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Crowned (Online Only)

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Storyline“Crowned” shines a light on Black women rewriting narratives formed in their earlier years. Through raw, intimate reflections, they reveal how shame […]

Hyphenated (Online Only)

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Storyline“Hyphenated” examines identity among Canadians with hyphenated cultural identities. It explores tensions between heritage and home, language and belonging, pride and pressure. […]

Parallax Bodies (Online Only)

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StorylineTwo African immigrants in Canada trace the roots that shape them as artists. By exploring memory and present-day practice, they reveal their […]

Taking up Space (Online Only)

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StorylineUp-and-coming improvisers Alex, Frankie and Felix form a BPOC (Black and People of Colour) comedy group called the "Diversity Hires.” Part of […]

Japa (Online Only)

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StorylineWhen two young Nigerians leave home to settle in Toronto, Canada, hoping to build a better life, they face challenges far harsher […]

Kings To Strangers: The Climb Back (Online Only)

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Storyline“Kings to Strangers: The Climb Back” follows immigrants in Canada as they navigate loss of status, identity, and certainty. Through quiet moments […]

My True Love’s Skin (Online Only)

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StorylineA documentary connecting diverse experiences of Canadian Black women, bringing intimate conversations about identity, social issues, and the complexities of living as […]

Rhino: Diary of a Krumper (Online Only)

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Storyline“Rhino” traces a Black man’s journey through Krump as he moves between vulnerability and strength in his Toronto hometown. The film explores […]

Straight Out of Africa (Online Only)

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Storyline“Rhino” traces a Black man’s journey through Krump as he moves between vulnerability and strength in his Toronto hometown. The film explores […]

StreetNames (Online Only)

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Storyline“Streetnames” explores how naming shapes memory and power in Toronto. Centered on the transformation of Yonge-Dundas Square into Sankofa Square, the film […]

Cette Maison (Online Only)

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StorylineBridgeport, January 17, 2008. A teenage girl is found hanged in her room. While everything points to suicide, the autopsy report reveals […]

Dope is Death (Online Only)

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StorylineIn 1973, Dr. Mutulu Shakur, along with fellow Black Panthers and the Young Lords, combined community health with radical politics to create […]

Kite Zo A: Leave The Bones (Online Only)

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Storyline"Kite Zo A" est un film sensoriel sur les rituels en Haïti, de l'ancien au moderne Online film available from March 20 […]

Rhumba Rules, New Genealogies (Online Only)

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StorylineGlimpse into the contemporary music scene of Kinshasa featuring Brigade Sarbati Orchestra. Online film available from March 20 to 24thCo-presented by GET […]

Stateless (Online Only)

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StorylineThrough the grassroots campaign of electoral hopeful Rosa Iris, director Michèle Stephenson’s new documentary reveals the depths of racial hatred and institutionalized […]

Subject of Desire (Online Only)

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StorylineProvocative and celebratory, Subjects of Desire challenges what we understand about race and the power behind beauty. Online film available from March […]

Of Mud and Blood (In Theatre Only)

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La Nouvelle Scène 333, Avenue King Edward, Ottawa

StorylineOf Blood and Mud documents the everyday existence of the inhabitants of the coltan mining village of Numbi in the Congo DRC, […]

The Fisherman (In Theatre Only)

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La Nouvelle Scène 333, Avenue King Edward, Ottawa

StorylineVenice Film Festival-winning feast of magical realist comedy— aging Ghanaian Atta Oko sets his sights on finally having his own boat and […]