How Bam Bam: The Sister Nancy Story swept the 2026 Canadian Screen Awardshttps://afrotoronto.com/content/articles/arts-entertainment/arts-and-culture/how-bam-bam-the-sister-nancy-story-swept-the-2026-canadian-screen-awards

01 June 2026 Toronto's OYA Media Group swept the 2026 Canadian Screen Awards documentary categories, winning five awards for Bam Bam: The Sister Nancy Story. Directed by Alison Duke and produced by Ngardy Conteh George, the film reclaims the legacy of Jamaican...

• Type: Article
• Author: Meres J. Weche
• Category: Arts & Culture

Kanika Ambrose’s Moonlight Schooner sails into history with poetry, power, and Caribbean soulhttps://afrotoronto.com/content/articles/arts-entertainment/theatre/kanika-ambrose-moonlight-schooner-sails-into-history

26 October 2025 This fall, playwright Kanika Ambrose brings two worlds to Toronto’s stages: the salt-air mythos of Moonlight Schooner and the snowy heart of The Christmas Market. Through both, she invites audiences to feel the humour, pain, and poetry of Caribbean...

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

Critical thinking, oral tradition and AI: Eddy (DaOriginalOne) David on guarding our collective memoryhttps://afrotoronto.com/content/articles/commentaries/critical-thinking-oral-tradition-and-ai-eddy-david

19 June 2026 Spoken word pioneer and beatboxer Eddy (DaOriginalOne) David joins Afropolitan Dialogues to unpack a chilling discovery, his own archived history quietly vanishing from Wikipedia and old festival pages. We trace the Royal Ontario Museum protests, the...

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

Film Reviews: Week Opening Jan 9, 2026https://afrotoronto.com/content/articles/movie-reviews/film-reviews-week-opening-jan-9,-2026

26 December 2025 FILM REVIEWS: THE CHORAL (UK/USA 2025) **** Directed by Nicholas Hytner A choral society's male members enlist in World War I, leaving the demanding Dr Guthrie (Academy Award Nominee Ralph Fiennes from CONCLAVE) to recruit teenagers. Together, they...

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

Where Black art lives in Toronto: Galleries and spaces you need to knowhttps://afrotoronto.com/content/articles/arts-entertainment/arts-and-culture/where-black-art-lives-in-toronto-galleries-and-spaces-you-need-to-know

10 May 2026 Toronto has a rich and growing ecosystem of Black-owned and Black-led art spaces that go far beyond the mainstream. From BAND Gallery's expanding presence across the city to the Nia Centre for the Arts in Little Jamaica, these institutions celebrate...

• Type: Article
• Author: Meres J. Weche
• Category: Arts & Culture

Jazz Meets Hip Hop panel kicks off Toronto Jazz Festival's 39th edition with a candid look at shared rootshttps://afrotoronto.com/content/articles/arts-entertainment/music/jazz-meets-hip-hop-panel-kicks-off-toronto-jazz-festival

21 June 2026 The Toronto Jazz Festival opened its 39th edition with a Black Music Month panel titled Jazz Meets Hip Hop, presented by ADVANCE. The Soul Rebels, Kreesha Turner and A&R executive Morgan MJ James joined moderator Skratch Bastid to debate sampling and...

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