The NFB documentary Sisters in the Struggle (1991- Dionne Brand, Ginny Stikeman) features a frank conversation among Black women active in politics as well as community, labour, and feminist organizing. The women share their personal experiences of racism and sexism, linking them to the fight to end systemic discrimination and violence. Two other NFB films […]
Sylvia Hamilton first became involved with the National Film Board in the mid-1980s. In Making Movie History, she reflects on her involvement
Forty years ago on February 14, 1981, during the debate over the Charter of Rights and Freedoms,
The Black Women’s Collective’s statement on state violence resonates in our current historical moment
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