Although it was filmed in Toronto’s downtown Regent Park neighbourhood and features a soundtrack fuelled by underground local rappers, Emmanuel Kabongo says his new film “Sway” doesn’t feel like a Canadian production. “Everybody was excited to make something that we, as Canadians, don’t always see on screen: raw, gritty, unapologetic,” …
Read More »‘She didn’t hesitate’: The untold story behind a Black Canadian woman’s wartime portrait
Thousands of people have seen it over the past 70-plus years: a dramatic oil portrait from 1946 of a Black Canadian woman in a military uniform, standing behind a canteen counter. Her arms are crossed. Her face is stern. Decades later, the portrait still conveys an image of strength. It’s one of …
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