Brown Girl Begins is a 2017 Canadian science fiction film, directed by Sharon Lewis.
[1] The film was inspired by Nalo Hopkinson's 1998 novel Brown Girl in the Ring, although for budgetary reasons Lewis opted to write and film a prequel story rather than literally adapting the novel itself.
[2] Set in a post-apocalyptic version of Toronto in 2049, the film focuses on a small group of survivors whose continued survival depends on Ti-Jeanne's (Mouna Traoré) response to a potentially life-altering decision.
[3] Alongside Traoré, the cast also includes Emmanuel Kabongo, Nigel Shawn Williams, Shakura S'Aida, Rachael Crawford, Andy McQueen and Measha Brueggergosman.
[4] It had its general theatrical release in 2018 in conjunction with Black History Month, although due to the film's Afrofuturist themes its commercial opening was branded as a "Black Futures Month" event.