Sylvia D. Hamilton is a multi awarding Nova Scotian filmmaker and writer who is known for her documentary films as well as her publications, public presentations and extensive volunteer work with artistic, social and cultural organizations on the local and national levels. Her films include Black Mother Black Daughter, Speak It! From the Heart of Black Nova Scotia and Portia White: Think On Me, a documentary about the legendary Canadian contralto Portia White. She has won a Gemini, the Japan Prize, the CBC Pioneer Award and the National Trail Blazer Expression Award, among many others. She was a contributor to and co-editor of We’re Rooted Here and They Can’t Pull Us Up: Essays in African Canadian Women’s History. (University of Toronto Press, 1994) Her writing has appeared in a range of anthologies and journals. Her most recent documentary is The Little Black School House, a candid exploration into the history of Canada’s all Black segregated schools. She teaches part-time at the University of King’s College in Halifax, Nova Scotia.