I grew up in Montreal and fled as a refugee to Toronto. I encountered incessant references about this neighbourhood called Scarborough and not always in the most positive language. An undertone of poverty, crime and naughtiness. Scarborough seemed so far away from Toronto it earned the derogatory nickname of Scarberia.
The only relevance Scarborough held for me was the appearance of the Scarborough Town Centre on my drive home on the 401 from Montreal. A “almost home” beacon.
The film will be flickering on Canadian movie screens in February. To watch television commercials advertising this film well before it has hit screens means it is being extraordinarily well marketed and perhaps an indication it is already headed toward being a Scarberian classic and perhaps even a Canadian one! Remarkabke buzz for a Canadian indie movie.
Director and writer Ron Dias refers to the film as a love letter to his cherished Scarborough and that he has a responsibility to present it accurately.
What can you expect? A fictional account of Scarborough with enough reality to take it out of “fictional”? Violence, drugs, crime and the refusal of many to give up on Scarborough and its youth? Too dramatic and light to be “City of Vultures” yet too rough edged Canadian to be a “Boyz in the Hood”?
Coming to Canadian screens in February 2025. You can watch the trailer here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_IoV8DZvFs&t=2s
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