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Reza Dahya

Reza Dahya is known for his work as a host and producer of OTA Live on FLOW 93.5FM in Toronto. He transitioned into filmmaking with his first short film, ESHA (2011), and the crowd-funded FIVE DOLLARS (2013), which premiered at the TIFF Kids International Film Festival, screened internationally and aired on CBC’s "Canadian Reflections". A 2014 alumnus of the Canadian Film Centre’s Cineplex Entertainment Film Program Directors’ Lab, Dahya completed his CFC Short Film, CHAMELEON in 2015, the independent short THE WORST PART in 2016 and is developing a slate of feature films.

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    The Nathaniel Dett Chorale is teaching the meaning of spirituals and why it's vital to know the songs' history.
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    These portraits call out dangerous assumptions about how black men are seen

    Gordon Shadrach's paintings show pointed concern with how black men get assessed, and how easily confrontation or aggression gets mapped onto black faces.
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