Award-winning filmmaker Shelley Jarrett&rs quo\;s new documentary\, What We Deserve &ndash\; Restorative Justice and Reparation\, examines over 400 years of the trans-Atlantic slave trade and the major roles played by European powers\, including the Britis h\, Portuguese\, French\, and Dutch. The trade of chained bodies was a hig hly successful commercial business for the nations of Europe&mdash\;destro ying the lives of millions of men\, women and children in search of profit .
\nFilled with potent reflections and insightful commentary\, this film presents the centuries of unaddressed harm faced by the victims of th e slave trade and their descendants and champions their calls for restorat ive justice and reparations.
\nThis event marks the premiere and fir st public screening of What We Deserve &ndash\; Restorative Justice an d Reparation. Following the 45-minute film\, award-winning screenwrit er Andrew Terry Pasieka moderates a panel discussion with filmmaker Shelle y Jarrett\, Colin Jobe\, and Samantha Singleton.
\nBurlington Public Library proudly presents this special event in partnership with Shelland House of Film.
\nShelley Jarrett has m erged her passions for community development and creative arts through fil mmaking and podcasting. She was named one of 100 Accomplished Black Canadi an Women 2022. She sits on the Board of the Art Gallery of Mississauga and is a board advisor to the Canadian Centre for Women Empowerment in Ottawa .
\nShelley Jarrett&rsquo\;s debut documentary W&rsquo\;AT ABOWT US has won numerous awards since its premiere in Toronto in 2019. Th e film documents the lives of eight courageous women from five major cultu ral backgrounds telling their stories of truth and experience of domestic violence and assault.
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