Rude

Rude is a 1995 Canadian crime film directed by Clement Virgo. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1995 Cannes Film Festival, before having its Canadian premiere at the 1995 Toronto International Film Festival as the opening film of the Perspectives Canada program. Plot Set in Toronto, Ontario, the film tells three distinct but interrelated stories about Black Canadian life in the impoverished Regent Park neighbourhood of the city. One focuses on "The General" (Maurice Dean Wint), a drug dealer trying to rebuild his life with the help of his brother Reece (Clark Johnson) after being released from prison; one centres on Jordan (Richard Chevolleau), an amateur boxer who is convinced to take part in a gay-bashing which forces him to finally confront his own repressed homosexuality; the third centres on Maxine (Rachael Crawford), a woman who has recently been dumped by her longtime boyfriend after having an abortion. All three stories are tied together by the voice of Rude (Sharon Lewis), a disc jockey for a pirate radio station in the neighbourhood. Cast Maurice Dean Wint - General Rachael Crawford - Maxine Clark Johnson - Reece Richard Chevolleau - Jordan Sharon Lewis - Rude (as Sharon M. Lewis) Melanie Nicholls-King - Jessica Stephen Shellen - Yankee Gordon Michael Woolvett - Ricky Dayo Ade - Mike Dean Marshall - Joe Ashley Brown - Johnny Andy Marshall - Addict Junior Williams - Curtis Production Rude is the first feature film created by the filmmaking duo Clement Virgo and Damon D'Oliveira after they met and conceived the concept of the film at a Canadian Film Centre residency in 1991. Produced by Conquering Lion Pictures with the assistance of the Canadian Film Centre, Rude was the first Canadian dramatic feature to be written, produced, and directed by an all-black team. It was hailed, along with Soul Survivor, as ushering in a new Black Canadian film aesthetic.