Filmmaking, Photography, Writing, Exhibition, Production Ajani Charles Filmmaking, Photography, Writing, Exhibition, Production Ajani Charles

Introducing Project T-Dot At Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport

I am honoured and grateful to announce that Nieuport Aviation presents my second solo Project T-Dot art exhibit at Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport. Proudly sponsored by Sony Music Entertainment Canada and part of the Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival’s 2024 programming, it is located past the airport’s underground tunnel, specifically in its terminal.

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Robyn Hood At Fan Expo Canada 2023

On Saturday, August 26, 2023, I attended an exclusive screening of the new scripted television series Robyn Hood at Fan Expo Canada before the show’s debut on September 27th via Global TV and Stack TV, and it was simultaneously my first time experiencing a TV’s show’s screening and the popular expo.

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Hip-Hop Culture’s 50th Anniversary On CBC Radio's Metro Morning

Last Friday, August 11, 2023, was the 50th anniversary of hip-hop culture. I had the good fortune of being interviewed on CBC Radio’s Metro Morning about the momentous occasion, the impact of hip-hop culture on a global scale, Toronto’s hip-hop culture, Project T-Dot, which is my documentary project on Toronto’s hip-hop culture, community, and history, and other related topics. 

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Ashanti At TD Toronto Jazz Festival 2023

On Sunday, June 25, 2023, after missing her performance at Nelly’s first Hot In Herre festival in Toronto despite covering it, I had the good fortune of documenting Ashanti’s performance at the TD Toronto Jazz Festival, otherwise known as Toronto's International Jazz Festival, thanks to the Toronto Downtown Jazz Society, a Canadian registered charity, and TD.

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Canadian Music Week 2023

During the winter of 2008, after documenting an event at the El Mocambo in Toronto for Project T-Dot, my documentary project on Toronto’s hip-hop culture, community, and history, my longtime friend and colleague Neil Donaldson, also known as Logikal Ethix, recommended that I apply to cover Canadian Music Week to meet potential colleagues and clients in some of the industries that I wanted to be established in, and to document American and Canadian hip-hop culture (and other musical cultures).

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Feeling To Healing: A Creator’s Journey To Better Mental Health

On Thursday, May 4, 2023, I was part of a fantastic panel entitled Feeling To Healing: A Creator’s Journey To Better Mental Health, produced by the Henry’s Foundation in partnership with CAMH: The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, which took place at Henry’s new location at 185 Church Street in Toronto.

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The First Indigenous Hip-Hop Symposium

On Tuesday, March 28, 2023, I had the honour of speaking as part of a panel for the first Indigenous Hip-Hop Symposium, an event at and via the Art Gallery of Ontario, thanks to my thoughtful and innovative AGO colleagues Audrey Hudson, Richard & Elizabeth Currie, Chief, Education & Programming, and Charlotte Big Canoe, Program Curator, Indigenous Projects.

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