Mayworks Festival: Linking Arms - The Porter Screening + Discussion

Mayworks joins ACTRA Toronto to present a special screening of two episodes from the acclaimed television series The Porter, followed by a conversation with co-creator Arnold Pinnock and cast members. Set against the rise of Black railway porters and the formation of North America’s first Black labour union, the series connects past struggles to today’s labour movement. Speakers will reflect on organizing, solidarity, and the ongoing fight for dignity and workers’ rights amid renewed union activism and precarity. Join us for an evening of film, history, and dialogue exploring labour’s enduring power and the continuing struggle for justice for working people.

DOORS OPEN AT 6PM, FILM BEGINS AT 6:30PM. No assigned seating, please arrive early to secure your seat of choice.

This venue is wheelchair accessible and has gender neutral, wheelchair accessible washrooms. For requests, please email [email protected]

Mayworks Festival is a community-based festival which annually presents new works by a diverse and broad range of artists, who are both workers and activists. The programming presents bold, insightful, responses to pressing issues at the intersection of art, social justice and labour. .

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