Human Rights on Screen: True North
From December 3 – 10 Nova Scotians are invited to view the Canadian documentary film True North (2025) for free online in the latest installment of the Human Rights on Screen partnership between the Human Rights Commission and the Atlantic International Film Festival (AIFF).
Human Rights on Screen offers free online screenings of films addressing human rights, diversity, equity, and inclusion. The initiative aims to spark dialogue about these topics and their connection to contemporary human rights issues in Nova Scotia accompanied by panels with representatives from the films, community members and experts.
"True North" is a documentary by Michèle Stephenson about the 1969 Sir George Williams Affair, a student protest against systemic racism at Concordia University in Montreal. The film chronicles how a group of Haitian students, many of whom had fled the Duvalier regime, occupied the ninth-floor computer lab to protest discrimination, which was often masked by Canada's multicultural image. The film uses archival footage and testimonials to show how the protest was part of a larger Black liberation movement across the Americas.
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