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# Syncopated Productions Inc.

Website for Christene Browne

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- [Main Home](https://christenebrowne.com/) - Website for Christene BrowneSyncopated Productions Inc. Christene Browne
- [News](https://christenebrowne.com/news/)
- [Films](https://christenebrowne.com/films/) - Speaking In Tongues: The History Of Language Films Read more No Choice Films Read more Jodie Drake: Blues in My Bread Films Read more I See you sister Films Read more A Way Out Films Read more From Nevis To… Films Read more Them That’s Not: Single Mothers And The Welfare System Films Read more
- [In development](https://christenebrowne.com/in-development/) - SENA- A Dramatic Feature Film SENA will be a 90-minute dramatic film about modern-day slavery in Ghana. Read more
- [Films](https://christenebrowne.com/shop/)
- [Sena](https://christenebrowne.com/sena/) - Trokosi (“wife of the gods”) is a traditional religious practice in Ghana and neighboring countries whereby young virgin girls are made slaves to shrines for offenses allegedly committed by a member of their family. To appease local gods, young virgin girls are bonded to the priest of the shrine for life and become their domestic
- [Contact Us](https://christenebrowne.com/contact-us/) - For booking readings, book chats, or signings, please use the contact information below. I am also available for creative consultations, script and proposal reviews. Email: syncopatedprod(at)gmail.com
- [Books](https://christenebrowne.com/books/) - 2084 The Conversion (Coming soon) The year is 2084 and climate events have produced a world where people can no longer go outside unprotected from The Sun. A series of protocols, procedures, and rules, referred to as the Conversion, have been implemented to save the world’s population. In opposite sides of the world, two middle
- [2084: The Conversion](https://christenebrowne.com/2084-the-conversion/) - The year is 2084 and climate events have produced a world where people can no longer go outside unprotected from The Sun. A series of protocols, procedures, and rules, referred to as the Conversion, have been implemented to save the world’s population. In opposite sides of the world, two middle aged women of color and
- [Video](https://christenebrowne.com/video/) - Read more Films I See you sister Read more Films Luciano Berio’s : Sequenza X Read more Films From Nevis To… Read more Films Mount Misery Read more Films Farewell Regent Read more Films Austin Clarke: Survivor of the Crossing

## Pelicula Portfolio

- [Austin Clarke: Survivor of the Crossing](https://christenebrowne.com/portfolio-item/austin-clarke-survivor-of-the-crossing/) - documentary Into The Eternal Void Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla
- [A Way Out](https://christenebrowne.com/portfolio-item/away-out/) - Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat
- [Them that's not](https://christenebrowne.com/portfolio-item/them-thats-not/) - Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat
- [Mount Misery](https://christenebrowne.com/portfolio-item/what-lies-beyond/) - What Lies Beyond The Void. documentary The Eternal Void Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum
- [Speaking in Tongues: The History of Language](https://christenebrowne.com/portfolio-item/speaking-in-tongues/) - What Lies Beyond The Void. documentary The Eternal Void Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum
- [From Nevis To...](https://christenebrowne.com/portfolio-item/from-nevis-to/) - documentary Into The Eternal Void Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla
- [Another Planet](https://christenebrowne.com/portfolio-item/another-planet/) - Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat
- [Farewell Regent](https://christenebrowne.com/portfolio-item/farewell-regent/) - Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat

