Library Guides: Holocaust &amp; Genocide Education: Videos

Videos from the library's databases

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Sleeping Tigers: The Asahi Baseball Story
In pre-World War II Vancouver the Asahi baseball team was unbeatable, outplaying the taller Caucasian teams and winning the prestigious Pacific Northwest Championship for five straight years. When Japan bombed Pearl Harbor, the Canadian government sent every person of Japanese descent, whether born in Canada or not, to internment camps.
Truth & Reconciliation
This film explores the darkest chapter in Canadian history. From the establishment of the early Residential Schools to the work of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, this film shines a light on to the cultural genocide that was perpetrated by the Canadian Government and churches towards Canada's Indigenous People. Written and directed by multiple award-winning Métis filmmaker Matt LeMay.
Sisters in the Struggle
This short documentary features Black women active in politics as well as community, labour and feminist organizing. They share their insights and personal testimonies on the double legacy of racism and sexism, linking their personal struggles with the ongoing battle to end systemic discrimination and violence against women and people of colour.
Rwanda Genocide, in Where Were You, 22
There are some global events of such impact that they stay with us forever. They are so important that we sit up and pay attention as they are happening: we sit glued to the television we pour over newspapers we frantically search out more information to understand. This series looks at some of the most shocking events of the 20th and early 21st Century analyzing how the news of their occurrence spread across the globe and what impact they had on the modern world. This episode focuses on the genocide in Rwanda.
Chichinette: The Accidental Spy
The untold story of Marthe Cohn, a feisty young woman who joined the French resistance during WWII. After keeping silent for almost 60 years, Marthe now shares the extraordinary story of how she managed to beat the odds and fight the Nazis as a spy.

Videos

When Canada Said No: The Abandoned Jews of the MS St. Louis, B'nai Brith Canada

In May 1939, the oceanliner MS St. Louis departed Hamburg carrying Jewish refugees desperate to flee Nazi Germany, they tried to escape any way they could. But the world did not want them. This is their story.

The Worst Anti-Semitic Riot in Canada, Historica Canada

On August 16, 1933, the Christie Pits Riot was sparked by Nazi-inspired youth flying a swastika flag at a public baseball game to antagonize and provoke Jewish Canadians.

Racism and Racial Antisemitism, Yad Vashem: The World Holocaust Remembrance Center

Dr. David Silberklang and Prof. Anita Shapira discuss the rise of scientific racism in the 19th century and the development of racial antisemitism.

How to Change Systemic Racism in Canada, Cindy Blackstock for TVO

What does racism look like in Canada? In this web series called "First Things First," Cindy Blackstock, executive director of the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada, tells us the story of Jordan River Anderson and why she continues to fight the Canadian government to gain rights for Indigenous children.

The Riot at Christie Pits, Breakthrough Entertainment

Based on an award-winning book, The Riot of Christie Pits is a historical story as gripping and urgent as the nightly news. It sheds light on the dark past of a city that remains a beacon of hope to immigrants from around the world.

Our Canada: Are We Racist?, CBC News: The National

The National's new series that asks our country some hard-hitting questions. In this piece, Duncan McCue asks Canadians - Are we racist?