Date: Wednesday, February 19, 2025
Time: 7:00 pm
Location: In-person event at the Museum
Language: Presented in English
Cost: FREE
To attend the event, please register here →
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.
Who is Staceyann Chin?
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.