Join us for an evening film screening and talk with filmmaker Alicia K. Harris. Collectively, her films have been screened at numerous festivals, most notably the Toronto International Film Festival. She is best known for her short film PICK, which won Best Live Action Short at the 2020 Canadian Screen Awards and Best Short Film at the Miami Film Festival. Alicia directed the documentary campai...

Hunter will read from, and discuss, their recent book It Was Dark There All the Time: Sophia Burthen and the Legacy of Slavery in Canada. Discussion will include their continuing research, writing and public creative activism grounded in this work. Hunter is a freelance writer, artist, curator and educator; previously the Curator of Canadian Art at the Art Gallery of Ontario, where they produce...