Honour Before Glory

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2h 4m | Documentary

Anthony Sherwood Films (ASF) is an award-winning production company specializing in
films about the African-Canadian experience and history in Canada. One of these films
is Honour Before Glory, which is the story of the No. 2 Construction Battalion,
Canada’s all-Black battalion formed during the First World War. Honour Before Glory is
based on the war diary of William Andrew White who was the chaplain for the battalion
and the great-uncle to Anthony Sherwood. Reverend William White was the only Black
chaplain in the entire British Armed Forces during the First World War. The film has won
a Gemini Award, a Hollywood Black Film Festival Award and the Founder’s Award at the
Barbados Film Festival. On July 9, 2022, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau delivered an
official apology to the Black soldiers of the No. 2 Construction Battalion and to their
descendants. Anthony Sherwood served as the Master of Ceremonies for the event
which was the first apology given by the Federal Government to the Black community of
Canada. Anthony Sherwood will be present at each film screening to give his personal
perspective of the story. The film is 67 minutes in length and a Q&A will follow the film
screening.