Speak it! from the heart of Black Nova Scotia.

VHS

Shingai, Tandi, Shawn and Krista are black high school students with something to say. Their message speaks to the essence of the experience of being young and Black today. Set in Halifax, the film follows the students as they work to establish a Cultural Awareness Youth Group, a vehicle for building pride and self-esteem through educational and cultural programs. In the environment of their predominantly white high school, the students face d...

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Black people Nova Scotia

Black people Nova Scotia Halifax Race relations

Canada Race relations

Canada Race relations 20th century

Halifax (N.S.) Race relations

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Description:

1 videocassette (29 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in. + 2 user's guides (24 pages)
analog
magnetic
VHS

Target Audience Note:

Secondary/Adult

Notes:

VHS
Closed captioned for the hearing impaired
National Film Board: 113C 9192 139
Donated to Canadian youth by Citizens' Participation and Multiculturalism Branch
Produced by the National Film Board of Canada, Atlantic Centre
Includes two 24 page user's guides for the film entitled "Speak It! From the Heart of Black Nova Scotia."
Direction and research: Sylvia Hamilton; producer: Mike Mahoney; narration written by Bob Lower, Sylvia Hamilton; Music composed and performed by (Brothers Inc.) Lucky Campbell, Wayn Hamilton, Glen Grant, Jeremiah Sparks
Narrated by: Shingai Nyajeka
Winner of the Canada Award 1994 Geminis
Southeast: Licensed for public performance

Control Number:

663963

Other Authors:

Hamilton, Sylvia
Mahoney, Mike
National Film Board of Canada
National Film Board of Canada. Atlantic Centre
Nyajeka, Shingai

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