A summer pilgrimage to Jackson: Black art, history and soul in Mississippihttps://afrotoronto.com/content/articles/lifestyle/travel/a-summer-pilgrimage-to-jackson-black-art-history-and-soul-in-mississippi

05 May 2026 For Black Canadian travellers, it's a rare invitation to combine cultural pilgrimage with the deep, soulful history of the American South. There are exhibitions, and then there are events that feel more like a reckoning. Photography and the Black Arts...

• Type: Article
• Author: AfroToronto Team
• Category: Travel

Canada's screen talent takes centre stage at the 24th ACTRA Awards in Torontohttps://afrotoronto.com/content/articles/arts-entertainment/canada-s-screen-talent-takes-centre-stage-at-the-24th-actra-awards-in-toronto

13 May 2026 and warm Nadine Bhabha, the evening ran across a record-breaking eight competitive categories, including a brand-new Videogame Voice Award, and delivered wins that felt personal, earned, and deeply connected to the stories Toronto loves to tell about...

• Type: Article
• Author: Meres J. Weche
• Category: Arts and Entertainment

This Week's Film Reviews ( May 22nd, 2026)https://afrotoronto.com/content/articles/movie-reviews/this-week-s-film-reviews-may-22nd,-2026

17 May 2026 so filmmakers have to come up with new nuances and ideas. DEPARTURES show frequent gay meetings of a gay Brit couple in Amsterdam with largely beefy gay men instead of clubby slim good-looking twinks. DEPARTURES is a British LGBTQ+ drama film centring...

• Type: Article
• Author: Gilbert Seah
• Category: Movie Reviews

Why Arsenal FC holds a special place in the hearts of the Black communityhttps://afrotoronto.com/content/articles/commentaries/why-arsenal-fc-holds-a-special-place-in-the-hearts-of-the-black-community

26 May 2026 of a landmark book, Arsenal has become a genuine symbol of excellence. After a 22-year wait, the Gunners are Premier League champions once more. It was September 1991. I was 19 years old, fresh off a plane from Canada, and London was everything I had...

• Type: Article
• Author: Meres J. Weche
• Category: Commentaries

This Week's Film Reviews ( June 12th, 2026)https://afrotoronto.com/content/articles/movie-reviews/this-week-s-film-reviews-june-15th,-2026

28 May 2026 their debut this week. FILM REVIEWS: DISCLOSURE DAY (USA 2026) **** Directed by Steven Spielberg DISCLOSURE DAY is a 2026 American science fiction film directed and produced by Steven Spielberg from a screenplay by David Koepp, based on a story by...

• Type: Article
• Author: Gilbert Seah
• Category: Movie Reviews

Fundraising While Black: What a groundbreaking new report reveals about race, resilience, and the future of philanthropyhttps://afrotoronto.com/content/articles/business-and-innovation/fundraising-while-black

29 May 2026 AgentsC Inc. lays bare the experiences of Black fundraisers navigating systemic anti-Black racism inside Canada's and America's predominantly white institutions. Titled Fundraising While Black: Harm, Happiness, Healing, the study draws on the voices of...

• Type: Article
• Author: AfroToronto Team
• Category: Business and Innovation

When Angels Speak of Love brings bell hooks' radical vision of love to a Toronto galleryhttps://afrotoronto.com/content/articles/arts-entertainment/visual-arts/when-angels-speak-of-love-brings-bell-hooks-radical-vision-of-love-to-a-toronto-gallery

20 June 2026 respect and trust rather than romantic chance. She traced a lot of our collective confusion about love back to how families model it, or fail to, and pointed out how readily a society can avoid telling the truth about its own loneliness. Armova...

• Type: Article
• Author: Meres J. Weche
• Category: Visual Arts

This Week's Film Reviews ( July 3rd, 2026)https://afrotoronto.com/content/articles/movie-reviews/this-week-s-film-reviews-july-3rd,-2026

27 June 2026 a NYC subway train flying by, and an image can be seen. The image forms into acid to animal, later revealed to be a coyote named BOUCHRA, also the name of the film. What initially looks like a horror movie then settles to be playful animation drama,...

• Type: Article
• Author: Gilbert Seah
• Category: Movie Reviews