Thrown into Canada

This documentary explores the history of Canada’s first major migration of non-European and non-white refugees who arrived in 1972 when Ugandan President Idi Amin expelled all South Asians from the country. Their story of struggle and hope became part of Canada’s conversations about refugees and cultural pluralism, and informed the Canadian response to future refugee movements.

• Aleem KarmaliWriter
• Aleem KarmaliDirector

• Idi AminCast
• Salma LakhaniLieutenant Governor of Alberta
• Michael MolloyCast
• Shezan MuhammediCast
• Mobina JafferCanadian Senator
• Karim H. KarimCast
• Laura MadokoroCast
• Zaheer LakhaniCast
• Alyshea CumminsCast
• Nizar FakiraniCast
• Odette PintoCast
• Clifford J. PereiraCast