Brother, director Clement Virgo’s intense portrait of two Jamaican-Canadian siblings growing up in a Toronto suburb during the 1990s, swept the third night of the Canadian Screen Awards (CSAs) after winning 12 of its 14 nominations in the cinematic arts categories.
Among its many laurels were best motion picture, achievement in direction for Virgo, and performance in a leading role for Lamar Johnson, a rising Canadian star who has appeared in The Last of Us and Your Honor.Â
The film, an adaptation of David Chariandy’s eponymous 2017 book, is a meditation on masculinity and family set against the backdrop of Scarborough, Ont.’s
