La série suit l’histoire des porteurs noirs du quartier de la Petite-Bourgogne à Montréal, à l’époque de la prohibition, dans les années 1920. Le travail de cette main-d’œuvre, largement composée d’hommes noirs, consistait à porter les bagages et à pourvoir aux besoins de la clientèle – principalement blanche – des entreprises ferroviaires de la métropole.
artistes afro-descendant.e.s | black artists
Visibility doesn’t necessarily equate to progress. A recent UCLA study found that while Black, Latinx, and Asian people were “approaching proportionate representation” as the leads on cable and streaming scripted shows during the 2019-2020 TV season, their numbers were still shamefully scant as writers, directors, and showrunners. Representation isn’t just about having one mirror, but many. It’s about nuance in all aspects of production. The abundance created by streaming has led to some 500 original scripted series premiering each year, many of which allow for greater access to Black experiences. But that impact is wasted without creators who can imbue those stories with intricacy, pulse, and an earned perspective. That is what Black viewers are owed—a heightened, multidirectional portrait of Black life on TV on their terms.
The Black Documentary Collective (BDC) was founded by the late, great documentarian St. Clair Bourne to support the artistic development and professional advancement of documentary media makers of African descent.
À travers 126 films, 40 pays et 66 ans d’histoire de cinéma, Tigritudes* 1956-2021 dessine une anthologie subjective et chronologique panafricaine. Conçu par les réalisatrices Dyana Gaye et Valérie Osouf, en collaboration avec le Forum des images, ce cycle parcourt les enjeux et les formes d’une cinématographie encore largement méconnue.
Vous trouverez ici, entre autres, une collection de films réalisés par des cinéastes issu·e·s des communautés noires.
The State of Blackness Database project is a searchable, web-based, annotated catalogue of key visual art productions, analytic essays, oral history interviews, research papers and colloquia presentations – produced by and about black Canadian artists, critics and curators from the late 1980s to the present. The database seeks to provide visibility, and make accessible, information pertaining to black Canadian visual arts productions.