Speak It! From the Heart of Black Nova Scotia

Directed by Sylvia Hamilton · Starring Shingai Nyajeka · 1992

Black students at a predominantly white Halifax high school confront everyday racism and form a cultural awareness group to reclaim their history.

Teenagers organise to reclaim their erased heritage in a still-resonant 1992 documentary.

In their predominantly white high school in Halifax, a group of black students face daily reminders of racism, ranging from abuse (racist graffiti on washroom walls), to exclusion (the omission of black history from text

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