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URL:https://events.nfb.ca/events/bhm-at-the-unb-art-centre/
SUMMARY:Oscar & Speakers For The Dead: UNB Black History Month Screenings
DESCRIPTION:The UNB Art Centre is pleased to present Rediscovering the Roo
 ts of Black New Brunswickers\, a program of exhibits and films designed to
  showcase and honour the everyday experiences of Black New Brunswickers fo
 r Black History Month.\n\nThis year’s film series\, presented in partner
 ship with the New Brunswick Black Artists Alliance\, is every Tuesday in F
 ebruary at 7:30 p.m. in room 261 of Marshall d’Avray Hall on the UNB Fre
 dericton campus. On February 6\, they will present a free screening of:\n\
 nOSCAR (Marie-Josée Saint-Pierre | 2016 | 12 min )\n\nBrilliantly mixin
 g animated sequences and archival footage\, Marie-Josée Saint-Pierre pain
 ts a touching portrait of virtuoso pianist Oscar Peterson. As with her pre
 vious films (McLaren’s Negative and Jutra)\, Saint-Pierre pursues her 
 bold and personal approach with this animated documentary of Oscar Peterso
 n at the twilight of an exceptional career\, as he wistfully meditates on 
 the price of fame and the impacts of the artist’s life on family life. F
 rom the young prodigy’s beginnings in Little Burgundy to his triumphs on
  the international stage alongside the biggest stars of his time\, Oscar
  explores the profound solitude of an artist constantly on tour\, and the
  difficulty in reconciling his professional success with his role as husba
 nd and father. Set to the tunes of Peterson’s sometimes catchy\, sometim
 es melancholy-tinged compositions\, the film alternates between animated s
 equences and footage of radio and video interviews to tell a heartfelt sto
 ry about a life in jazz.\n\nLearn more about the film here.\n\nSPEAKERS FO
 R THE DEAD (David Sutherland &amp\; Jennifer Holness | 2000 | 49 min 
 )\n\nThis documentary reveals some of the hidden history of Blacks in Cana
 da. In the 1930s in rural Ontario\, a farmer buried the tombstones of a Bl
 ack cemetery to make way for a potato patch. In the 1980s\, descendants of
  the original settlers\, Black and White\, came together to restore the ce
 metery\, but there were hidden truths no one wanted to discuss. Deep racia
 l wounds were opened. Scenes of the cemetery excavation\, interviews with 
 residents and re-enactments—including one of a baseball game where a bro
 ken headstone is used for home plate—add to the film's emotional intensi
 ty.\n\nLearn more about the film here.\n\n—–\n\nFind more information 
 on upcoming Black History Month free screenings at the UNB here.
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