Speak It! From the Heart of Black Nova Scotia

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In their predominantly white high school in Halifax, a group of black students face daily reminders of racism, ranging from abuse (racist graffiti on washroom walls), to exclusion (the omission of black history from textbooks). They work to establish a Cultural Awareness Youth Group, a vehicle for building pride and self-esteem through educational and cultural programs. With help from mentors, they discover the richness of their heritage and learn some of the ways they can begin to effect change.
Directed by Sylvia Hamilton - 1992 | 29 min
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  • @corazoncubano5372
    @corazoncubano53725 жыл бұрын

    This is a heavy duty video. I was not aware that there was a Black community and culture in Nova Scotia, much less such a significant one. Im glad to have become aware of the culture. The African diaspora is very wide spread and can be found in places where most people least expect. I love their accents.

  • @jencameron8124
    @jencameron81245 жыл бұрын

    Omg! I'm completely gobsmacked...I went to High School with these guys and never had a clue that they did this documentary. So proud of them!

  • @higsaul

    @higsaul

    5 жыл бұрын

    I feel like 2 people in the video that I notice I went to high school with during this video. I had no idea either, but I do recall trips I wish it was brought to our school. Too bad they didn’t get to preform for other areas. It’s unfortunate but we need to continue to make videos like this. There is too much other shit in this world to worry about and deal with, The racism really needs to stop. We will be a mixed world in the future.

  • @scarmsaniiaggrey1646

    @scarmsaniiaggrey1646

    5 жыл бұрын

    When was this?

  • @aidenlittlefair7937

    @aidenlittlefair7937

    4 жыл бұрын

    Your mom is gay

  • @DianaLou231

    @DianaLou231

    10 ай бұрын

    Deuteronomy 4:27 KJV: And the LORD shall scatter Israelites among the nations, and ye shall be left few in number.

  • @gregoryvess7183
    @gregoryvess71836 жыл бұрын

    The funny thing is, this year in Nova Scotia, I spent about 2 months learning about black Nova Scotian history.

  • @jackgray3190

    @jackgray3190

    2 жыл бұрын

    nice to see progress

  • @global_gangsterz7453

    @global_gangsterz7453

    Жыл бұрын

    The lies

  • @meggyrichard
    @meggyrichard Жыл бұрын

    Finding this is an absolute gem. Seeing Lawrence, alive and laughing. Seeing the old building, walking the halls. The nostalgia is deep.

  • @carlitoxb110
    @carlitoxb1107 жыл бұрын

    This is so 90s I love it

  • @corazoncubano5372

    @corazoncubano5372

    5 жыл бұрын

    This is before the idiotic weave/wig addiction took hold of many Black women. Notice the beautiful naturals.

  • @raphaeloyebanji6173

    @raphaeloyebanji6173

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@corazoncubano5372 yeah

  • @cheetobandito3235
    @cheetobandito32354 жыл бұрын

    The shirtless dude was my social studies teacher in high school about ten years ago and he showed this video to the class. Good times XD

  • @edwinacriear2630
    @edwinacriear26305 жыл бұрын

    Wow! The history that is hidden from even ourselves. Just finished watching Book of Negros. I knew there were blacks in Canada but I never knew how poorly they were treated. I was always under the impression that white Canadians were more progressive and accepting. Turns out they behaved just as bad if not worse. The situation in that high school was eerily similar to what I personally experienced at high school in Wisconsin. The is a chapter of the Black Experience that I am so happy to learn about.

  • @anthovision7048

    @anthovision7048

    5 жыл бұрын

    We have so much history

  • @feifongwong4138

    @feifongwong4138

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@beebaxtc then move to a black country if you think that

  • @tawsha6503
    @tawsha65034 жыл бұрын

    this should be done again for today's times and reflect on this last 27 years.

  • @keith021175
    @keith021175 Жыл бұрын

    We were at 28 Shepherd rd and Shingai was at 48 Shepherd. We hung out from 8 or 9 years old till 14 or 15. He went off to St. Pat's and I went to JL ilsley so didn't get to see him much after that. Also was in Lawrence Nyjoku class in grades 1 to 5.

  • @staceyshine247
    @staceyshine2474 жыл бұрын

    It would be nice to see a follow-up documentary.

  • @peterlopez1262
    @peterlopez12623 жыл бұрын

    All those St. Pats kids are like 50 now! I hope they're all doing ok!

  • @simpletine
    @simpletine Жыл бұрын

    Black and Indigenous people have the same goals in Nova Scotia. I have personally been discriminated at NSCC Ivany from a faculty member there named Krista Taverner who thought she controlled my outcomes based off the way I looked and who I was. The systemic racism is real in this province.

