Weeksville Watch Night: True North
About this Event
In 1960s Montreal, Black students and activists challenged institutional racism, and the effects reached around the world.
Join Weeksville Heritage Center on Thursday, November 12, for a free screening of TRUE NORTH, directed by Michèle Stephenson. The film revisits two pivotal but underrecognized events, the Congress of Black Writers and the Sir George Williams Affair, and positions Montreal as a nexus of the global Black liberation movement. Through never-before-seen archival footage and first-person testimonies, it connects threads from the Caribbean, Canada, and the United States.
At the heart of the film are elders who lived through the era and whose contributions have largely gone unrecognized. Their stories make TRUE NORTH both an act of remembrance and a call to action for new generations.
Weeksville Watch Night is an ongoing film and conversation series at Weeksville Heritage Center. It brings together filmmakers, artists, historians, and community members to engage Black history, political struggle, cultural memory, and collective care through cinema and dialogue.
Free and open to all. Reserve your seat.
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