronto and Los Angeles. Her screenwriting credits include the new CTV\/ION detective show The Detail<\/strong>, as well as the second season of the Netflix horror anthology series, Slasher<\/strong>. She is also writing the screenplay for Dragon Mountain<\/strong>, a female-fronted Kung Fu feature based in South Africa, which she will direct.<\/p>\n

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Naledi, a recipient of grants from Bravofact, The Toronto Arts Council, and The Harold Greenberg Fund, is a member of the Writers Guild of Canada.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n