• 2022
BLK: An Origin Story

Summary BLK: An Origin Story is a four part doc series that looks beyond the Underground Railroad to explore the Untold Stories of Black Canadians from the 1600s to the present. These four hours aim to show that Black History is Canadian History. View more details

  • 2022

BLK: An Origin Story

Directed : Unknown

Written : Unknown

Stars : Martin Huss Abdul-Shakur Alawi Shavae Lorenzo Al Braatz

All cast & crew

9.4

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Genres : Documentary

Release date : Feb 25, 2022

Countries of origin : Canada

Official sites : BLK: An Origin Story

Language : English

Filming locations : Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada

Production companies : Hungry Eyes Film & Television

Summary BLK: An Origin Story is a four part doc series that looks beyond the Underground Railroad to explore the Untold Stories of Black Canadians from the 1600s to the present. These four hours aim to show that Black History is Canadian History. View more details

Details

Genres : Documentary

Release date : Feb 25, 2022

Countries of origin : Canada

Official sites : BLK: An Origin Story

Language : English

Filming locations : Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada

Production companies : Hungry Eyes Film & Television

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Episode 1 • Feb 25, 2022
Three Epic Migrations, One People
Descendants of The Black Loyalists, Jamaican Maroons and The Black Refugees represent Canada's largest Black population today. Their incredible story begins in Nova Scotia in the 1700s and challenges our understanding of what should be considered a distinct society.
Episode 2 • Mar 18, 2022
John "Daddy" Hall
Born free of an Ojibwe father and an escaped-slave mother in Upper Canada, John Daddy Hall fought in the war of 1812, was captured and sold into slavery. 13 years later he makes a daring escape and finds his way back to Canada.
Episode 3 • Mar 11, 2022
Hogan's Alley
Before Urban Renewal, before displacement, and before dispersal, there was life. For many years Hogan's Alley was the heart of Vancouver's Black community. But that community began in the 1850s, when James Douglas, (the father of British Columbia) Invited Blacks to settle Vancouver island in an effort to stave off American annexation.
Episode 4 • Mar 04, 2022
Little Burgundy
Tucked between Griffintown and St. Henri in Montreal's Sud Ouest is Little Burgundy, home to a Black population led by Black men who worked in Canada's railway industry as sleeping car porters. They were the first Black trade union to organize in North America and were among the leaders in the struggle for civil rights.
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