A Mother Apart: Documentary Screening

by Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21Wednesday, 19 February 2025 from 7:00 PM (AST) to 9:00 PM (AST)Canadian Museum of Immigeation at Pier 21, 1055 Marginal Rd. , Halifax, NS B3H 4P7

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To celebrate African Heritage Month, the Museum is pleased to invite you all to the screening of documentary: A Mother Apart. An emotionally sweeping tale of healing and forgiveness, A Mother Apart accompanies powerhouse Jamaican-American poet and LGBTQ+ activist Staceyann Chin as she re-imagines the essential art of mothering—having been abandoned by her own mother. In partnership with National Film Board of Canada. Supported by TD Bank Ready Commitment.

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Who is Staceyann Cin?

Staceyann Chin, a Chinese-Jamaican and Afro-Jamaican poet, activist, and author, was born in Jamaica and now resides in Brooklyn, New York. Openly lesbian, she has been a vocal advocate for LGBTQ+ rights since 1998, performing in and co-writing the Tony-nominated Russell Simmons Def Poetry Jam. Chin’s work includes her memoir The Other Side of Paradise and multiple poetry collections, with performances and workshops worldwide. She has appeared on Logo's She Said What? and co-hosted Centric's My Two Cents. A winner of numerous poetry slams, including the 1999 Chicago People of Color Slam, she was featured in the 2009 documentary The People Speak and became an LGBT icon in 2015.

 

About the documentary:

A Mother Apart is Canadian filmmaker Laurie Townshend's documentary debut. The film premiered at the 2024 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival. It subsequently screened at the 2024 Inside Out Film and Video Festival, where it won the juried awards for Best Canadian Film and Best First Feature Film, and the audience award for Best Documentary Film.

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Rebecca MacKenzie-Hopkinsrmackenzie-hopkins@pier21.ca
Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21Halifax, NSB3H 4P7

About This Charity

The Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 is Canada’s sixth national museum. Our mission is to share the ongoing story of immigration to Canada—past to present and coast to coast to coast. The Museum is located in the Pier 21 national historic site at the Halifax seaport where nearly one million immigrants landed in Canada from 1928 to 1971. From immigration terminal to national historic site to national museum of immigration, our own story of becoming has its twists and turns.