Odyssey Showcase Addresses Racism

Published 10/02/2024 · Updated 10/02/2024

This is a release from Odyssey Showcase:

Lights, Camera, Take Action!

ODYSSEY SHOWCASE PRESENTS

STORIES IN REEL TIME

OCTOBER 16 / 7:30 – 10:30 PM / ARTS COURT THEATRE

2 DALY AVENUE, OTTAWA

JOIN ODYSSEY SHOWCASE IN CELEBRATION OF ITS 25TH ANNIVERSARY

WITH THE VIDEO PREMIERE OF OUR NEWEST INITIATIVE

AN ANTI-RACISM WEB SERIES

“This journey towards justice may seem at only recently advanced with force and speed, but to truly understand the present we must know the history {…} For the glory of our stories die when we stay silent to wrong.”

Jamaal Amir Akbari, JustJamaal ThePoet, Award winning Spoken Word Poet & Featured Artist

Justice On Tap/Justice de cabaret is a six-part anti-racism educational web series, which is part of a larger project: Canada Speaks in Diverse Ways / Les voix du patrimoine / Aki Animitagozig.

The title, Justice on Tap, reflects the failed legal battle of Fred Christie who was denied service of a beer because he was Black – an experience that was upheld as legal by the Supreme Court of Canada in 1939 (Christie v. York).

The first completed video, “Christie vs York”, is available with the pilot trailer on the Odyssey Showcase site. The remaining five videos will be revealed at the premiere where all six videos will be shown (total of 50 minutes) before being made freely accessible through various media platforms in November. The evening will finish with a reception where guests can meet the artists and enjoy some great music with some of Ottawa’s “best artists” with Segue to Jazz.

While this event is free, we continue to seek donations, funding and corporate sponsors to develop and present innovative programs primarily targeted for student audiences. For more information: www.odysseyshowcase.org

Registration is required/ Eventbrite

Thank you to our Sponsors

This initiative would not have been possible without the assistance of grants and support from a wide range of volunteers, donors, sponsors and funders including TD Bank, the Community Foundation of Ottawa, and the Arieska Fund and the Spry Family Foundation which are administered through the CFO, Canadian Heritage, the CSRF/United Way and the City of Ottawa.

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About Odyssey Showcase

Odyssey Showcase is a registered charity that has distinguished itself for the past twenty-five years, by creating, producing and presenting educational, multicultural, live musical and theatrical events.Since 2000, Odyssey Showcase has educated and entertained audiences featuring diverse artists and educators contributing to social inclusion and the study of history in Canada in unique and inspirational ways.