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In a vintage photograph, an elderly Black man stands beside a dark blue car. The man is wearing a white shirt, blue slacks, and a white brimmed hat. He is holding a cane.

Shifting Forms: Black Auteurs Explore Diverse Canvases

by Courtney Small
August 18, 2025
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Films by Kahlil Joseph, Steve McQueen, Alice Diop, Mati Diop, John Akomfrah, and Isaac Julien navigate fiction and non-fiction while explore diverse Black experiences.

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Hip Hop Docs: Community, Rhymes, and Life

by Courtney Small
February 18, 2025
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Hip Hop documentaries like As We Speak, Nas: Time Is Illmatic, Black Life: Untold Stories, and Free Meek show the power of music and community.

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Sylvia D. Hamilton: A Pioneering Voice

by Dina Lobo
February 13, 2024
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From Studio D to winning DOC's Luminary Award, Sylvia D. Hamilton has forged a history of making people of African descent active voices in Canadian stories.

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OYA Media Group: Documenting Black Lives

by Susan G. Cole
January 29, 2024
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OYA Media Group's Alison Duke and Ngardy Conteh George change the game.

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Now Streaming: Reel Black Shows Why It’s Time for a New Pie

by Pat Mullen
July 8, 2022
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Reel Black: Our Stories is a short documentary that features generations of Black filmmakers in conversation about why Canadian film needs to change.

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Black Trailblazers

by Courtney Small
October 6, 2021
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How Selwyn Jacob, Sylvia D. Hamilton, and Sam Pollard broke barriers in documentary production and continue to fight for change in the film industry.

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Black Beauty and Desire

by Gesilayefa Azorbo
April 30, 2021
Features/Hot Docs

Jennifer Holness's Subjects of Desire celebrates Blackness while exploring how the beauty industry shapes images of Black women.

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We Can Speak for Us

by Perry King
August 15, 2017
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When Greg Tourino, a science librarian at Simon Fraser University and former graduate cinema student was asked in BCLiving Magazine about his passion for Black Canadian film, his answer could stand for

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