Black Panther Follow-Up Documentary Kick-Starts 5th Annual Toronto Black Film Festival

Toronto (January 11, 2017) – Toronto Black Film Festival launches February 15th to 19th, 2017 for its fifth year with PBS documentary ‘Tell Them We Are Rising: The Story of Black Colleges and Universities’. Helmed by Emmy-award-winning director Stanley Nelson, the film will be presented as the Canadian premiere on Wednesday, February 15th at 7:30 p.m. at the Isabel Bader Theatre (93 Charles St. W.) in Toronto.

“We are celebrating our fifth year with a triumph in black filmmaking and in black history,” says founder ofToronto Black Film Festival Fabienne Colas. “Toronto Black Film Festival encapsulates the spirit of diversity and raises the curtain for unheard voices.”

#TBFF17’s opening night feature is the follow-up documentary to Stanley Nelson’s award-winning works,‘The Black Panthers: Vanguards of the Revolution’, exploring the schools that educated the engineers of freedom movements and revolutions. ‘Tell Them We Are Rising’ unapologetically captures the birthplace of black leaders in America.

The fifth annual Toronto Black Film Festival is co-presented by TD Bank in collaboration with Global News.