Aug 2021 - Present
Sharine Taylor
- @shharine
- Writer, Filmmaker & Curator
- Toronto/Kingston, Jamaica
- she/her/hers
Resume
Jul 2019 - Dec 2019
Assistant Web Editor (Magazines Canada Fellow), AZURE Magazine
Apr 2017 - Jul 2017
Noisey Summer Editorial Intern, VICE
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Spoke with one of my favourite rappers, Sydanie, in this Daily VICE episode that I also pitched, assisted in developing and hosted. https://twitter.com/vicecanada/status/889900561008443392?s=20
This is first time I stepped into video production! I pitched this idea to a Daily VICE producer while I was interning a few desks over at Noisey. They walked me through bringing this segment to li...
For Daily VICE, I spoke with director Stella Meghie and Sasheer Zamata about Black love stories on film and the staying power of rom coms https://twitter.com/vicecanada/status/1096461637459034113?s=20
For Daily VICE, I spoke with the creator of the Anesi bra who uses aerospace tech to manufacture their product. https://twitter.com/vicecanada/status/1042088361215766529?s=20
My 2021 Highlights
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Gave a guest lecture to the University of Toronto's Caribbean Diaspora in Canada class! I was able to lead a lecture + workshop titled 'It's a Diaspora Ting: Caribbean Archives in Toronto' where I ...
Gave a guest lecture to Brock University's Black Women Writing Resistance class! The topic for the week was 'Reading Film As Text' and I spoke about my film Tallawah Abroad: Remembering Little Jama...
Was part of Sony Music's Celebrating the Power of Black Voices. https://twitter.com/Sony_Music/status/1360335356030308359?s=20
Thinking deeply (again and always) about the fragility of safety in the spaces we (re)create for ourselves. Even in the absence of carnival and my desire to be on the road again, I am constantly tr...
Editorial Portfolio
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Watching Shenseea's ascension has been so surreal. As both a fan of the artist and dancehall music, I've been excited at the prospects as it relates to how she continues to contour her career but a...
For Variety I wrote about the need Afro-Caribbean filmmakers, and filmmakers with Caribbean heritage, have of seeing a more expansive view of Blackness on screen. Sade Clacken Joseph, Robert A. May...
We deserve so much more from The Grammys. For R29 Unbothered, I wrote about how reggae, dancehall and other Black music genres have been handled by the institution and why we need to look beyond th...
In my latest for Audiomack, I spoke with BAKERSTEEZ about his new project ACTIVE and what his artistry brings to the fore of Jamaica’s music culture. BAKERSTEEZ is part of a collection of artists f...