An Oral History Of The Black Film And Video Network

An Oral History Of The Black Film And Video Network

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 accounts from Claire Prieto who was the creator of the BFVN and helped the voices of many black artists be heard. It goes over the initial goals of the BFVN, as well as its earliest days. It talks about how white directors and films were absent, but for some Black directors themselves they didn’t even know there were Black film scenes. This source holds significance because unlike the other sources, some of the directors of the early Black Canadian film area speak their truth of the history of Black Canadian directing.

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Amanda Parris

Parris, Amanda. “An Oral History of the Black Film and Video Network | CBC Arts.” CBCnews, CBC/Radio Canada, 8 May 2020, www.cbc.ca/arts/an-oral-history-of-the-black-film-and-video-network-1.5559797.

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May 8, 2020

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