Mayworks Festival: Linking Arms - The Porter Screening + Discussion

Tue May 26 2026 at 06:00 pm to 09:30 pm UTC-04:00

Paradise Theatre | Toronto

Mayworks Festival of Working People and the Arts
Publisher/HostMayworks Festival of Working People and the Arts
Mayworks Festival: Linking Arms - The Porter Screening + Discussion
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A screening of The Porter followed by a conversation with Arnold Pinnock and fellow cast members, presented by ACTRA.
About this Event

Mayworks joins ACTRA Toronto to present a special screening of two episodes from the acclaimed television series The Porter, followed by a conversation with co-creator Arnold Pinnock and cast members. Set against the rise of Black railway porters and the formation of North America’s first Black labour union, the series connects past struggles to today’s labour movement. Speakers will reflect on organizing, solidarity, and the ongoing fight for dignity and workers’ rights amid renewed union activism and precarity. Join us for an evening of film, history, and dialogue exploring labour’s enduring power and the continuing struggle for justice for working people.


This venue is wheelchair accessible and has gender neutral, wheelchair accessible washrooms. For requests, please email [email protected]


Mayworks Festival is a community-based festival which annually presents new works by a diverse and broad range of artists, who are both workers and activists. The programming presents bold, insightful, responses to pressing issues at the intersection of art, social justice and labour. .


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Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Paradise Theatre, 1006c Bloor Street West, Toronto, Canada

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