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Journey to Justice (2000)

Genre : Documentary

Runtime : 47M

Director : Roger McTair

Synopsis

This documentary 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 6 people who refused to accept inequality. Featured here, among others, are Viola Desmond, a woman who 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, and Fred Christie, who took his case to the Supreme Court after being denied service at a Montreal tavern in 1936. These brave pioneers helped secure justice for all Canadians. Their stories deserve to be told.

Actors

Crews

Roger McTair
Roger McTair
Director
Laine Drewery
Laine Drewery
Writer
Roger McTair
Roger McTair
Writer
Alan Mendelson
Alan Mendelson
Writer