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
Older Stronger Wiser
[1989]
Eva Smith came to Canada under the West Indian Domestic Scheme in 1955. She...
Entire NFB Films
Speak It! From the Heart of Black Nova Scotia
[1992]
In the environment of their predominantly white high school, a group of Black...
Bronwen & Yaffa (Moving Towards Tolerance)
[1996]
Against a vibrant soundtrack of punk and rap music, two extraordinary young women...
Black Mother Black Daughter
[1989]
Black Mother Black Daughter explores the lives and experiences of black...
Photographs
A Black Wood Cutter at Shelburne, Nova Scotia.
[1788]
This watercolour is probably the oldest representation of a Nova Scotian of African...