• 2023
Black Life: Untold Stories

Summary Chronicles Canada's long history of anti-Black racism through current interviews and archive material, with episodes focusing on police violence and the emergence of hip-hop music. View more details

  • 2023

Black Life: Untold Stories

Directed : Unknown

Written : Unknown

Stars : Issac Saney David Austin Dorothy Williams George Elliot Clarke

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Genres : Documentary

Release date : Oct 24, 2023

Countries of origin : Canada

Language : English

Production companies : Northwood Entertainment Studio 112 Ugly Duck Productions

Summary Chronicles Canada's long history of anti-Black racism through current interviews and archive material, with episodes focusing on police violence and the emergence of hip-hop music. View more details

Details

Genres : Documentary

Release date : Oct 24, 2023

Countries of origin : Canada

Language : English

Production companies : Northwood Entertainment Studio 112 Ugly Duck Productions

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Black Life: Untold Stories (2023)

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Episode 1 • Oct 24, 2023
Haven But No Heaven
An unflinching examination of the history of slavery that dispels the myth of Canada as a utopia for Black people. Through interviews with historians, evocative recreations and rare archival, the legacy of slavery in Canada is explored.
Episode 2 • Oct 31, 2023
Revolution Remix
Centred on the years 1968 and 1969 during Montreal's International Congress of Black Writers and the Sir George Williams Affair, Revolution Remix explores the civil rights movement in Canada via two era-defining Black empowerment events.
Episode 3 • Nov 07, 2023
Northern Beats
Pioneers of Canadian hip-hop tell the story of the music, featuring interviews with Maestro Fresh Wes and Michie Mee.
Episode 4 • Nov 14, 2023
Migrations
Told through a series of powerful cinematic vignettes, expert analysis, and engrossing archival footage, Migrations paints an intimate and poignant portrait of Black migration to Canada.
Episode 5 • Nov 21, 2023
Creation Insists
Framed by the controversial art exhibit at the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM), 'Into the Heart of Africa' with its decidedly colonial perspective, and the ensuing protests in Toronto, the work of six Black Canadian artists' work is explored.
Episode 6 • Nov 28, 2023
More Than a Game
Delving into the complicated histories of Black high-performance athletes in Canada, across boxing, baseball track and field, and hockey, the evolution of racism in sport is traced.
Episode 7 • Dec 05, 2023
Justice Denied
Media depictions of policing throughout the ages are used to highlight the unjust portrayal of Black Canadians and illustrate how mainstream media has contributed to the normalization of violence against Black people across the country.
Episode 8 • Dec 12, 2023
Claiming Space
A lyrical journey through the growth of Black communities, the government policies that destroyed these once thriving settlements, and the residents' resistance to systemic displacement.
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