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Rathika Sitsabaiesan is a former Canadian MP who advocates for the Eelam Tamils who escaped genocide. Rathika's story is told through real-life experiences of being followed by the same government responsible for the widespread suffering.

For decades, "Bam Bam" has been a sampled track within the music industry. It showcases the transcendent stylings and legacy of Sister Nancy.

After discovering her mother's letters, Staceyann Chin examines Hazel's past and how her absence shaped Chin's poetry, politics, and parenting. Chin navigates revelations about Hazel while raising her own daughter, Zuri, in an joyful way.

A group of twenty-somethings investigate the difficulties of Black mental health and the ties of chosen family in an online plant care community as a global epidemic is underway.

Young filmmaker KhaRå Martin explores Canada's Black social movements, reviving personal archives to illuminate transformative moments in Black Canadian history.

Winston LaRose is an 80-year-old community activist affectionately known as Mr.Jane and Finch. He has dedicated the last 25 years to supporting residents who live in the troubled community of Jane and Finch. With gentrification high up on the political agenda, he decides, for the first time, to run for office as Councillor of Toronto's Ward 7 and challenge the established powers that be.

In an exploration of Black Canadian filmmaking, emerging filmmakers Christian Anderson and Ajahnis Charley quickly discover the realities of the industry. Through insights from veteran filmmakers such as Claire Prieto-Fuller, the young filmmakers learn that sometimes if you aren't given a seat at the table, you have to make your own.

What is the impact of the Toronto Community Crisis Service (TCCS) pilot program and can it permanently change how policing and mental health service supports are provided in Toronto?

Soulmates Venus and Eli have just moved in together. They return home from a perfect night out, only to realize their bedtime routines are completely out of sync.

A new Neorealism short based on true events about a young teenager who has hope and is adamant in caring for her mother as her health takes a turn for the worse. Loyal, she insists on sticking by her mother's side until the very end.

The cost of paradise, but for whom?

Little Jamaica, a neighbourhood in Toronto's west end, was a once thriving hub for Black and Caribbean business owners until the ills of gentrification reared its ugly head. Vernal Small, the owner of the 47-year old business Jamall Caribbean Custom Tailor, is now tasked with confronting how the construction of the incoming above ground light rail is shifting the dynamic of his community, changing their future and slowly erasing their presence in the process. Tallawah Abroad aims to answer how Small, residents and other business owners are preparing themselves for all the adjustments on the horizon.

A 6-film omnibus showcasing Black realities in modern-day Toronto.

With the opportunity of a lifetime on the line, headstrong Kaya reaches out to her estranged mother for help, an entanglement that leads to a journey of understanding and healing through hair.

Protectress VR is a prototype of a single-player interactive narrative experience for Meta Quest 2 about the protection and restoration of a sacred forest. Tasked with the quest of healing the forest by the Ancient Artemis, it is up to the player-a Defender of the Earth-to plant a seedling thus communicating with the Tree Kingdom before the knowledge is lost forever.

Follows Chloe Cooley, an enslaved Black woman in Upper Canada in 1793. Her acts of resistance in the face of violence led to Canada's first legislation limiting slavery.

Some people believe that Canadian hip-hop started with Drake. With former Much Music VJs, Michael Williams, Master T and community radio deejays, this episode charts Canadian Hip Hop's early beginnings from Michie Mee and Maestro to Drake and in the process uncover a rich history of cultural activism.

Every year over 2 million people celebrate Toronto Carnival but not everyone knows there are hidden messages in the revelry which makes protecting this cultural institution even that more vital..

Capturing Black images with photography is an artistic endeavor but because of racial inequities Black Canadian photographers create images with a political lens. We will discuss the complexity of the Black gaze with renowned photographers and curators.

In recent years, Black Canadian novelists like Laurence Hill and Auston Clarke, have been lauded around the world, but little is known about the history of Black Canadian literature and how it intersects with immigration and transnational movements from the Caribbean and Africa.

While some of our community archivists collect others create. We uncover what motivates members of the Black Canadian community to archive Black history and also get them to reveal some of their most prized possessions.