Dear Jackie is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Henri Pardo and released in 2021.Charlie Smith, "DOXA Fest: Dear Jackie demolishes a Canadian myth about racial benevolence". The Georgia Straight, May 14, 2022. Conceived as a love letter to Jackie Robinson, the film explores the way the city of Montreal used its embrace of Robinson, when he played for the Montreal Royals in the 1940s, to construct a mythical image of itself as a post-racial city that had moved beyond anti-black racism, even while Black residents of the city's Little Burgundy neighbourhood were still suffering profound effects of racism in reality.Justine Smith, "Dear Jackie highlights the history of the Black community in Montreal". Cult MTL, June 17, 2022.
The film premiered at the 2021 Montreal International Documentary Festival,Alex Rose, "Montreal documentary film festival RIDM starts today!". Cult MTL, November 10, 2021. where Pardo won the Magnus Isacsson Award for socially conscious works by emerging Canadian filmmakers.Justin Anderson, "RIDM award winners revealed". RealScreen, November 22, 2021. It had a commercial release in June 2022.
The film was a nominee for the Donald Brittain Award for best social or political television documentary at the 11th Canadian Screen Awards in 2023.Pat Mullen, "2023 Canadian Screen Award Nominations for Documentary". Point of View, February 22, 2023.
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