Black Life: Untold Stories Creation Insists (Season 1, Episode 5)
TV Episode | Documentary

Black Life: Untold Stories

Creation Insists (Season 1, Episode 5)

TV Episode | Documentary

Framed by the controversial art exhibit at the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM), 'Into the Heart of Africa' with its decidedly colonial perspective, and the ensuing protests in Toronto, the work of six Black Canadian artists' work is explored.

Director

Karen Chapman

Writers

Margot Daley (story consultant) | Leslie Norville (show creator)

Cinematographers

Godfred Adjei | Stephen Chung

Editors

Holly Benson | Sophie Farkas Bolla

Production Designers

Lisa Cowen | Dialla Kawar

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Edit Released

Updated Nov 22, 2023

Release date

Nov 22, 2023 (Canada)

Awards

Series awards

1 win & 5 nominations

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Cast	+ Add Cast
22 cast members

Name	Known for
David Austin Historical Consultant Historical Consultant See fewer	Black Life: Untold Stories (II) (2023)
Cameron Bailey Self Self See fewer	The Planet of Junior Brown (1997)
Claudine Bonner Historical Consultant Historical Consultant See fewer	Black Life: Untold Stories (II) (2023)
David Chariandy Self Self See fewer	Brother (I) (2022)
George Elliot Clarke Self Self See fewer	Black Community Mixtapes (2023)
Afua Cooper Historical Consultant Historical Consultant See fewer	Sunny's Quest (2022)
Esi Edugyan Self Self See fewer	Washington Black (2025)
Kelly Fyffe-Marshall Self Self See fewer	When Morning Comes (2022)
Sylvia Hamilton Self Self See fewer	Speak It! From the Heart of Black Nova Scotia (1992)
Annette Henry Historical Consultant Historical Consultant See fewer	Black Life: Untold Stories (II) (2023)
Adrienne Johnson Self Self See fewer	Only (2019)
Kenneth Montague Self Self See fewer	Black Community Mixtapes (2023)
Charmaine A Nelson Self Self See fewer	Black Life: Untold Stories (II) (2023)
Philip M. Nourbese Self Self See fewer	MU/T/T/ER (2022)
Shawn Parker Self Self See fewer	Black Life: Untold Stories (II) (2023)
Issac Saney Historical Consultant Historical Consultant See fewer	Black Life: Untold Stories (II) (2023)
Hyacinth Simpson Self Self See fewer	Black Life: Untold Stories (II) (2023)
Gaetane Verna Self Self See fewer	Black Life: Untold Stories (II) (2023)
Clement Virgo Self Self See fewer	Greenleaf (2016)
Rinaldo Walcott Self Self See fewer	Who's the Man: Masculinity, Mythos and the Media (2004)
Dorothy Williams Historical Consultant Historical Consultant See fewer	Show Girls (1999)
David Woods Self Self See fewer	Black Life: Untold Stories (II) (2023)