VeraCity: Yonge Street Uprising
2022 · 60 min
On May 4, 1992, a demonstration in response to the treatment of Toronto's black community by police spiraled out of control. Thirty years later activists, journalists and politicians revisit the events surrounding that day to offer insight.
Directed By
Richard B. PierreWritten By
Richard B. PierreStudio
33 Dundas Square Productions, Canadian Federation of Musicians (CFM), Canadian Film or Video Production Tax Credit (CPTC)Genre
DocumentaryCast of VeraCity: Yonge Street Uprising
Tammie SutherlandNarrator
Courtney BettySelf - Lawyer
Sophie CookSelf - Mother, Entrepreneur, Survivor
Laura Di BattistaSelf - CITYPULSE
Peter DworschakSelf - CityTV Supervising Caneraman
Lennox FarrellSelf - Black Action Defence Committee Co-Founder
Grace-Edward GalabuziSelf - Former Black Action Defence Committee Member
Kingsley GilliamSelf - Black Action Defence Committee Communications Director
Hewitte LogueSelf - Back Action Defence Committee President
Sean O'MalleySelf - Former Globe & Mail Reporter
Pam SettleSelf - CITYPULSE