(33 min) Psychology; Sociology; Anthropology; Racism; Communications

OWNING the SLAVE introduces Andrew Stringfellow, a resident of the Comox Valley. He moved to Canada and settled in a small community on Vancouver Island, leaving behind the United States and the rich African-American culture of the rural south where he was raised. Thirty years later, the only black man in a white town, Andrew offers a frank, complex view into the experience of being an outsider.

Because of heart disease, Andrew has had to give up his successful career as a clinical counsellor. Determined to continue his personal evolution, he overcomes his lifelong need to keep his inner-self hidden. His journey strives to reclaim himself from imposed social, political and personal patterns and restrictions.

Renée Poisson (2006)