Guest: Mike Barber

Host Kevin Annett: Hidden No Longer: It can be viewed in its entirety at www.hiddennolonger.com .

History is not the past, it is how we recount the past. A Past, Denied: The Invisible History of Slavery in Canada is a feature-length documentary by independent filmmaker Mike Barber. The film, which is currently in production, explores how a false sense of history—both taught in the classroom and repeated throughout our national historical narrative—impinges on the present. It examines how 200 years of institutional slavery during Canada’s formation has been kept out of Canadian classrooms, textbooks and social consciousness.

He is an independent filmmaker with a particular interest in issues surrounding social justice. He has worked with a number of grassroots social and racial justice organizations. Writing on the topics of racism and white privilege have been published on Race-Talk.org, Daily Kos and in The Huffington Post.

He is currently directing “A Past, Denied: The Invisible History of Slavery in Canada,” a feature documentary exploring how a false sense of history—both taught in the classroom and repeated throughout the national historical narrative—impinges on the present. It examines how 200 years of institutional slavery during Canada’s formation has been kept out of Canadian classrooms, textbooks and social consciousness. (Visit apastdenied.ca for more.)

http://apastdenied.ca

http://arzher.com

http://race-talk.org/?author=61

http://huffingtonpost.com/mike-barber

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