Remember Africville (1991)

Overview : This short film depicts Africville, a small black settlement that lay within the city limits of Halifax, Nova Scotia. In the 1960s, the families there were uprooted and their homes demolished in the name of urban renewal and integration. More than 20 years later, the site of the community of Africville is a stark, under-utilized park. Former residents, their descendants and some of the decision-makers speak out and, with the help of archival photographs and films, tell the story of that painful relocation.

Release Date : January 1, 1991

Runtime : 35m

Genre : Documentary  

Companies : ONF | NFB

Countries : Canada

Keywords : forced relocation, woman director