Ninth Floor (2015)

Directed by

Mina Shum

Genre

documentary film

Country

Canada

Runtime

1h 21m

Rated

14A

Rating

5.8 of 10 from 4 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary examines a 1969 student occupation at a Montreal university. Black West Indian-born students protested against alleged racism on campus. The film focuses on the events and their aftermath.

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What happens

Ninth Floor is a 2015 National Film Board of Canada documentary film written and directed by Mina Shum about the 1969 Sir George Williams affair, a student occupation led by Black West Indian-born students to protest alleged racism at the Montreal university. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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