Distinguished Black and White Activists campaigned for the abolition of slavery

In the St. Michel neighbourhood of Montreal, a small idea has become a big success. The Hope Boxing Club, started by Montreal Police Officer, Evens Guercy, has opened doors for many of the neighbourhood kids.

Set in Montreal, Quebec, ‘Up From The Roots’ examines the relationships that exist between the city’s various Caribbean-Canadian communities, as well as their roots and identity.

This documentary follows a seventh generation Black Canadian man who goes to Jamaica for the second time, on a mission to document and reconnect with his Jamaican Maroons Roots. At Stepney Elementary School, in the birthplace of the legendary Bob Marley, as Papa Grand teaches and shares the oral history passed down to him from his Nova Scotian ancestors as well as from the Maroons of Acompong Town, Trelaney and

In this animated spoken word piece, Lucius Dechausay, shares the challenges of forming a cultural identity in Canada: from Black history in Africville to his roots in The Dominican Republic.

Fueled by their longing for freedom, many slaves try to break free from their owners.