Scarborough is a movie directed by Shasha Nakhai and Rich Williamson in 2021 and based on the book of the same name by Catherine Hernandez, first published in 2017. The movie features Liam Diaz, Essence Fox, Anna Claire Beitel, Felix Jedi Ingram Isaac, Cherish Violet Blood, Ellie Posadas, and others.
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“The movie is better than the book”
But the book is worth reading.
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Storyline
The film follows the lives of 3 children in Toronto’s low-income East End as they become friends over the course of a school year. The children find community, compassion, and resilience in an unlikely place – a drop-in family reading program. Run by compassionate childhood educator Ms Hina, the program’s goal is to increase literacy on a provincial level. But amidst acute poverty and rampant drug use, Ms. Hina soon realizes the neighborhood’s people would be more interested in learning – if only they had full stomachs.
Genres
Movie vs Book
Year
2021
Minutes
136
Movie Rate
7.10
Source: IMDb
Year
2017
Pages
272
Book Rate
8.48
S: Goodreads
Book
Scarborough
Author: Catherine Hernandez
Country: Canada
First published in: 2017
Length: 272 pages
Genre: Fiction
User polls & recommendations
“When you're adapting a book into a movie, you have to take certain creative liberties to bridge the gap between the two forms of media.”
JOSH HUTCHERSON (Actor)
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