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Black Mother Black Daughter (1989)

Sylvia Hamilton is an award-winning Nova Scotian filmmaker dedicated to the preservation of Black history and […]

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Directed by Sylvia Hamilton and Claire Prieto
Nova Scotia
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One Night In Miami (2020)

February 25, 1964 was the night Cassius Clay (played by Halifax’s own Eli Goree) beat Sonny […]

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Starring Halifax, Nova Scotia's Eli Goree
Had its North American premiere at TIFF 2020 and was the runner up for the People's Choice Award.
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Knives Out (2019)

The classic whodunit gets a new twist in this murder mystery within a murder mystery played […]

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Starring Christopher Plummer
Plummer is no stranger to whodunnits having played Sherlock Holmes twice before.
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Jacob Two-Two Meets the Hooded Fang (1999)

Nostalgia reigns supreme with Jacob Two-Two, the main characters in celebrated Canadian author Mordecai Richler’s children’s […]

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Director George Bloomfield, stars Mark McKinney and Maury Chaykin
Toronto, Ontario
Jacob Two-Two was also adapted for the screen in 1978 and 2003.
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Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance (1993)

Abenaki filmmaker Alanis Obomsawin brought viewers right to the front lines of Quebec’s Oka Crisis and […]

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Alanis Obomsawin
Oka, Quebec
Winner of 18 awards internationally and domestically
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Black Cop (2017)

Police brutality towards the Black community is such a systemic issue that Black parents prepare their […]

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Writer/Director Cory Bowles
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Winner of the John Dunning Discovery Award at the 2018 Canadian Screen Awards.
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