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- ↑ Bill Brownstein, "Montreal's Black film fest will reach a worldwide audience". Montreal Gazette , September 1, 2020.
- 1 2 3 John Griffin, "Black, proud and worldwide; Africa and the entire diaspora are now reflected in what was once the Haitian Film Festival". Montreal Gazette , September 21, 2010.
- ↑ "Popular Black Film Festival expands to Toronto". Canada NewsWire , December 5, 2012.
- ↑ Mary Teresa Bitti, "When the pandemic arrived". National Post , October 29, 2020.
- ↑ Chris Knight, "Across Canada, Black is the new fest". National Post , February 10, 2021.
