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Link to the full interview: https://www.aidsactivisthistory.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/aahp-dionne-falconer.pdf
This is an excerpt from an interview by the AIDS Activist History Project with Dionne A. Falconer, who was a leading figure in Black…

Link to the full interview: https://www.aidsactivisthistory.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/aahp-douglas-stewart.pdf
This segment of an interview with Douglas Stewart, a key figure in the Black CAP (The Black Coalition for AIDS Prevention), depicts…

Link to the full documentary: https://youtu.be/zy8li7rdPSE
In a documentary created as a tribute to Toronto drag queen Michelle Ross after her unfortunate passing, her friends and family detail the importance she had not only for drag, but for the…

Link to the full video: https://youtu.be/bdjatvBN93M
In this excerpt of a promotional video for Black CAP (The Black Coalition for AIDS Prevention) looking back on its history, Dionne A. Falconer speaks on her experience leading the movement and…

This is an image of Clement Virgo behind the scenes of his 1995 film Rude. In the image he is depicted smiling, happy and with Maurice Dean Wint one of the actors of the film, and then two of his producers Karen King, and Damon D’Oliveira. This image…

This source is an oral history with real accounts from Black Canadian Directors. It tells the stories of the directors behind many different projects in Canada, but it specifically tells the story behind the Black Film and Video Network. It has many…

Claire Prieto is one of the four pioneering Black directors of Canada. Her first notable piece was Some Black Woman (1975) working with Roger McTair. She immigrated from Trinidad to Canada where she began pursuing her directing career and eventually…

After her death from cancer in 1989, Jennerfer Hodge de Silva had a tribute planned for her in her honour to show her works. This tribute demonstrates that in her small time creating and releasing her documentaries she made an impact that would last…