  • @IceManLikeGervin
    @IceManLikeGervin5 жыл бұрын

    Excellent upload!! This is a very informative look at life for these kids and the daily situations that they face, encounter just for being themselves...

  • @UK-sm4co
    @UK-sm4co9 ай бұрын

    Beautiful documentary. We hear your voices ❤

  • @C2G2
    @C2G24 жыл бұрын

    LOVED THIS SO SO SO MUCH !!! 💯❤️🌈👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿

  • @volgawolfhounds741
    @volgawolfhounds7415 жыл бұрын

    17:14 When that boy was just about 5 yrs old, his went to live with some people who lived 2 doors down from me. I am half white and for all extents and purposes, I look like I am white. That young man, at 5 yrs old, was in danger of becoming so introverted that he would have never broken out of his cage. That summer I carried him on my shoulders all over the place. Took him to fireworks, to the tours of the naval ships on Canada's Armed Forces day, bought him candy and chips, took him swimming and all sorts of things. I only hope he will remember that it was a (as far as he knows) WHITE teenage boy who became his friend and got him to talk because he would not open his mouth and speak at all for the first month. Nice to see him articulating his thought so eloquently. Collin, if you ever read this, as Jeffery who Mark from 2 doors down in Mulgrave Park is. OR ask Terry-Anne or Cornel. ;) Good luck buddy. I hope you are doing great these days.

  • @cheetobandito3235

    @cheetobandito3235

    4 жыл бұрын

    he was my high school social studies teacher bout ten years ago at DHS

  • @DianaLou231

    @DianaLou231

    10 ай бұрын

    Deuteronomy 4:27 KJV: And the LORD shall scatter Israelites among the nations, and ye shall be left few in number

  • @erich1070
    @erich10704 жыл бұрын

    Is there a follow-up to this documentary?

  • @justinpersad401
    @justinpersad4014 жыл бұрын

    This needs to be updated

  • @leniszameit
    @leniszameit2 жыл бұрын

    its nice i can learn black history thru the nfb. im white n i never knew much black history going to school.since i went to school with bc black politician emery barnes' kids, i did meet harry jerome,emery barnes n rosemary brown.3 black ppl who were a pt of cdn black history

  • @kennethlucas7473
    @kennethlucas74736 жыл бұрын

    White people be trippin yo

  • @judeanrootsnovascotia7137

    @judeanrootsnovascotia7137

    6 жыл бұрын

    for real doe

  • @volgawolfhounds741

    @volgawolfhounds741

    5 жыл бұрын

    Racist asshat.

  • @motormusique
    @motormusique4 жыл бұрын

    Man people actually say ABOOT! I am Canadian and haven't heard it quite like this

  • @LamontBoucherville

    @LamontBoucherville

    4 жыл бұрын

    That's what I noticed too

  • @sandmors7998
    @sandmors79984 жыл бұрын

    My people!

  • @sdotb548
    @sdotb5482 жыл бұрын

    I love nova Scotian blacks because they are very smart and intelligent 🖤

  • @followingjesustv2846

    @followingjesustv2846

    Жыл бұрын

    Such truth

  • @brianwilliams5833
    @brianwilliams58334 жыл бұрын

    I’m sick how come I haven’t learned this in school

  • @shaylatolliver9462

    @shaylatolliver9462

    4 жыл бұрын

    We have a ton of williams' come visit

  • @christianprottenuldrich1512
    @christianprottenuldrich15126 жыл бұрын

    They got swag 😎👌🏾

  • @bh164
    @bh1647 жыл бұрын

    i ask you look at the life and times of Benjamin O. Davis

  • @jamesthomas5109
    @jamesthomas51094 жыл бұрын

    Anyone know the symbol at 0:10?

  • @ciddyboy718

    @ciddyboy718

    4 жыл бұрын

    The all seeing? What are you implying though?

  • @KardiFan2000

    @KardiFan2000

    4 жыл бұрын

    That's the National Film Board of Canada logo....

  • @Yourismouter
    @Yourismouter3 жыл бұрын

    interesting documentary, I'm reminded of a conversation I had with the Nova Scotia poet and activist and radio show host El Jones on the history of Black Canada and the many institutional racism Black Canucks face. nice to see Black Lives Matter Canada building solidarity and coalition building with the Native/Indigenous lives Matter and anti-colonial movement. but I have to say I hate Spike Lee's movies (most of them) and Jungle Fever is a junk movie.

  • @sineadhawkins9458
    @sineadhawkins94582 жыл бұрын

    I 80s doc. I wonder where they are now. I never knew about black Canada. I never knew there history. Black around the world have more common than we think.

  • @mutchocreativestudio2608
    @mutchocreativestudio26084 жыл бұрын

    A conversation with Tony Ince

  • @anthonydelatorre1217
    @anthonydelatorre12177 жыл бұрын

    I thought all Nova Scotian's were mushroom people?

