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  • A Winter Tale
    Status Updated: Dec-17-05

    Shots ring out one winter night, and a bullet meant for a local street dealer finds and kills a nine year-old boy. Shock, sorrow, and suspicion ripple through the neighborhood, and begins to tear the community apart. In this tense and volatile atmosphere, GENE WRIGHT, a 40-something social worker is called on by the city to form a 'support group' for young black men. What he pulls together is much more rough and real than anything the city ever envisioned.

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  • Lord Have Mercy

    In 2002, Leda Serene Films produced Lord Have Mercy!, Canada?s first multicultural sitcom, broadcast on Vision TV, Toronto One, Showcase Television, and the Aboriginal People?s Television Network. It?s a zany ensemble sitcom set in a Caribbean storefront church

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     
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Leda Serene Films is a film, television, theatre and multimedia production company based in Toronto, Canada

The Company was formed in 1990 by Frances-Anne Solomon, a filmmaker, producer and writer; and, over the years, has produced an impressive range of award-winning cross-platform projects ?from high quality feature films, creative documentaries, and audio books, to innovative edutainment websites, and challenging original theatre plays.

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Leda Serene Films in the News

Read what the local media are saying about Leda Serene Films and our upcoming projects:

The Globe and Mail, Tuesday January 10, 2006 - Staging the Effects of Gun Violence
Canada Extra, December 29, 2005- A dramatic search for gun solution
Caribbean Camera, December 15, 2005 - Violence tackled in A Winter Tale
Caribbean Extra, December 15-21, 2005 Solomon's passion for Caribbean writing

Posted: January 13, 2006
The theatrical production of A Winter Tale to premiere February 1-5, 2006 at Alchemy Theatre, Toronto!

Sister Company, Caribbean Tales is proud to present the theatrical production of A Winter Tale to premiere February 1-5, 2006 at Alchemy Theatre, 133 Tecumseth Street, Toronto. A Winter Tale is created and co-written by Frances-Anne Solomon and will be directed by Vancouver-based director Mich?e Lonsdale Smith. Tickets are $15 and are available at the door.

The feature-length film version of A Winter Tale with the same cast is currently in production at Leda Serene Films.

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Posted: January 2, 2006
Coming Home - 1 Hour Episode of Literature Alive

Celebrated Indo-Caribbean author Ramabai Espinet launches her internationally acclaimed novel, "Swinging Bridge" in the city of San Fernando, Trinidad - both the setting of her book, and Ramabai's childhood home. What was planned as a 'simple, nostalgic trip' soon becomes a fascinating journey into a sensitive and brilliant writer's personal history and cultural heritage.

To be broadcast on OMNI Television.

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Posted: January 1, 2006
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