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Sylvia Hamilton

Sylvia Hamilton

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Waters of the Diaspora (2024)

Waters of the Diaspora is a short lyrical meditation and imagining of the enduring legacy of the Transatlantic Slave Trade in African people. Water was central to that trade. It was the means used to ship human beings–treated as cargo/free labour– to t ...

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The Little Black School House (2007)

Award-winning filmmaker and writer Sylvia Hamilton painstakingly unearths the story of the children, women, men who were students and teachers in Canada's racially segregated schools in The Little Black School House. The film is a compelling illustration o ...

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Portia White: Think On Me (2000)

Biography of Nova Scotia born contralto Portia White, who in the 1940' and 50's was often compared to the American Marian Anderson, covering her singing and teaching careers. Uses archival film and TV footage, excerpts from recordings, and interviews with ...

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Against the Tides: The Jones Family (1994)

Part 2 of the "Hymn to Freedom" TV docuseries on the Black experience in Canada, Sylvia Hamilton documents the history of Black immigration and community in Nova Scotia. ...

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Speak It! From the Heart of Black Nova Scotia (1992)

In their predominantly white high school in Halifax, a group of black students face daily reminders of racism, ranging from abuse (racist graffiti on washroom walls), to exclusion (the omission of black history from textbooks). They work to establish a Cul ...

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Black Mother Black Daughter (1989)

Black Mother Black Daughter explores the lives and experiences of black women in Nova Scotia, their contributions to the home, the church and the community and the strengths they pass on to their daughters. ...

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Movies Starring Sylvia Hamilton (2)

Making Movie History: Sylvia Hamilton (2014)

Director Sylvia Hamilton reflects on her work with the NFBs Atlantic Studio and the birth of New Initiatives in Film - A Studio D initiative for women of colour and aboriginal women. ...

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Black Mother Black Daughter (1989)

Black Mother Black Daughter explores the lives and experiences of black women in Nova Scotia, their contributions to the home, the church and the community and the strengths they pass on to their daughters. ...

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