Long before Montreal's 1967 World Expo forged an image of an accepting society, Little Burgundy had been under siege by urban renewal. Watch this special excerpt from Dear Jackie.
A film by Henri Pardo
DEAR JACKIE is a cinematic letter to Jackie Robinson, the first African American player in Major League Baseball and a civil rights activist who broke the colour barrier when he joined the minor-league Montreal Royals in 1946. For a short time, the impossible seemed possible in a segregated North America. But did Montrealers use this historic moment to perpetuate a myth of a post-racial society?
Produced by: Catbird Productions
Distributed by: Cinema Politica
22 авг 2024
