💡 During the Jackie Robinson era in Montreal, why was Little Burgundy home to many Black families? Watch this exclusive excerpt of Dear Jackie to learn more!
A film by Henri Pardo
2021 / 1h30m / Canada / English, French
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
