EMPz 4 Life is a 2006 Canadian documentary film, directed by Allan King.
[1] Made in conjunction with writer Joseph Jomo Pierre, the film profiles a small group of Black Canadian youths living in the troubled Toronto neighbourhood of Malvern, who are enrolled in an after-school math tutoring program run by social worker Brian Henry in an effort to keep them in school and not out on the streets.
[2] The film takes its title from graffiti in the neighbourhood, referring to Empringham Drive.
[1] The film premiered on September 9, 2006, at the 2006 Toronto International Film Festival,[3] but was distributed primarily as an episode of TVOntario's documentary series The View from Here in February 2007.
[5] The film was a shortlisted nominee for the Donald Brittain Award, and Mark Ellam was nominated for Best Photography in a Documentary Program or Series, at the 22nd Genie Awards in 2007.