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Based on the true story of Shields Green, an African American slave who escaped and participated in abolitionist John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry. Enslavement: The True Story of Fanny Kemble: 2000: The film depicts the story of British actress and abolitionist Fanny Kemble, who becomes horrified by the treatment of her husband's enslaved people.
Angelique's Isle is a 2018 Canadian historical drama film, directed by Marie-Hélène Cousineau and Michelle Derosier. [2] Based on a true story set in 1845, the film stars Julia Jones as Angelique Mott, an Anishinaabe woman who accompanies her voyageur husband Charlie (Charlie Carrick) on an expedition to search for potential mining sites during the Copper Rush, only for the couple to be ...
The Book of Negroes is a 2015 Canadian historical drama television miniseries directed by Clement Virgo, adapted by Virgo and Lawrence Hill from the latter’s 2007 novel of the same name. It stars Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor , Lyriq Bent , Cuba Gooding Jr. , Louis Gossett Jr. , Ben Chaplin , Allan Hawco , Greg Bryk , and Jane Alexander .
Samuel Bass (1807–1853) was a white Canadian abolitionist who helped Solomon Northup, author of Twelve Years a Slave, attain his freedom.Northup was a free black man from New York who was kidnapped and forced into slavery in the Deep South.
Brotherhood is a 2019 Canadian period drama film [1] written and directed by Richard Bell. [2] Set in the 1920s, the film recounts the true story of a group of youth at a summer camp on Balsam Lake in the Kawartha Lakes, who had to fight for survival when an unforeseen thunderstorm overwhelmed their canoe trip. [3]
Frankie & Alice (2010) – Canadian drama film based on a true story about a popular go-go dancer/stripper in the 1970s who has dissociative identity disorder [57] Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life (French: Gainsbourg (Vie héroïque)) (2010) – French biographical drama film based on the life of French singer Serge Gainsbourg [58]
Josiah Henson (June 15, 1789 – May 5, 1883) was an author, abolitionist, and minister.Born into slavery, in Port Tobacco, Charles County, Maryland, he escaped to Upper Canada (now Ontario) in 1830, and founded a settlement and laborer's school for other fugitive slaves at Dawn, near Dresden, in Kent County, Upper Canada, of Ontario.
Black Life: Untold Stories is a Canadian television documentary series, premiered on CBC Television on October 18, 2023. [1] Created by Leslie Norville, the eight-episode series profiles Black Canadian history.