University of Guelph-Humber

A screening of “Our Dance of Revolution,” a documentary that tells the story of how Black queer folks in Toronto resisted the forces of marginalization and rose up to become a vibrant, fierce community. This event is held in collaboration with Guelph Pride. This event will be held virtually. 

Online Location Instructions

Please RSVP for this event by February 11 at 12 p.m. The meeting link will be emailed to you prior to the start of the event.

Who can attend? 

This event is open to all students, staff, and faculty in the U of G and UofGH Community, as well as members of the general public.

How can I register? 

U of G and UofGH: BIPOC students interested in receiving an UberEats gift card for this event, please register by February 9 at 11:59 p.m. All other participants, please RSVP by February 11 at 12 p.m. The meeting link will be emailed to you prior to the start of the event.

Non-UofG and UofGH: For those outside of the U of G and UofGH, please register here.

Thank you to Phoenix the Fire for providing ASL Interpretation during this event.

This event is part of the University of Guelph’s Black History Month 2022 Programming hosted by the Cultural Diversity Office and Guelph Black Students’ Association. If you have questions about this or any of our other programs for the month, please contact us at cultural.diversity@uoguelph.ca.

Film Synopsis 

“We are people of revolution. We’re here because others have rebelled. Because others have stood in solid resistance!” Listening to Angela, a Black lesbian feminist who is rousing a crowd, we understand that, no, this particular revolution wasn’t televised.  Rather, from out of the shadows, it was hugged, chanted, marched, and danced into existence. Our Dance of Revolution tells the story of how Black queer folks in Toronto faced every adversity, from invisibility to police brutality, and rose up to become a vibrant, triple-snap-fierce community. 

Capturing first-person accounts across a span of four decades, this feature-length documentary is more than a previously untold oral history, more than a reclamation of unsung people and events.  Our Dance of Revolution is a human-scale reckoning of how audacious individuals find themselves by finding others, and how they muster the courage, tenacity, and creativity to prevail against the forces of marginalization.

About the Filmmaker 

Phillip Pike is an award-wining documentary filmmaker. As a graduate of McGill University’s Faculty of Law, Phillip’s journey of personal and professional discovery has taken him from a career creating change as a community activist and human rights lawyer to a career creating change through storytelling as a documentary filmmaker. He is a graduate of the Documentary Filmmaking Institute, Toronto.

Check out his organization Roaring River Films on socials at @filmsroaring.