Through the use of never-before-seen archives and the voices of those who lived through the tumultuous period of 1960s Montreal, True North explores the pivotal events of a moment that impacted the global movement for Black liberation, centering the Congress of Black Writers and the Sir George Williams Affair.
Archival footage is used to tell the stories of Black students and activists who lived through these events, interweaving accounts of a little-known historical chapter in the Black Power movement that impacted the struggle for Black liberation across the globe and resonates with today's movements for change.
True North is the most recent film from Michèle Stephenson, whose previous film Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project won the 2023 Sundance Grand Jury Prize for U.S. documentary. Her film Stateless won the Special Jury Prize for Canadian Feature Documentary at Hot Docs 2020.
In English and French, with English subtitles.
Join director Michèle Stephenson for a post-screening Zoom discussion on Saturday, February 21.
Filmmaker, artist, and author Michèle Stephenson draws from her Panamanian and Haitian roots and international experience as a human-rights attorney to tell provocative stories in a variety of media that speak to personal and systemic liberation. Her work has appeared on numerous broadcast and web platforms, including PBS, Showtime, and MTV.
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