Twenty-Nine
Directed & Written by: Ra’anaa Yaminah Ekundayo
Featuring: Ra’anaa Yaminah Ekundayo & Yvette Dianne Margaret Brown
Production: Zaza Production
Executive Producers: Fabienne Colas & Emily Castonguay
Line Producer | Project Manager: Sylvestre Guidi
Production Coordinators: Hannâ Banian & Alla Mosbah
Production Assistants: Shakiya Williams & Ugo Nwachuku
Director of Photography: Sylvestre Guidi
Editing | Sound: Boban Chaldovich
Creative Consultant: Isak Vaillancourt
Program Director Réal Barnabé
Program Coordinator: Hannâ Banian
Program and Production Assistant: Aline Ribeiro
Screenwriting Mentor: Mathieu Gauvreau
Subtitles: Camille Jacques
Music: Funk Control - elements.envato.com
Re-recording Mixing: Mark Dolmont
Post-production: 902 Post Inc.
Ra’anaa Hair Stylist: Gem by Arielle Anne
Filmed on Location: Summercamp Studios, Tiohtià:ke (Montreal, QC)
2025 | Being Black in Canada
In conversation with their mother, emerging filmmaker Ra’anaa Yaminah Ekundayo compares both their lives at 29, in 1996 and 2025 respectively. An exploration of Black motherhood, queerness, and identity, Twenty-Nine shares a warm and witty intergenerational heart-to-heart in the face of an ever-changing socio-political landscape.
This film was developed as part of the 2025 Being Black in Canada Program.
This program is presented by Netflix in collaboration with the National Bank.
Calgary Black Film Festival – Short Film Series (Online only), 2026
Ottawa Black Film Festival – Short Film Series, 2026
Halifax Black Film Festival – Short Film Series (Online only), 2026
Toronto Black Film Festival – Short Film Series, 2026