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Commotion: BlackBerry is reborn, and O Canada is rewritten

Today on Commotion with Elamin Abdelmahmoud: director Matt Johnson and R&B singer Jully Black

Today on Commotion: Matt Johnson and Jully Black

Jully Black sings prior to the 2023 NBA All-Star game on Feb. 19, 2023 in Salt Lake City, Utah, and the poster for the film BlackBerry.
Jully Black sings prior to the 2023 NBA All-Star game on Feb. 19, 2023 in Salt Lake City, Utah, and the poster for the film BlackBerry. (Tim Nwachukwu/Getty Images, Elevation Pictures)

Today on Commotion with Elamin Abdelmahmoud:

  • There's a new movie about Canadian tech company Blackberry's fall from grace — and it's called BlackBerry, of course. BlackBerry just had its world premiere at the Berlin International Film Festival, and the film's director Matt Johnson stops into Commotion from Berlin to tell us all about it.

  • R&B singer Jully Black joins Elamin to talk about her performance of O Canada at the 2023 NBA All-Star game, and why she chose to reinterpret the line, "our home and native land."

You can also find today's episode on our podcast, Commotion with Elamin Abdelmahmoud. Listen and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts.

WATCH | Jully Black perform O Canada at the 2023 NBA All-Star game: