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Join Us for an Unforgettable Black History Month 2025 Celebration! Tickets are out!
BCW In Action and The Mosquers Film Festival are excited to announce our Black History Month event: Black Resistance: Celebrating Black Art and Film on February 15th, 2024, at the Performance Theatre in The Orange Hub (10045 156 ST NW).
This year, we’re celebrating the brilliance of Black filmmakers and artists with:
🎥 Short film screenings from talented Black filmmakers
🎨 Art exhibitions featuring stunning works by Black artists, painters, and participants from the BCW Black Girls Empowerment Program
💬 Panel discussions with filmmakers, sharing their journeys, challenges, and ways we can support their work.
🤝 Networking opportunities with light refreshments, creating space to connect, collaborate, and uplift Black voices in art and film.
Doors open at 3 PM.
Albertans, don’t miss this chance to celebrate, support, and elevate Black excellence in storytelling and art!
Let’s Celebrate and Support Black Excellence in Storytelling and Visual Arts
Keynote Speaker - Kathryn Fasegha
Kathryn Fasegha is an award-winning filmmaker, producer, and storyteller dedicated to
amplifying African and diasporic narratives. She began her career in Nigeria’s television industry
in the late 1980s, writing and directing dramas before transitioning to feature filmmaking. Her
debut film, Treacherous Heart (2012), was the first African-Canadian feature film premiered at
Cineplex Chinook Centre Calgary and Metro Cinema in Edmonton. Her latest film, 2 Weeks in
Lagos (2021), premiered at Cannes, was nominated for an Africa Movie Academy Award, and is
currently streaming on Netflix.
As the founder of BalminGilead Movie Productions in Canada and Nigeria, Kathryn is developing
a slate of diverse projects, including 2 Weeks in Calgary (a cross-cultural story, of love, identity,
and desire vs duty/communal obligations), the half-hour comedy series NAICANA: My Nigerian
Father, and the hockey documentary series 1885: Frozen Legacy. She is committed to
mentoring emerging Black and African filmmakers through initiatives like Being Black in Canada,
Black 2 the Future, and African Women Acting (AWA)
Kathryn is the President of the Black Actors and Film Guild Canada (Alberta Chapter) and a
graduate of industry programs such as the OYA Black Arts Producers Bootcamp, the Alberta
Producer Accelerator, Access BIPOC Producers Program and the Realness Institute's Creative
Producer Indaba. She actively advocates for increased representation, financing, and
distribution opportunities for Black and African filmmakers.
Through her work, Kathryn bridges African and North American media landscapes, through
international collaborations and telling powerful, underrepresented stories that resonate with
audiences worldwide.
