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The African Diaspora is the voluntary and involuntary movement of Africans and their descendants to various parts of the world
during the modern and pre-modern periods.
African diaspora populations include but are not limited to: African Americans, Afro-Caribbeans, Afro-Latin Americans,
Black Canadians & descendants of enslaved West Africans brought to the United States, the Caribbean, Central America and
South America during the Atlantic slave trade.
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Loveleen Kaur is a documentary filmmaker with passion to empower QT/BIPOC artists to embrace their right to their voice and
navigating the barriers that force them to play small.
Her films projects center the stories of how those overlooked in the mainstream build re-build, re-shape, and re-claim
their communities,, even in the face of insurmountable obstacles.
Recent successes have included her film, Worst Student Ever (Producer, 2018) receiving the Audience Choice Award Winner
at the Breakthroughs Film Festival, the PowerPlant Artist-In-Residence (2018), the selection of her documentary film, Behind
The Fare for a screening at Mayworks (Director, 2016), and being awarded the Access Grant by the OAC (2015).
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Leilani's Fortune is an intimate journey that follows the blossoming career of queer, Ethiopian-Eritrean artist, Witch Prophet.
After a decade of struggling as an independent artist, she is finally getting the validation and support she needs to
create the album of her prophecies.
Canada boasts some of the biggest names in music including Celine Dion, Justin Bieber, Michael Bublé, and Drake. With
her hypnotic harmonies and genre bending sound, she is poised to shape the next era of global Canadian artists.
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