This collection of short films explores Toronto’s Black diaspora. Pulling from a collection of 500+ oral histories, these filmmakers created rich, visual stories – each as unique in style and tone as the personal narrative that inspired their work.

This screening and panel discussion is your chance to hear directly from the filmmakers who contributed to the Black Diasporas Tkaronto-Toronto exhibition.

How can film translate oral narratives into rich, visual stories? What transcends and emerges when filmmakers bring their own culture’s tales to the screen?

Join Museum of Toronto at Trinity Square Video for a screening of these short films, followed by a discussion with a filmmakers from the project. Learn how these filmmakers translated oral histories and personal narratives into films that speak to a diaspora and beyond, and explore the complete exhibition at Museum of Toronto.

This screening and exhibition features short films by:
Aisha Fairclough (“(Re)membering Us”)
Ayo Tsalithaba (“3rd Class Citizen”)
Cazhhmere Downey (“Gary Beals: Scotian in Toronto”)
Chelsea Nyomi (“Intentional Connections”, “Reggae Soul”)
Isabel Okoro (“Within”)
Nala Haileselassie (“There Was a Place”)
Raoul Olou (“The Yellow Line”)
Roya DelSol (“A Melodious Cacophony of Joy and Rebellion”)
Will Selviz (“Homeaway”)
Yazid Mohamednur (“Mosques”, “Sahan”)

About Black Diasporas Tkaronto-Toronto
Black Diasporas Tkaronto-Toronto presents films and archives told and created by over 100 Black Canadians. More than 500 personal narratives document the rich histories that have shaped the spaces and places of contemporary Toronto.

About Museum of Toronto
We offer experiences that tell the histories of Toronto. Enjoy our programming in our downtown exhibition space, throughout the city, and online. Museum of Toronto is Getting Toronto, Together.

This event is hosted at and sponsored by Trinity Square Video, our good friends and neighbours at 401 Richmond West.