''Being Black in Toronto'' is a Canadian documentary series, which was broadcast by CBC Gem in 2020. The series consisted of six short documentary films by emerging

Black Canadian Black Canadians (also known as Caribbean-Canadians or Afro-Canadians) are people of full or partial sub-Saharan African descent who are citizens or permanent residents of Canada. The majority of Black Canadians are of Caribbean origin, though t ...

filmmakers from Toronto, who had been mentored through Fabienne Colas's Being Black in Canada foundation. The six films shown in the series were Omolola Ajao's "YYZ", Valerie Amponsah's "Joseph, Margaret & I", Yasmin Evering-Kerr's "The Onyx Butterfly", Sharine Taylor's "Tallawah Abroad", Adrian Wallace's "Black Sun" and Yvano Wickham-Edwards's "#BLACK". A further four short films by filmmakers from Halifax were also subsequently broadcast under the title '' Being Black in Halifax''."Four Films Exploring Black Experiences in Halifax"
CBC Nova Scotia, November 6, 2020. The filmmakers won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Direction in a Documentary Series at the 9th Canadian Screen Awards in 2021.

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2020s Canadian documentary television series 2020 Canadian television series debuts 2020s Black Canadian television series CBC Gem original programming Canadian non-fiction web series {{Canada-nonfiction-tv-prog-stub