TAIBU Afrocentric Healing Circles
TAIBU’s Afrocentric Healing Circles Project is a three-part short film series exploring Black Mental Health and Afrocentric Healing circles in Toronto’s Black communities. Each film is designed to stand alone; however, they tell a compelling story when watched together. The first part explores Black mental health from a structural approach, with an emphasis on systemic anti-Black racism as a determinant of Black Mental Health. The second film explores Healing Circles and Toronto’s Black Community. The third film explores TAIBU’s unique Afrocentric approach to healthcare in conversation with our Afrocentric healing circle participants’ experiences in these spaces. The films are intended to be an educational tool to engage mental health stakeholders on the importance of understanding Black Mental health and healing in relation to systemic anti-black racism. More than this, this film forwards the need for culturally significant and meaningful practices such as Afrocentric Healing Circles to promote good mental wellness in Black communities.