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True North: Canadian Myths and Black Power

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Through historic archives and the voices of those who lived through 1960s Montreal, True North explores pivotal events that impacted the global movement for Black liberation.

Length

90 minutes

Funding Type

Co-Production

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Michèle Stephenson

Director

Filmmaker and artist Michèle Stephenson, pulls from her Haitian and Panamanian roots to think radically about storytelling. Her feature documentary Going To Mars won the 2023 Grand Jury Prize at Sundance. She is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and a Guggenheim Artist Fellow. 

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Leslie Norville

Producer

Leslie Norville is an Emmy® Award-winning producer. Her work is spurred by a passion to tell untold and nuanced stories about people of color. Recent projects include The First Wave and the forthcoming series Black Life: Untold Stories.. She is an alum of the Sundance Documentary Creative Producing Fellowship.

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