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A sketch of Richard Preston, key figure in the formation of the Campbell Road Baptist Church in Africville

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…

This image is from 2010, and it is Claire Prieto receiving her lifetime achievement award. This closing Imaged truly shows how far Black Canadian Filmmakers and Directors have gone. They were from not being recognized, underfunded, underappreciated,…

On the day of their graduation, Class of 1951 marched from Women’s College Hospital to Convocation Hall at the University of Toronto. The school’s first Black student Agnes Clinton can be seen in the photograph. She is an example of one of the first…

Club Bluenote was a popular music venue that had opened up in the late 1950s and gained popularity during the 1960s, where performers such as Dianne Brooks and Shirley Matthews would often frequent and perform at. Kay Taylor and the Regents were the…

A 1948 agreement between the Canadian National Railway Employees. It outlines the working conditions and wages for the employees in the union. This agreement shows that Black porters were some of the lowest paid workers, and especially the unequal…

This is a preview from a 1999 documentary which included two of the most important testimonies of the Black Canadian directors scenes. Both Roger McTair, and Claire Prieto (Amongst other directors) talk about in a short 10 minutes their reason for…

This newspaper commentary provides one of the earliest accounts of Bannister’s reception within cultural circles. The Globe notes the praises for his artistic achievements while acknowledging that it is still framed through the racism he endured. The…