Selwyn Jacob

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Top Black Canadian Filmmakers and Where to Watch Their Films

June 29, 2021February 2, 2022ExclusiveBlack Canadian Filmmakers, Charles Officer, Christene A. Browne, Claire Prieto, Hubert Davis, Martine Chartrand, Selwyn Jacob, Sylvia Hamilton

African and Caribbean Black descendants began occupying Canadian territories over three hundred years ago, building history and an array of cultural experiences. More recently, over the past 40 years, Black Canadian writers and film producers

DOXA: The Road Taken – Review

May 1, 2018May 6, 2018Documentaries, ReviewDOXA, Selwyn Jacob, The Road Taken

For what Canada lacks in fictional renderings of it’s people and places is more than made up for in our rich history of documentary filmmaking. From the prairie films of Manitoban farmer James Freer in

Exclusive – Selwyn Jacob and NFB

June 12, 2017November 17, 2021Exclusive, InterviewDocumentary Filmmaker, Selwyn Jacob

I’ve often said to myself, life is stranger than fiction. On the news we’re often given clear evidence of that. The stories are often thirty seconds long before it’s onto the next one. They are

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