Black History
96 title(s) found.Long Ways to Go - DVD
National Film Board Of Canada NFB523869Made with the help of the Union United Church of Montréal, this film dramatizes some of the more...
Loyalties - DVD
National Film Board Of Canada NFB524428This documentary is the story of two women whose meeting brought together two halves of a whole...
Mighty Jerome - DVD
National Film Board Of Canada NFB555069In 1959, at just nineteen years of age, Harry Jerome was Canada’smost promising track and field...
New Voices - DVD
National Film Board Of Canada NFB525752Describes the emergence of the Islamic world as a growing force among the new African nations, and...
Nigeria: Giant in Africa - DVD
National Film Board Of Canada NFB527738This vivid recounting of Nigeria's history, from pre-European times to the mid-20th century...
No Past to Speak Of - DVD
National Film Board Of Canada NFB541421No Past To Speak Of explores the horrific reality of infant rape in South Africa and investigates...
No Time to Stop - DVD
National Film Board Of Canada NFB523406Kwai Fong Lai is from Hong Kong, Alberta Onyejekwe from Ghana, and Angela Williams from Jamaica...
Not Far from Bolgatanga - DVD
National Film Board Of Canada NFB521470In the late seventies, the government of Ghana, with the help of CIDA (the Canadian International...
Of Hopscotch and Little Girls... - DVD
National Film Board Of Canada NFB520879Hopscotch is universal. Girls around the world trace squares on the ground, then hop through them...
Older Stronger Wiser - DVD
National Film Board Of Canada NFB527422Five Black women talk about their lives in rural and urban Canada between the 1920s and 1950s. What...
Oliver Jones in Africa - DVD
National Film Board Of Canada NFB527119Oliver Jones, one of Canada's foremost jazz pianists, tours Nigeria with his bassist and drummer...
Once ... Agadir - DVD
National Film Board Of Canada NFB522770The city of Agadir on the north coast of Africa was struck by an earthquake in 1960. This film...
People Count - DVD
National Film Board Of Canada NFB527234People Count documents the social, political and economic realities surrounding the population...
Ready to Learn - DVD
National Film Board Of Canada NFB522979This film is a moving portrait of an alternative school model that aims to instill self-esteem...
Remember Africville - DVD
National Film Board Of Canada NFB523631Africville, a small black settlement, lay within the city limits of Halifax, Nova Scotia. In the...
Searching for Hawa's Secret - DVD
National Film Board Of Canada NFB522309Frank Plummer is a Canadian scientist studying AIDS, and since 1983 the centre of his work has been...
Seven Shades of Pale - DVD
National Film Board Of Canada NFB523633From a quiet, neglected corner of Nova Scotia, a meeting with the Black community that shows both...
Shake Hands with the Devil - DVD
National Film Board Of Canada NFB530768Follow the searing, emotional journey of Canadian Lt-General Roméo Dallaire, who commanded the UN...
Shock Waves - DVD
National Film Board Of Canada NFB544165In the Democratic Republic of Congo, murder, rape, armed conflict and the looting of civilians by...
Sisters in the Struggle - DVD
National Film Board Of Canada NFB523051Sisters in the Struggle features Black women who are active in community organizing, electoral...
Sitting in Limbo - DVD
National Film Board Of Canada NFB520502Full of gentle warmth and humour, and with an upbeat reggae score, this feature from the NFB's...
Sitting on a Volcano - DVD
National Film Board Of Canada NFB522463Only fifty years after the Holocaust, the world has allowed another genocide to take place, this...
Soldiers for the Streets - DVD
National Film Board Of Canada NFB524405Ras King spent the better part of his childhood bouncing between group homes after his mother was...
Speak It! From the Heart of Black Nova Scotia - DVD
National Film Board Of Canada NFB524015In the environment of their predominantly white high school, a group of Black students face daily...
Speakers for the Dead - DVD
National Film Board Of Canada NFB522813In the 1930s in rural Ontario, farmer Bill Reid buried the tombstones of a Black cemetery under a...
Story of a Beautiful Country - DVD
National Film Board Of Canada NFB530079Story of a Beautiful Country is the journey of Khalo Matabane, a young Black filmmaker in search of...
Tales of Sand and Snow - DVD
National Film Board Of Canada NFB534463Having recently immigrated to Montreal, Burkinabe director Hyacinthe Combary explores his roots in...
The Colour of Beauty - DVD
National Film Board Of Canada NFB550296Renee Thompson is trying to make it as a top fashion model in New York. She's got the looks, the...
The Hour of Independence - DVD
National Film Board Of Canada NFB520422From the French-speaking lands of Africa, a film-study of decolonization and the effect it may have...
The Magic of Anansi - DVD
National Film Board Of Canada NFB519855Anansi the spider is tired of being looked down on by all the jungle animals--just because his webs...
The Road Taken - DVD
National Film Board Of Canada NFB523809A nostalgic ride through history, The Road Taken documents the experiences of Blacks who worked as...
The Story of Okra John - DVD
National Film Board Of Canada NFB523493Professional storyteller Joan Bodger entertains an audience with a traditional Black folk tale...
The Tribal Mind - DVD
National Film Board Of Canada NFB526001South Africa isn't the only society where racial and tribal identity have profoundly marked the way...
Three Apprentices - DVD
National Film Board Of Canada NFB526715A film comparing the lives of three young workers. Patrick Ughe is an apprentice shipwright in the...
Trees of Hope - DVD
National Film Board Of Canada NFB525147Trees of Hope documents the rapid deforestation of Africa and analyzes various solutions, such as...
Trees of Plenty - DVD
National Film Board Of Canada NFB527754Overpopulation, deforestation, overgrazing, and improper cropping methods are putting lands and...
Turbulences - DVD
National Film Board Of Canada NFB522400What happens when a butterfly flutters its wings? Does the air around it rumble and seethe...
Voice of the Fugitive - DVD
National Film Board Of Canada NFB525650In the 1850s, Canada meant freedom for many escaped slaves, but the route known as the "underground...
Waiting - DVD
National Film Board Of Canada NFB528570The Dinkas of South Sudan are an extremely patient people. With empty stomachs, they await the next...
War Hospital - DVD
National Film Board Of Canada NFB531884Shot in cinéma vérité, War Hospital intensely immerses the viewer in the sights and sounds of...
Water: The Hazardous Necessity - DVD
National Film Board Of Canada NFB524289Every day 25 000 people in developing countries die from using unsafe water, and until recently the...
Where Credit Is Due - DVD
National Film Board Of Canada NFB523139Access to credit is a major problem for many market women in East Africa. This film introduces some...
Where I Belong - DVD
National Film Board Of Canada NFB542756It was a dramatic year for Arinze Eze – in love, work, even family – and our cameras were...
Who Gets In? - DVD
National Film Board Of Canada NFB525111Who Gets In? explores the many questions raised by Canada's immigration policy in the face of one...
Your Country, My Country - DVD
National Film Board Of Canada NFB525176English version of a film about a friendship between two ten-year-old Montréal schoolkids. She is...
Zandile, in the Light of the Ubuntu - DVD
National Film Board Of Canada NFB523903She is South African, and her name is Zandile Gumede. At 35, this Zulu woman is the leading light...