Co-presented by CineFest Latino Boston and Independent Film Festival Boston.
True North
Preceded by:
WE KEEP US SAFE
Followed by:
Q&A
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WE KEEP US SAFE
Directed by Shawn Angela Batey (USA 28min).
We Keep Us Safe features portraits of five activists in the 2020 NYC Black Lives Matter Movement. Illustrated through the work of 25 independent photographers & videographers, WE KEEP US SAFE provides personal journeys of activism in the height of the coronavirus pandemic. -
TRUE NORTH
Directed by Michèle Stephenson (USA 2025, 90min).
Driven into exile by François Duvalier’s despotic presidency, many Haitians, following the example of Black immigrants from other Caribbean nations, sought refuge in Canada. But life in this ostensible multicultural haven could yield subtle and not-so-subtle manifestations of bigotry, whether in the form of cruel offhand comments, ghettoization, or blatant double standards. Such acts of oppression were especially prevalent in university life, where Black students were denied the rewards promised to them for academic excellence. The accumulated injustices drove students to take over the ninth floor computer lab and demand their grievances be heard. Ninety-seven students were arrested, many of them viciously abused by police, and deported from the country. But the world was watching.