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Luane - Toronto, Ontario: Sunny's Quest Series, Season 1

Apartment 11 APT538

Luane is a 7-year-old girl who lives in Toronto, Ontario. She is Canadian and Afro Brazilian, and...

March On! The Day My Brother Martin Changed the World

Weston Woods WW852

by Dr. Christine King Farris, ill. by London Ladd (Scholastic) In celebration of the 45th...

Marcus - Greely, Ontario: Sunny's Quest Series, Season 1

Apartment 11 APT543

Marcus is a 9-year-old boy who lives in Greely, Ontario. His family comes from Haiti and...

Martin Luther King: A Call to Conscience (Tavis Smiley Reports...

PBS Video 041269

This episode delves into one of Martin Luther King Jr.'s greatest speeches, "Beyond Vietnam: A Time...

Martin's Big Words

Weston Woods WW612

by Doreen Rappaport. Using quotes from some of his beloved speeches, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr...

Maya Angelou

Wonderscape Entertainment WE0024

Developed by an English curriculum writer, this program introduces students to the amazing life and...

Mighty Jerome - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB555069

In 1959, at just nineteen years of age, Harry Jerome was Canada’smost promising track and field...

Motion: Heart of a Poet, Season 2

Makin Movies Inc. MJMM38

Spoken word poet, educator and activist, Motion, Queen of the Real, aka Wendy Brathwaite, gives us...

Mr. Civil Rights: Thurgood Marshall and the NAACP

PBS Video 041745

Civil rights attorney Thurgood Marshall's triumph in the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education Supreme...

Mr. Jane and Finch

OYA Media Group OYA000

Winston LaRose, a beloved 80-year-old activist/amateur documentarian who has documented the Black...

Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters

Weston Woods WW334

by John Steptoe Mufaro's daughters are tested unknowingly to reveal which one is worthy enough...

Nelson Mandela: Canada AM

CTV CTV613

A short, informative biography of Mandela - covers his involvement with the African National...

Neve - Pickering, Ontario: Sunny's Quest Series, Season 1

Apartment 11 APT534

Neve is a 9-year-old girl who lives in Pickering, Ontario. She is Canadian, Jamaican, Grenadian and...

New Voices - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB525752

Describes 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 NFB527738

This 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 NFB541421

No 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 NFB523406

Kwai 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 NFB521470

In the late seventies, the government of Ghana, with the help of CIDA (the Canadian International...

Not So Fast Songololo

Weston Woods WW351

by Niki Daly Malusi, a small South African boy, spends a delightful day shopping in the city...

Notable Firsts in Black American History: History Kids Series

Wonderscape Entertainment WE0335

Learn all about notable firsts in Black American history.  Who was the "Mother of Black...

Of Hopscotch and Little Girls... - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB520879

Hopscotch is universal. Girls around the world trace squares on the ground, then hop through them...

Older Stronger Wiser - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB527422

Five 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 NFB527119

Oliver Jones, one of Canada's foremost jazz pianists, tours Nigeria with his bassist and drummer...

Olivia - Ottawa, Ontario: Sunny's Quest Series, Season 1

Apartment 11 APT528

Olivia is a 10-year-old girl who lives in Ottawa, Ontario. She’ll introduce us to her Haitian...

Once ... Agadir - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB522770

The city of Agadir on the north coast of Africa was struck by an earthquake in 1960. This film...

Other Side, The

Weston Woods WW899

by Jacqueline Woodson, illustrated by E.B. Lewis (Putnam) - Clover always wondered why there...

Our Dance of Revolution

Phillip Pike (dba Roaring River Films) RRF000

This untold history of Toronto's Black queer community spans four decades of passionate activist...

Path to Freedom - Buxton, ON: Historylands Season 3

Good Earth Productions GEHL31

The history of Buxton, Ontario is tied to the grand vision of one man, and the triumph of the human...

People Count - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB527234

People Count documents the social, political and economic realities surrounding the population...

Pride and Prejudice: W5

CTV CTV914

Sandie Rinaldo speaks to the son and grandson of George Dixon, who served with pride during World...

Prince Among Slaves

PBS Video 041008

In 1788, the slave ship Africa set sail towards America, with precious cargo: hundreds of men...

Punch 9 for Harold Washington

Video Project, Inc. TVP119

Barack Obama moved to Chicago in 1985, in part, because of a man he'd never met: Harold Washington...

Queer Coolie-tudes

Michelle Mohabeer MOHA00

Queer Coolie-tudes is a creative documentary which reclaims the slur of Coolie and compellingly...

Quinn - Vancouver, British Columbia: Sunny's Quest Series...

Apartment 11 APT535

Quinn is a 7-year-old boy who lives in Vancouver, British Columbia. His family comes from Lesotho...

ré:INSTALLATION: Voici comment les collectivités déracinées...

Sound Venture SVPF70

La série documentaire ré:INSTALLATION relate des histoires fascinantes sur le plan social, des...

re:LOCATION: How Uprooted Communities Fight to Survive Series

Sound Venture SVP500

The re:LOCATION documentary series is a collection of compelling, socially relevant stories that...

Ready to Learn - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB522979

This film is a moving portrait of an alternative school model that aims to instill self-esteem...

Reconstruction and the Aftermath of the Civil War: History Kids...

Wonderscape Entertainment WE0340

Learn all about the Reconstruction era and the end of the Civil War.  What was the Emancipation...

Remember Africville - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB523631

Africville, a small black settlement, lay within the city limits of Halifax, Nova Scotia. In the...

Ride for Promise

Taza Media Inc. TAZ001

Former CFL prospect Curtis Carmichael embarks on a nation-wide adventure - cycling from Vancouver...

Rosa

Weston Woods WW829

by Nikki Giovanni, illustrated by Bryan Collier (Henry Holt) On December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks...

Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott: History Kids Series

Wonderscape Entertainment WE0041

Learn all about Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott.  Understand what influenced Rosa's...

Scottsboro: An American Tragedy

PBS Video 040552

In March 1931, two white women stepped off a box car in Paint Rock, Alabama, with a shocking...

Searching for Hawa's Secret - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB522309

Frank Plummer is a Canadian scientist studying AIDS, and since 1983 the centre of his work has been...

Seeing Canada, Season 3

Brandy Y Productions BYP095

Canadian journalist Brandy Yanchyk explores the vibrant cities, culinary delights, world-class...

Série GéoMinute

Canadian Geographic Enterprises CGE015FR

Une série de 13 segments d'une minute célébrant les anniversaires marquants de l'histoire du...

Seven Candles for Kwanzaa

Weston Woods WW371

by Andrea Davis Pinkney This unique African-American holiday commemorates the strength of...

Seven Shades of Pale - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB523633

From 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 NFB530768

Follow the searing, emotional journey of Canadian Lt-General Roméo Dallaire, who commanded the UN...

She Persisted: 13 American Women Who Changed the World

Weston Woods WW3031

Book by Chelsea Clinton, ill. by Alexandra Boiger (Philomel)    Chelsea Clinton celebrates...

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