NFB Collection
Fields of Endless Day
197858 min 14 secFilm: Documentary
Direction: Terence Macartney-Filgate
Production: Beryl FoxNick KetchumTerence Macartney-FilgateJennifer HodgeDon HopkinsSylvia Searles
Script: William WhiteheadFrederick Ward
Co-produced by the NFB and Ontario Educational Communications Authority.
In a series of dramatic and documentary episodes, Fields of Endless Day outlines the presence of Black people in Canada, from the 17th century to the wartime participation and activist groups of the first half of the 20th century. The film seeks to uncover the "roots" of Canada's Black population, tracing the history of their struggles and triumphs over a period of almost three hundred and seventy-five years.
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Subject categories
- Cultural Diversity and Multiculturalism > African OriginsDiscriminationHistorical Perspectives
- History - Canada > Multiculturalism
Credits
- director
- Terence Macartney-Filgate
- producer
- Beryl Fox
- Nick Ketchum
- Terence Macartney-Filgate
- Jennifer Hodge
- executive producer
- Don Hopkins
- associate producer
- Sylvia Searles
- Jennifer Hodge
- commentary
- William Whitehead
- narrator
- William Whitehead
- writer
- Frederick Ward
- photography
- Dennis Mills
- Ron Watts
- sound
- Bryan Day
- Ted Haley
- Michel Hazel
- editing
- Don Haig
- re-recording
- Austin Grimaldi
- music
- Oscar Peterson
- Rick Wilkins
- cast
- Lili Clark
- Winston Sutton
- Ricardo Keens-Douglas
- Mireille Métellus
- Jodi Drake
- Luther Hansraj
- Tracy Connell