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Selwyn Jacob is a Canadian documentary filmmaker whose work has often explored the experiences of Black Canadians as well as other stories from Canada's multicultural communities, as both as an independent director and since 1997 as a producer with the National Film Board of Canada (NFB).
Selwyn Jacob was born in Trinidad, British West Indies [now Trinidad and Tobago]. He is known for Mighty Jerome (2010), Now Is the Time (2019) and Because We Are Girls (2019).
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May 14, 2015 · NFB producer Selwyn Jacob talks about Ninth Floor, a feature doc about the 1969 Sir George Williams Affair, a watershed moment in Canadian race relations.
Feb 27, 2023 · Join the Commission to celebrate Black History Month in Canada with a virtual screening of 'The Road Taken' and a Q&A with director of the film, Selwyn Jacob...
Sep 12, 1996 · The Road Taken: Directed by Selwyn Jacob. With Frederick Ward, Eddie Bailey, Earl Briscoe, Lee Williams. The story of African-Canadian railroad porters on the Canadian railways.
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Sep 10, 2019 · Selwyn Jacob. Photo by Emily Cooper for the NFB. October 9, 2019 – Montreal – National Film Board of Canada. On October 8, filmmaker and NFB Pacific and Yukon Studio producer Selwyn Jacob received this honour from Dalhousie University in recognition of his outstanding contributions.
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Oct 11, 2019 · Since the early 1980s, Jacob’s work has explored the experiences of Black Canadians as well as other stories from Canada’s multicultural communities; first as a trailblazing independent director―and the first Black Albertan director―and then as a producer with the NFB in Vancouver.
