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Journey to Justice

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Journey to Justice pays tribute to a group of Canadians who took racism to court. They are Canada's unsung heroes in the fight for Black civil rights. Focusing on the 1930s to the 1950s, this film documents the struggle of six people who refused to accept inequality. Viola Desmond insisted on keeping her seat at the Roseland movie theatre in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia in 1946 rather than moving to the section normally reserved for the city's Black population. Fred Christie was denied service at a Montreal tavern because of his skin colour and took his case to the Supreme Court in 1936. Hugh Burnette and Bromley Armstrong pressured the Ontario government to enact fair accommodation practices in the 1940s. Donald Willard Moore dedicated his life to reforming Canada's biased immigration policy. Stanley G. Grizzle, president of the Toronto Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, worked to ensure fair employment practices for his predominantly Black union members. These brave pioneers helped secure justice for all Canadians. Their stories deserve to be told.

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General Note

BIPOC filmmaker.
Agency - English program:.Documentary Program - Ontario.
Study guide available.

Credit Note

Director, Roger McTair ; producer, Karen King-Chigbo ; executive producer, Louise Lore ; editor, Tom Latimer, Steve Weslak ; director of photography, Stanislaw Barua ; sound design, Alan Geldart ; original music, Guy Zerafa ; story consultant, Laine Drewery, Alan Mendelson, Claire Prieto ; consultant, Sheldon Taylor, James Walker ; content researcher, Patrice Dutil, Dorothy Williams, Julie Crooks, Tana Turner, Nadine Tsehaie Makonnen, Juanita Peters ; visual researcher, Tanya Fleet, Tana Turner, Bonnie G. Rowan, Elspeth Domville ; audio archival researcher, Alyssa Ryvers ; sound recordist, John Martin, Sanjay Mehta, Brian Dupuis, Robert Fletcher, Michael Kennedy, Kenneth Lee, Ismaël Cordeiro, Arthur McKay ; set decorator, Melissa Olson, Elsa Levy ; wardrobe, Starr Jacobs ; re-recording mixer, Wayne Swingle ; foley artist, Sid Lieberman.

Performer Note

Narrator, Datejie Green ; cast, Stanley Taylor, Brock Curley, David Collins, Jacob Adams, Terri Oliver, Geoff McLean, Malcolm Younger, Kurt Brunus, Christine Brubaker.

Time of Event Note

Recorded 2000.

Summary

Journey to Justice pays tribute to a group of Canadians who took racism to court. They are Canada's unsung heroes in the fight for Black civil rights. Focusing on the 1930s to the 1950s, this film documents the struggle of six people who refused to accept inequality. Viola Desmond insisted on keeping her seat at the Roseland movie theatre in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia in 1946 rather than moving to the section normally reserved for the city's Black population. Fred Christie was denied service at a Montreal tavern because of his skin colour and took his case to the Supreme Court in 1936. Hugh Burnette and Bromley Armstrong pressured the Ontario government to enact fair accommodation practices in the 1940s. Donald Willard Moore dedicated his life to reforming Canada's biased immigration policy. Stanley G. Grizzle, president of the Toronto Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, worked to ensure fair employment practices for his predominantly Black union members. These brave pioneers helped secure justice for all Canadians. Their stories deserve to be told.

System Det Note

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Awards Note

Best Documentary Award, 2001

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Description based on online resource; title from title screen (National Film Board of Canada, viewed 2023-08-10).