## Products

- [I See you sister](https://christenebrowne.com/product/i-see-you-sister/) - I See You Sister is a short experimental animated film that pays tribute to the lives, struggle, strength, tenacity, and beauty of Black women through time and the ages. It is an immersive lament and emotional exploration of what it means to be a black woman in the world today.
- [No Choice](https://christenebrowne.com/product/no-choice/) - A documentary that deals with the abortion issue and how it relates to women living in poverty No Choice is a short documentary that deals with the abortion issue and how it relates to women living in poverty. Five women, ranging in age from twenty to forty speak about the lack of choice available to poor people and how, because of their poverty, their reproductive capabilities are often controlled by extraneous factors.
- [Luciano Berio's : Sequenza X](https://christenebrowne.com/product/luciano-berios-sequenza-x/) - Sequenza X was composed in 1984 by Luciano Berio as a commission for the Los Angeles Philharmonic. It was written for trumpet and piano. The piano, however, only acts a as resonator. With its array of extended techniques, it is consisted one of the most technically challenging pieces for trumpet. But for trumpet virtuoso, Guy Few, it’s just child’s play. Luciano Berio's Sequenca X brings Guy Few’s performance of this exciting piece to life.
- [Speaking In Tongues: The History Of Language](https://christenebrowne.com/product/speaking-in-tongues/) - Currently, there are more than 6,000 languages spoken around the world. This five-part series traces the history and evolution of language and attendant theories and controversies while evaluating the scope of linguistic diversity, the dissemination of language, the expansion of language into written form, and the life cycle of language. Prominent figures in the field of linguistics—Noam Chomsky, John McWhorter, and Peter Ladefoged, to name only three—are featured. 5-part series, 48 minutes each. Episode # 1: Let There Be Words What precisely is language, and how did humans acquire it? In an effort to answer those essential questions, this program journeys back to prehistoric times in search of language’s origin. But this is not a passive discussion, as Noam Chomsky; Brown University’s Philip Lieberman; Johanna Nichols, of U.C. Berkeley; Stanford University’s Merritt Ruhlen; professor of anthropology Richard Klein; Nobel physicist Murray Gell-Mann; and others passionately defend their points of view. Additional topics include distinguishing features of human communication and what humankind’s first utterances may have been. The early evolution and migration of humans is also considered. Episode # 2 Constant Change In this program, John McWhorter, author of The Power of Babel: A Natural History of Language; Lyle Campbell, of the University of Utah; Brian Joseph, of The Ohio State University; and population geneticist Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza examine factors that contributed to the diversification and spread of languages, including early migration, the introduction of agriculture, and genes. Language transfer from mother to child and from one population to the next is also investigated, along with the concept of dialects and commonalities among the world’s more than 6,000 languages. Episode #3 Mother Tongues This program travels the globe as it surveys a large portion of the world’s languages—25 percent of which are spoken by a mere 0.1 percent of the Earth’s population. Moving from Africa to Oceania and up to Asia and then west to Europe and across the ocean to the Americas, the program assesses how many languages are spoken in each region, the characteristics they share, and misconceptions about them. Historical background on some of the key languages of the regions is included as well. The commentary of Salikoko Mufwene, coeditor of The Ecology of Language Evolution; Larry Hyman, of U.C. Berkeley; Hua Lin, of the University of Victoria; Harvard University’s Jay Jasanoff; and Lyle Campbell, of the University of Utah, is featured Episode # 4 Civilization to Colonization Writing is a relative latecomer to the history of language. This program tracks its emergence in Mesopotamia, China, and Mesoamerica and its spread down through the millennia via conquest—usually violent, sometimes benign—and colonization. The creation of creoles and pidgins resulting from the interaction of specific populations is also addressed, and speculation is made about the first things to be written down. Noam Chomsky; Peter Daniels, coeditor of The World’s Writing Systems; the Manhattan Institute’s John McWhorter; MIT’s Michel DeGraff; and Salikoko Mufwene, of The University of Chicago, contribute. Episode # 5 Life and Death It is predicted that within a century more than half of the world’s languages will become extinct, but as languages are lost, new ones emerge naturally or are constructed. In this program, Noam Chomsky; Esperantist Thomas Eccard; endangered languages researcher Peter Ladefoged, who has since passed away; and others provide insights into the language life cycle. Topics include constructed languages such as Esperanto, language endangerment and preservation, and the role of globalization in language obsolescence. The experts also discuss current language trends and offer their opinions on which languages may emerge as front-runners of the future. https://www.kanopy.com/product/speaking-tongues-1.
- [From Nevis To…](https://christenebrowne.com/product/from-nevis-to-copy/) - From Nevis To... is a seven-minute docu-drama that deals with Juliet Jones, a new arrival to Canada. From her arrival at the airport to her ride to the hotel room, many thoughts about her past, present, and her future surround her. She tells of what her life was like in Nevis her home country, what she heard about her new country, and the family and lifestyle that she leaves behind. We hear her thoughts in voice-over and we see her coming up against and interacting with her new environment, which bears little resemblance to her former home. Starring: Maxine Dell Voice Over by Merle Rogers
- [Mount Misery](https://christenebrowne.com/product/mount-misery/) - A tragedy causes an elderly woman to journey deep into her subconscious and ponder the afterlife.
