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Part of the Brown Canada project focuses on the history of the Komagata Maru incident. This took place in 1914 and exposes many things about racism, immigration, empire, as well as brings to light hidden stories from our past and lessons for the present and future.
Ali Kazimi follows up his award winning documentary with this book - an extensive analysis and discussion of this history and why it is important for today.
Check out more about the book here: http://undesirables.ca/
Part of the Brown Canada project focuses on the history of the Komagata Maru incident. This took place in 1914 and exposes many things about racism, immigration, empire, as well as brings to light hidden stories from our past and lessons for the present and future. Read more about ‘Continuous Journey’, the ground-breaking documentary by filmmaker Ali Kazimi.