FreeUp! The Emancipation Day Special

FreeUp! The Emancipation Day Special is an annual Canadian television special, which was broadcast for the first time by CBC Gem on August 1, 2020.[1] Growing out of an arts festival created by actress Ngozi Paul in 2017,[2] the special features musical, acting, dancing, comedy and spoken word performances by Black Canadian and Indigenous Canadian performing artists to celebrate Emancipation Day.[3]

  1. ^ "Watch now: FreeUp! Emancipation Day 2020, a CBC special celebrating Black Canadian artists". CBC Arts, July 30, 2020.
  2. ^ Ngozi Paul, "What does freedom mean to Canada? Celebrate Black artists in CBC's FreeUp! Emancipation Day 2020". CBC Arts, July 31, 2020.
  3. ^ Katie Scott, "Why Ngozi Paul says celebrating Emancipation Day is about the future, not the past". eTalk, July 29, 2021.