- [Farewell Regent](https://christenebrowne.com/product/farewell-regent/) - Farewell Regent is a 90-minute documentary that captures the Regent Park community of downtown Toronto (the place where social housing began in Canada) in the midst of the largest housing redevelopment project in North America. With this transition, it will go from a site of 100% social housing to a mixed-income community where condo units will outnumber the social housing units 4 to 1. The documentary profiles past and current tenants, city officials, developers, and housing advocates to get an inside view of the complex issues, emotions, and drama that is involved in such a massive redevelopment. The Regent Park community will be used as an example in an effort to examine the larger issues of the social housing crisis that is plaguing so many urban centers throughout the globe. Housing as a human right is central to the discussion. https://www.kanopy.com/product/farewell-regent
- [Another Planet](https://christenebrowne.com/product/another-planet/) - Cassandra Jones is a young woman from Toronto with a very active imagination and a unique view of the world. Feeling trapped by life in her low-income community, and unable to relate to her brother Patrick, a petty criminal, or her overly pious mother, Mary, Cassandra decides to leave Toronto. She applies and is accepted into an exchange program between Quebec and West Africa. When she reaches her Quebec destination, a pig farm, she encounters Sylvie Leblanc, a woman in need of change, her husband Luc Leblanc, a man afraid of change, and Abdoulaye Diallo, her African exchange counterpart and a man who regrets his decision to seek change. Because none of her expectations are met, Cassandra quickly becomes unhappy on the farm. Her presence creates plenty of tension, much of it humorous. A surprising conclusion comes about after a roller-coaster series of events.
- [Brothers In Music](https://christenebrowne.com/product/brothers-in-music/) - John T. Davis (pianist/organist/vocalist) and Jim Heineman (saxophonist) are two Canadian jazzmen who have had to wage the war between the compulsion and the passion that they feel towards their music and the struggle that is involved with trying to make a living in the field of jazz music in Canada. John T. Davis is a Black musician from a poor rural environment. Jim Heineman is a white musician from a white middle-class urban environment. Brothers in Music begins by exploring the personalities, experiences, and inspirations of these two very talented and different musicians and then moves on to examine the heartwarming, brotherly relationship shared by these two musicians who have played together for over two decades. Through the musicians' words and original music "Brothers in Music" provides a rare and special look at the jazz scene in Canada.
- [Them That's Not: Single Mothers And The Welfare System](https://christenebrowne.com/product/them-thats-not-singles-mothers-and-the-welfare-system/) - Them That's Not puts a face to the women in Canada who live on social assistance. It shows the courage and endurance of women who must cope daily with the many indignities of poverty. There are many reasons why women end up on social assistance. Some are unable to work because of health problems or family responsibilities. Some don't have the skills and training they need to get a job. Others manage to find a job at minimum wage but it's impossible to support a family and make ends meet. Whatever the circumstance, the vast majority of women on welfare discover that the strict and often punitive rules and regulations built into the social assistance system make it very difficult to become independent. That's Not is an empowering film. It emphasizes that it is possible to join forces with others in the community to fight for better treatment for people who are on welfare. It shows the importance of knowing your rights, and understanding the system.
- [Jodie Drake: Blues in My Bread](https://christenebrowne.com/product/jodie-drake/) - JODIE DRAKE: BLUES IN MY BREAD — profile of the Canadian jazz singer and actress. Jodie discusses the musical inspiration of her mother, a gospel singer; the experience of being a black musician in the forties and the fifties; life on the road with Matthew Rucker's band the spirits of Swing the challenges black musicians experienced trying to make money and get work; racial prejudice; the 1950′s jazz scene in Toronto and Montreal; During a 1991 Detroit concert where she sings 'Lowdown Dog Blues' with saxophonist Louis Barnett, drummer William Evans, pianist Alma Smith, trumpeter Herbert Williams, and bass player Rodney Whitaker. The program also presents archival still photos documenting her career through the years and footage of Drake performing on a number of CBC produced television series including 'Bandwagon', 'All About Toronto', 'Program X', 'Black Hallelujah' and 'In The Mood' (with American singer Joe Williams). 28 Minutes, Color Documentary English Produced for CBC Adrienne Clarkson Presents Featuring Performances by Joe Williams and many other jazz legends.
- [A Way Out](https://christenebrowne.com/product/away-out/) - A Way Out is a documentary about breaking the cycle of poverty in Canadian’s oldest and largest “ghetto,” Regent Park. In addition to talking about what it is like to grow up poor in North America, it explores the reasons behind one person finding a way out of poverty and others remaining. As a former resident of a low-income community, Christene Browne went back to find out what had happened to some of her old friends. Formal and impromptu interviews are conducted and the community is revealed through footage and stills. A young man who currently lives in the community is also followed and interviewed. Through in-depth interviews with three people who made it out (Tony Lewis- Manager at Toronto Hydro, Lorie Stubbs – Artist/ Entrepreneur, Clement Virgo- Filmmaker ) we get an insightful look into the minds of people growing up in poverty. They share their hopes, dreams, anguish, and fears with us. The community as an additional main character is revealed through everyday footage, landscape shots, and still photographs.
- [Austin Clarke: Survivor of the Crossing](https://christenebrowne.com/product/austin-clarke-survivor-of-the-crossing/) - In this animated documentary famed black Canadian writer, Austin Clarke talks about his upbringing in Barbados, his early literary influences, colonialism, race, class, discrimination, and his friendship with Malcolm X. The discussion and contemplation on words, society, race, class by an author concerned with the plight of his people is reminiscent of James Baldwin's words in Raoul Peck I am Not Your Negro. It is an important, timely, impactful portrait of a great Canadian writer. The combination of 2D vector stylized animation inspired by the rich color palette of Caribbean painters coupled with Austin’s raspy voice.

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