See everything, hear everything
Watch 60 films, 170 excerpts and over 80 archival artefacts selected by NFB specialists as part of this unique project.
Excerpts from NFB films
Your Country, My Country
[1993]
Stereotypes can mislead. A 10 year-old schoolgirl who is Black has a little fun...
No Time to Stop
[1990]
Angela Williams emigrated from Jamaica to Canada seeking opportunities for herself...
The Road Taken
[1996]
Lee Williams spent 42 years working on the railroad, much ot that time as a porter....
The Road Taken
[1996]
In the 1950s Black porters intensified their struggle against discriminatory...
Entire NFB Films
No Time to Stop
[1990]
Kwai Fong Lai is from Hong Kong, Alberta Onyejekwe from Ghana, and Angela Williams...
The Road Taken
[1996]
A nostalgic ride through history, The Road Taken documents the...
Black Mother Black Daughter
[1989]
Black Mother Black Daughter explores the lives and experiences of black...
Older Stronger Wiser
[1989]
Five Black women talk about their lives in rural and urban Canada between the 1920s...
Photographs
Zero Tolerance
[2004]
In a city like Montreal, prejudice involves two worlds, two visions. On one side the...
WORLD AT 10
[2003]
In Toronto, Ontario inner-city schoolchildren from low-income families endure daily...
A Black Wood Cutter at Shelburne, Nova Scotia.
[1788]
This watercolour is probably the oldest representation of a Nova Scotian of African...
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