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Mother Tongue on TVO Sunday
by Share (Canada's largest ethnic newspaper), 1/29/2004
Just in time for Black History Month, the documentary, Mother Tongue: The Other Side of History (Buxton), airing on TVOntario this Sunday, features 16-year-old Toni Parker of Buxton, Ontario who tells the story of her great, great grandmother, Eliza Parker, a fugitive slave and a member of a Black self-defence organization.
Eliza fled to Canada after being involved in a rebellion against slavery in Christiana, Pennsylvania in 1851 - an event that many believe fueled the fires that sparked the Civil War.
In this half-hour documentary young Parker investigates the dramatic story of her ancestor and the Christiana Riot, which involves bravery, intrigue and murder.
This program is the first of a 13-part series investigating Canada's multicultural history from a female perspective. Other communities to be featured include Chinese, Acadian and Ukrainian. One of the goals of the series is to show viewers the role Canada's ethnic communities played in the development and history of this country.
Mother Tongue is directed by Susan Poizner, an award-winning journalist who has spent 17 years living and working in such countries as Russia, Israel and the United Kingdom. She grew up in Toronto's Jewish community.
Mother Tongue is produced by ThinkStock Inc, an independent production company that specializes in educational programs exploring Canada's ethnic heritage and history.
It will air on TVOntario on Sunday, February 1 at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday, February 7 at 12:30 p.m. It airs on Canadian Learning Television on Monday, February 9 at 1 p.m. and 7 p.m. (Eastern) and Book TV on Tuesday, February 17 at 9 p.m. (MNT) and Sunday, February 22 at 6 p.m. (MNT)
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Mother Tongue: A woman's history of ethnic Canada is a 13-part TV series that documents Canada's multicultural history from a female perspective. Each program tells the story of a notable woman in one of Canada's communities, including a Black fugitive slave, an Acadian mail order bride, and an Icelandic suffragette.
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