True North: Andy Milne in Concert + Film Premiere
Sat Feb 28, 2026 | 8–10:45 PM
Michèle Stephenson dir., True North, 2025 (film still); Archival photograph: Poet and activist Ted Joans at the Congress of Black Writers in Montreal, Canada, 1968, Courtesy of Studio112
Join us for the West Coast premiere of True North, presented in partnership with the Vancouver International Film Festival (VIFF).
In advance of the screening, celebrated Canadian jazz pianist Andy Milne—who composed the film’s score—will perform a 45-minute set, co-presented by Infidels Jazz. The film screening will be followed by a 15-minute Q&A with the artist.
This event is being presented as part of the Vancouver Art Gallery’s 2026 Celebrating Black Futures programming. Find out more »
ABOUT THE FILM
True North, 2025
Directed by Michèle Stephenson
Run Time: 96 minutes
Michèle Stephenson’s moving documentary centres on the 1969 student protests against racism at Montreal’s Concordia University (then known as Sir George Williams University) and their contribution to the story of Black liberation.
The film is an electrifying history of Black Canada, a story of displacement and discrimination, prejudice and Black pride, from Freedom Road to Africville and the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s, fused from a mind-bogglingly rich cache of archival material, first person accounts and a remarkable score by celebrated jazz pianist Andy Milne.
True North illuminates a tempestuous moment in Canada’s reckoning with its own racism—and reminds us of the lasting power of collective action.
ABOUT THE PERFORMER
Andy Milne is a two-time JUNO Award-winning pianist and composer, known for his Dapp Theory and Unison projects and for his work with artists such as Ravi Coltrane, Steve Coleman, William Shatner and Bruce Cockburn. His most recent recording Time Will Tell with the Andy Milne Trio was nominated for Best Jazz: Group at the 2025 JUNO Awards.
