Level 30 English Language Arts

This is the animated film based on the graphic novel Secret Path by Gord Downie and illustrated by Jeff Lemire.

​As racial tensions boil in barren and destitute Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Aminata organizes a final journey back to Africa.

After British defeat, Aminata registers Black Loyalists in The Book Of Negroes for an escape to freedom in Nova Scotia.

When Revolution breaks out in New York, Aminata seizes her chance and escapes to freedom in the haven of Canvas Town.

Aminata, forced to deflect the affections of the two men who own her, adjusts to plantation life in the Carolinas.

Stolen from Africa, 11-year old Aminata Diallo is enslaved and forced to endure a treacherous journey to America.