Groundbreaking new series explores Canada’s shocking, untold Black history
Global News
BLK: An Origin Story shares some shocking revelations from Canada's untold Black history.
A groundbreaking, four-part series is set to air on the History Channel this weekend, exploring the untold stories of Black history in Canada.
BLK: An Origin Story takes Canadians on a nationwide journey of discovery into the people, communities, and never-before-heard stories of Canada’s Black population.
Executive producers Jen Holness and Sudz Sutherland crossed the country, listening to stories and putting together a series “that resets the understanding of Black history in Canada,” said Holness.
Viewers will learn about Canada’s unfiltered Black history in four hour-long episodes that focus on communities in Nova Scotia, Ontario, British Columbia, and Quebec.
The show’s narrative is helped along by familiar names: George Elliot Clarke, Lawrence Hill, Charmaine Nelson, El Jones, May Q Wong, and Stephanie Allen all help tell the stories.
The show’s first episode is set in Nova Scotia, uncovering some of the myths and misconceptions about the history of Black communities on the East Coast.
Viewers are in for some shocking revelations when they realize how much of this history was omitted from their school curriculum.
“When we were kids, the only mention of Black history was during Black History Week — it wasn’t even a month then, just a week,” Sutherland told Global News.
