Listen to This - Docstudio POV Documentaries
Sunday, February 3rd @11pm or Watch Online Now
This Hot Docs favourite tells the story of Pianist Thompson Egbo-Egbo and the music program he started in Toronto's inner-city neighbourhood of Jane and Finch.
Do The Right Thing - Saturday Night at the Movies
Saturday, February 16th @ 10pm
On the hottest day of the year on a street in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn, hate and bigotry smolders and builds until it explodes into violence.
Wednesday, February 20th @9pm
Percy Julian was one of the first African-Americans to earn a doctorate in chemistry and would receive over 130 chemical patents and 18 honorary degrees by the end of his career. But as an African-American in the early 20th century, he had to overcome personal and professional racism at every step along the way.
In the Heat of the Night - Saturday Night at the Movies
Saturday, February 23th @ 8pm
Norman Jewison directs the 1967 story of an African American detective (Sydney Poitier) asked to investigate a murder in a racist southern town.
Invisible City - Docstudio POV Documentaries
In the inner-city housing project of Toronto's Regent Park, Kendell and Mikey, like their surroundings, are in the process of transformation; the environment and social pressure tempting them to make poor choices, their mothers and mentors rooting for them to succeed.
The Agenda with Steve Paikin - Being Black in Canadian Culture
To what extent do black Canadians identify with the U.S. African American narrative?
A difficult journey that begins in hopelessness and shame for thousands of women in Ethiopia ends in a productive new life.
