Beyond Black Beauty

Alicia K. Harris - 2022

Fiction series

synopsis

Jolie Dumont is a talented rider with aspirations of competing in the Olympic Games. Her dream is jeopardized when her mother, Janelle, moves her from Belgium to her childhood home in Baltimore. Jolie finds it hard to adapt, until she bonds with a spirited horse named Black Beauty.

data sheet

The series was produced by Sinking Ship Entertainment (Canada) and Leif Films (Canada), in co-production with Saga Film (Belgium). Financed by NOHFC, Shaw Rocket Fund, CMF, Wallimage, Ontario Creates and Canada Govt, it was made with the support of the Belgian federal government's Tax Shelter and produced in association with NTD and Amazon.

Directed by Alicia K. Harris

Cast: Kaya Coleman, Sagine Sémajuste, Lisa Berry, Gina O. James, Mark Taylor, Akiel Julien, Gilles Marini, Tine Roggeman, Baptiste Masseline

Screenplay: Carmen Pilar Golden

Music: Yves Gourmeur, Leny Magoufakis

Manufacturer(s) : Borga Dorter

Co-producer(s) : Kara Harun, Cheryl Meyer, Jennifer Ritter

Production manager(s) : Marc Daimans

Director of photography: Ray Dumas

1 AD: Rocco Gismondi

Casting: Lisa Parasyn

Art direction: Maxime Muccin, Warzée Quentin

Costumes : Melonie Lawrence

Make-up: Roxanne de Nobrega

Hair: Patricia Cuthbert

Live sound: Antoine Vandendriessche

VFX: Kerosene Visual Effects (Kevin Pitts), Sinking Ship Entertainment (Josh Joudrie)

Montage image : Courtney Goldman, Pauline Decroix

Sound editing: Cailey Milito

Sound mixing: Antoine Vandendriessche, Hamed Hokamzadeh, Renan Deodato

Calibration: David Hedley

DISTINCTION(S)

Nominations / Selections

Canadian Screen Awards: Best Fiction Program or Series for Children or Teens