True North

Opens Wednesday, June 17, 2026

Please note that there are additional showtimes of TRUE NORTH that screen with open captions (on-screen display of dialogue and sounds). For those showtimes, click here.

Through never-before-seen archival footage and intimate first-person testimonies, Stephenson’s inspiring and lyrical documentary revisits a charged era of resistance. In 1960s Montreal, Black students and activists’ challenges to institutional racism sparked reverberations across the globe. This reflection upon their stories becomes both an act of remembrance and a call to action.

Official Selection: TIFF, DOC NYC

• Country USA, Canada
• Language English and French with English subtitles
• Running Time 96 minutes
• Format DCP
• Distributor Rada Studio
• Director Michèle Stephenson
• Accessibility Assistive Listening, T-Coil, Descriptive Audio

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