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Bring it Black

Bring it Black

Cinema Politica is thrilled to launch selected films from our hand-picked program Bring it Black: Films by Black Artists in Canada, co-curated with Ella Cooper and Henri Pardo for Cinema Politica On Demand. From fiction to experimental to documentary, and everything between, this collection of shorts combines creative flair with political potency and unwavering voice. We hope audiences are as awe-struck as we are by this rich selection of cinema from Black directors working across the country known as Canada. This program represents many voices – revolutionary, innovative, poetic, passionate, queer, young, experienced, leading, moving, migratory, teaching, dreaming – that are part of a much larger community of Black filmmakers and we are honoured and delighted to share some of their work with you.

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Thumbnail from TESFAYE by Daniel D Negatu

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Bring it Black
  • The Shirley Card
    03:03
    The Shirley Card

    The Shirley Card

    Directed by Sonya Mwambu • 2017 • Canada • 3’

    Gesturing to the racial bias behind Kodak’s mid-century “Shirley Cards,” Mwambu brings deeply textured layers of Black artistry, history and the racial politics of popular culture.

    All proceeds generated from the streaming of this video are split be...

  • Heartbreak
    01:00
    Heartbreak

    Heartbreak

    A film by Rebels and Misfits Media • 2016 • Canada • 1’

    A poetic moment paused for Black motherhood, for Black bodies and Black resilience.

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  • Bonum
    11:14
    Bonum

    Bonum

    Directed by Sabrina Naz Comanescu • 2017 • Canada • 12'

    The politics of perseverance, revealed through the imagination of dance and performance.

  • 1 vers[us] 1
    05:06
    1 vers[us] 1

    1 vers[us] 1

    Directed by Kourtney Jackson • 2018 • Canada • 5'

    A young woman explores and confronts her reflections on being a woman, migration and faith.

  • Sira
    05:48
    Sira

    Sira

    Directed by Rolla Tahir • 2019 • Canada • 6’

    Displacement, exodus, family and belonging are explored in this experimental archival “biography” (“sira” in Arabic).

  • Tesfaye
    31:33
    Tesfaye

    Tesfaye

    Directed by Daniel D Negatu • 2019 • Canada • 32'

    There is no singular immigrant experience, a fact beautifully rendered in this story of trauma, migration and the strain to navigate “home.”

  • Camfranglais
    15:40
    Camfranglais

    Camfranglais

    Directed by Myléne Augustin & Feven Ghebremariam ∙ 2018 ∙ Canada ∙ 12'

    Summer 2117 will be revealing for Sam, an 18-year-old Cameroonian girl. Freshly elected to the tribal council that governs her country, she joins the national delegation that is invited to Tiohtià:ke (Montreal). This trip...

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