FILM and television COORDINATION AND RESEARCH
Journey Back To Jackson Park (Short Documentary)
Synopsis: A brief look at the Emancipation Day celebrations once known as "the Greatest Freedom Show On Earth" in Windsor Ontario during the period of the late 1930s into the 1960s and the historic contributions made by cultural, political, and religious icons throughout Canada and the United States.
Produced by: Audra Yulanda Gray
Directed by: Katarzyna Kochany
Edited by: Nathan Allen
Research: Catherine MacDonald, Tonya Sutherland, Audra Yulanda Gray, Mike Stagno
Consultants: Irene Moore Davis, Leslie McCurdy and Kimberly Simmons
The short documentary was screened at the 2020 Dividing Lines: African American & Native American Symposium at Kennesaw State University in Georgia, the 2019 Toronto Black Film Festival, the 2018 Ontario Black Historical Society’s Emancipation Day Event and the 2018 Ontario Archeology Society’s Symposium. It can currently be seen on CBC Gem (Can) and the short film streaming site Argo (US).
We are currently in pre-development for a full length documentary.
Jackson Park (Historical Drama)
In pre-development: A one hour dramatic television series historically set and based in one of Canada's largest cross border celebrations that took place between the 1930s and 1960s in Windsor, Ontario: Emancipation Day. The celebration drew thousands of people each year from both Canada and the United States. At a time that was noted for much racism and division, the event drew all ethnicities in a celebration of freedom, faith and music, thus being dubbed "the Greatest Freedom Show On Earth".
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