  • @volgawolfhounds741

    @volgawolfhounds741

    5 жыл бұрын

    Shhhhhh. We are in hiding, awaiting the great spore, our mycelia are reaching out and soon we will be the overlords of Psilocybin. Just be happy that you are lucky enough to be conquered by a bunch of "Fun-Guys". Seriously: The BEST Magic Mushrooms in the world grow wild in Nova Scotia.

  • @ASLOttawa
    @ASLOttawa5 жыл бұрын

    Oh, this is not captioned! please caption

  • @DianaLou231
    @DianaLou23110 ай бұрын

    Deuteronomy 4:27 KJV: And the LORD shall scatter Israelites among the nations, and ye shall be left few in number

  • @deeallen1526
    @deeallen15263 жыл бұрын

    Wow, NS is racist??

  • @some156
    @some1564 жыл бұрын

    I feel attracted to that girl 1:08

  • @moortruthify
    @moortruthify2 жыл бұрын

    we r Moors people ?

  • @CSGraves
    @CSGraves4 жыл бұрын

    Ugh, that bathroom graffiti. :-(

  • @porchiabrown5195
    @porchiabrown51956 жыл бұрын

    I didn't realize racism was in other countries. I'm up north Boston in the USA, thought it was only here..

  • @scholarlyanalyst7700

    @scholarlyanalyst7700

    6 жыл бұрын

    Porchia Brown Are you KIDDING me? Canada is a VERY racist country. Just look at the video link enclosed with this message and tell me what you think?kzread.info/dash/bejne/aaBt2Mt-ptvYiKQ.html

  • @christianprottenuldrich1512

    @christianprottenuldrich1512

    6 жыл бұрын

    Scholarly Analyst the UK 🇬🇧 also

  • @jedimasterjoe5386

    @jedimasterjoe5386

    6 жыл бұрын

    You dumb ass fuck

  • @alexn.2901

    @alexn.2901

    6 жыл бұрын

    Western colonialism has spread white supremacy everywhere, dude

  • @kaministquiamahackamack336

    @kaministquiamahackamack336

    5 жыл бұрын

    Apartheid South Africa, Nazi Germany, the White Australia Policy, any example of brutal colonialism & manifest destiny...

  • @fergman4
    @fergman43 жыл бұрын

    It's very sad, how they have tready our swarthy, copper-coloured indigenous people or now so-called "Black" people. History of "Blacks/ Africans" have changed with their names. True power is in the pen.

  • @sonikku956

    @sonikku956

    3 жыл бұрын

    Stop putting quotes on our heritage, we are black, and we are descended from Africans.

  • @alexn.2901
    @alexn.29016 жыл бұрын

    This is what Shingai Nyajeka looks like now: kzread.info/dash/bejne/npiM08WecrnQfag.html kzread.info/dash/bejne/i6Grrs-ActCpiJM.html

  • @davidreeves8388
    @davidreeves83884 жыл бұрын

    Man Canadians have it easy America is way harder for everyone .

  • @Aburgai85
    @Aburgai857 жыл бұрын

    Haha! You are no use to the society when you are in prison. You got to do what you got to do to stay out of prison? Haaa! I got to stay out of prison. Is this a free pass for the racists to degrade me without consequence? I need time to think and I will be back with more. Thank you for the advice. This is an old film. Where are these youth in Canadian society today? It is getting out there in Canada and we need these youth leaders to join hand with others for more awareness in Canada.

  • @dannygrapes5736
    @dannygrapes57366 жыл бұрын

    I traced my bloodline to lenape tribe in united states and another family member was Cherokee don't listen to that African bullshit some people did come from Africa but do the math where been here and where are not black we are aborigines of turtle island read history and you see slaves where mainly white even in America they only shipped around 450,000 salves from Africa and rest from England Thomas brown (the kings rangers)a black new England planters who mainly had white salves from England we had the higher numbers of salves in America because we already were here look at the treaty's and look and the paintings and or picture that go with them tell me what you see. Moorish empires ruled Europe until 1491 great Britain was taken from the Celtics and they all where salves and prisoners until the colonized the new world. If you are not English or Saxon u are not white words from the serpents mouths Benjamin franklin. Estevan the moor was the first African to make it to the so called new world in 1529 if you do decide to read history only read primary info. No secondary info unless u double check the primary info. Primary info maps, letters , journal, diary etc. First hand accounts only and see all the lies we have been told

  • @moortruthify
    @moortruthify2 жыл бұрын

    wedding cake topper man and woman all ways white ? soon fix dat $$$

  • @eugenroman9959
    @eugenroman99596 жыл бұрын

    I love trump because he is a real nigga

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