{"id":45126,"date":"2023-11-27T13:34:44","date_gmt":"2023-11-27T18:34:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reelcanada.ca\/?page_id=45126"},"modified":"2024-01-31T16:25:33","modified_gmt":"2024-01-31T21:25:33","slug":"alicia-k-harris","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/reelcanada.ca\/rbc-emerging-artists-in-our-schools\/alicia-k-harris\/","title":{"rendered":"Alicia K. Harris"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div id=\"hero-block_c7496d35d4916a8c4046b28cbc928dae\" class=\"container-fluid background-container-hero  background-none\" >\n\t\t\n\t\n\t<div class=\"container hero\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row hero-row pt-4vh pb-4vh\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"hero-row-column col-9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"parent-label mb-0\">RBC Emerging Artists in Our Schools<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"main-heading h2 mt-0 mb-8 tt-upper rc-fade-in\">Alicia K. Harris<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"sub-heading mb-10 rc-fade-in\">RBC Emerging Artist 2023-25<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"whisker-br rc-parallax-1 rc-fade-in d-1 yellow\"><span class=\"svg-wrapper\" aria-label=\"Whisker Accent BR\" role=\"img\"><svg viewBox=\"0 0 250 250\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M26.524 144.033a111.75 111.75 0 0010.226-2.795l29.64 93.45c-6.13 2.001-16.491 4.431-22.832 5.851l-17.034-96.506zm19.97-6.513a109.114 109.114 0 009.442-4.725l46.324 86.086a205.346 205.346 0 01-17.496 8.78l-38.27-90.141zm18.35-10.363a112.637 112.637 0 008.382-6.518l61.209 75.662a204.834 204.834 0 01-15.532 12.076l-54.059-81.22zM81 113.291a106.551 106.551 0 006.986-8.003l73.815 62.564a210.01 210.01 0 01-13.059 14.945l-67.739-69.488-.003-.018zm13.244-16.71a110.117 110.117 0 005.4-9.262l83.773 47.212a213.801 213.801 0 01-10.039 17.205L94.244 96.581zm9.951-19.011a118.878 118.878 0 003.609-10.166l90.726 30.092a215.378 215.378 0 01-6.689 18.912L104.195 77.57zm6.243-20.636c.708-3.52 1.263-7.1 1.643-10.668l94.425 11.796a214.04 214.04 0 01-3.072 19.936l-93.013-21.061.017-.003zM205.871 10c.89 6.649 2.233 17.567 2.52 24.217l-94.903 3.156a124.713 124.713 0 00-.967-10.896L205.871 10z\" fill=\"#fff\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-gutestrap-container has-off-white-background-color has-background\"><div class=\"container\">\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p>Alicia K. Harris is a filmmaker from Scarborough, Ontario. She is best known for her short film <em>Pick<\/em>, which won Best Live Action Short at the 2020 Canadian Screen Awards.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alicia directed the TIFF-selected web series <em>Lido TV<\/em>, hosted by Lido Pimienta, which earned her a Best Direction nomination at the 2023 Canadian Screen Awards. Her latest short film, <em>Only Light Will Touch Us<\/em>, was commissioned by REEL CANADA and Netflix for National Canadian Film Day.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Her television credits include the inaugural episode of <em>Black Life: Untold Stories<\/em>, which premiered at TIFF in 2023 and aired on CBC in October 2023. She also directed and co-executive produced the pilot and several other episodes of Amazon\u2019s upcoming series <em>Beyond Black Beauty<\/em>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Well-versed in many mediums, she directed the \u201cPressure\u201d music video for Grammy-winning artist Koffee, which has 10+ million views, and a musical film for Jessie Reyez commissioned by the Polaris Music Prize. 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