''Being Black in Halifax'' is a Canadian documentary film and television series, which premiered in 2020 on CBC Television and

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. Created in conjunction with

Fabienne Colas Fabienne Colas Joseph, (born March 18, 1979), is a Haitian-Canadian actress, director and producer. She is head of the Fabienne Colas Foundation, which is dedicated to the promotion of film, art and culture as it organizes many festivals. Fabie ...

's Being Black in Canada foundation, the series selects several emerging filmmakers each year to create and produce short documentary films about Black Canadian life and experience in Halifax,

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, which are screened at the Halifax Black Film Festival before being broadcast as an episode of the CBC's '' Absolutely Canadian'' series and streamed on CBC Gem. The series is a companion to '' Being Black in Toronto'', a similar collaboration between the CBC and Colas' Toronto Black Film Festival. The four films in the 2020 series were

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's "Black + Belonging", Bradley Bright's "Normal", Latesha Auger's "The Journey of Self Love" and Harmony Adesola's "Youth Hiphop and Halifax". Four more films — "Farrin" by Lily Nottage, "The Search for Healing" by Tyler Simmonds, "A Passion Made New" by Dena Williams and "North Preston: The Untold Story" by Kardeisha Provo — were broadcast in 2021. Four new films, Guyleigh Johnson's "Scratching the Surface", Deborah Castrilli's "Framework", Tyus McSween's "Washed Up" and Jodell Stundon's "Finding a Way Out", premiered at HBFF in 2022.

Awards

At the

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in 2022, the series received a

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nomination for Best Documentary Program, and Nottage, Simmonds, Williams and Provo won for Best Direction in a Documentary Series. Johnson, Castrilli, McSween and Stundon were nominated for Best Direction in a Documentary Series at the

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in 2023.Pat Mullen
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'', February 22, 2023.

References

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