Being Black in Canada (English and French Montreal program)
The recurrent cycle Noir.e.s à la caméra allows us to discover works directed or produced by African or Afrodescendant filmmakers throughout the history of cinema.
Films created by Montreal filmmakers as part of the Fabienne Colas Foundation's Être Noir.e au Canada program. | With special guests
We see our main character Boris doing a lot of the daily things he loves doing, homework, helping his family, and most importantly playing football. Through we follow his while his family speak on his journey to success in their eyes. Boris also takes the time to sit down and speak on his experience and what he had to overcome to become the man he is today.
An exploration of a black boxer's life in a tumultuous year, as he reflects on his career to reveal how he feels about the current state of racial violence and how he intends to handle the challenge ahead.
Dee is a 2nd generation Haitian-Canadian living in Montreal. For the past four years, she’s been able to connect with her mother back home through the Haitian food and festivals sprinkled around the city. Her involvement with Montreal’s Haitian community, however, has been superficial for the most part. In an effort to understand her place within the city and what’s kept her from connecting with her community, she tries to find answers in the story of her mother’s immigration to Quebec in the spring of 1983.
Theo Abellard and Modibo Keita are musicians from Montreal who’ve formed their own concert series and music venue. Their personal experiences in the music scene and within music institutions has led them to forming musical spaces for those of their community; taking the future of Montreal's music scene in their hands.
Wounded focuses on the subject of hypersexualization, which is under the umbrella of adultification bias. Where children of minority groups, such as black girls are treated as being more mature than they actually are by the social standard of development. The film explores the past and present stories of three young black women as they tackle the erasure of their childhoods.
Against All Odds — a battle against society’s deep-rooted mentality, against all expectations, and against being opposed to the majority. Against All Odds represents struggles, roadblocks, racism and all the difficulties that come with being a minority. Although success is always very uncertain, one athlete has overcome these challenges on the ice against all odds.
ibánga is an introspection on the notion of fear in Afro-descendant communities; is it palpable? How to face it? Perhaps knowing oneself, one another, knowing our heritage and environment, would enrich the deepening, coexistence and advancement of all.
A Haitian-born dancer immigrated to Canada. She finds through Haitian Traditional Dance a means to affirm her identity, reconnect with her culture, and country of origin. She is accompanied through her quest by two dancers of Haitian background. They share their experience, connection with drums, and their understanding of the Ibo rhythm. Through their dancing, these three dancers acknowledge the freeing powerful emotion that comes with the Ibo rhythm, the necessity to break down the stereotypes that bind us. KASE CHENN is a personal thought process. A statement and celebration of Haitian cultural heritage.
KNOTS explores the complexities of black women's relationship with their natural hair and the stigmas surrounding it.
Cassandre lives a quest for identity through colorism. She works on the subject of colorism with the aim of opening a dialogue. A sensitive subject to explain, but at the same time very present in black communities. She therefore called on specialists and personal testimonies to understand why colorism is still so present.
