Bit Playas: Difference between revisions

'''''Bit Playas''''' is a [[Canada|Canadian]] comedy web series, which premiered in 2019 on [[CBC Gem]].<ref>Amélie Gaudreau, [https://www.ledevoir.com/culture/ecrans/569435/transcender-les-stereotypes "«Bit Playas»: transcender les stéréotypes"]. ''[[Le Devoir]]'', December 20, 2019.</ref> The series stars [[Nigel Downer]] and [[Kris Siddiqi]] as Leon and Ahmed, two aspiring actors who find that their status as [[people of colour]] relegates them to bit parts.<ref>Glenn Sumi, [https://nowtoronto.com/movies/best-web-series-bit-playas-gary-demons "What to stream: Bit Playas, Gary And His Demons and Jan Caruana"]. ''[[Now (newspaper)|Now]]'', March 18, 2020.</ref>

The series received six [[Canadian Screen Award]] nominations at the [[9th Canadian Screen Awards]] in 2021, for Best Fiction Web Program or Series, Best Lead Performance in Web Program or Series (2: Downer, Siddiqi), Best Direction in a Web Program or Series (2: Allison Johnston for the episode "Comic Con" and [[Samir Rehem]] for the episode "Final Fight") and Best Writing in a Web Program or Series (Siddiqi and Downer for the episode "Auditions").<ref>Brent Furdyk, [https://web.archive.org/web/20210330100408/https://etcanada.com/news/762146/television-nominees-announced-for-2021-canadian-screen-awards-schitts-creek-leads-the-pack-with-21-nominations/ "Television Nominees Announced For 2021 Canadian Screen Awards, ‘Schitt’s Creek’ Leads The Pack With 21 Nominations"]. ''[[ET Canada]]'', March 30, 2021.</ref> It won the awards for Best Fiction Web Program or Series and Best Writing in a Web Program or Series.<ref>Victoria Ahearn, [https://toronto.citynews.ca/2021/05/18/sarah-polley-jayne-eastwood-among-winners-on-night-2-of-canadian-screen-awards/ "Sarah Polley, Jayne Eastwood among winners on night 2 of Canadian Screen Awards"]. [[CityNews]], May 18, 2021.</ref>

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