Black Canadian women have been engaged in film and video creation since the 1970s, with a penchant towards documentary style. More artistically innovative film and video works have been emerging from the community of black Canadian female film and video makers, however these too would most likely be categorized as documentary. Since conditions in Canada do not favour access by black women to the filmmaking apparatuses and also tend to dictate representations of this community, the aim of many black women in film and video has been to disrupt the dominant narratives and to find spaces within which to explore their identities and creative selves. This article is a survey of works made by black Canadian film and video artists, including Jennifer Hodge de Silva, Christene Browne, and Donna James.