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Cyrus
Gemini Award-winning Filmmaker, Doctoral Scholar, Composer,
Singer-Songwriter, Poet, Storyteller, and Changemaker
Creative-Academic-Visionary
02 PORTFOLIO
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03 Experience
2016-2022
Doctoral Candidate
Pursuit of a PhD in the Joint York-Ryerson Communications & Culture Program, Toronto.
2001- Present
Independent Producer
Salaam Shalom Productions Inc. Independent Producer, Writer, Director & Composer
2017 & 2018
Africville in Black and White
Live-Documentary World Premiere
2018 FIN Atlantic International
Film Festival, Halifax;
2017 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Film Festival, Toronto.
2014-2016
in Documentary Media at Ryerson
Thesis: Brothers in the Kitchen:
The Uprising, Exodus and Survival of a Tamil Sri Lankan Minority
2015 - 2017
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Video Installation @ Bata Shoe Museum
2-year continuous 24/7 public video installation at St. George & Bloor St West, Toronto Celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Bata Shoe Museum.
In collaboration with the Design Fabrication Zone
2016
Brothers in the Kitchen
Live-Documentary World Premiere
2017 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Film Festival, Toronto
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Video Installation @ Bata Shoe Museum
MFA Doc Media
Master of Fine Arts w/Distinction
2015-2016
Filling in the Blanks
Published Collection of Essays
Filling in the Blanks: Essays on Art, Media and Culture. Three chapters: I am NASSA;
Soldat du Fortune; Chains of Freedom.
Published by Ryerson University
