About

The Canadian Government coined the term “Visible Minority” to recognize Canadian Blackness in Canada. The Employment Equity Act of Canada defines visible minorities as “persons, other than Aboriginal peoples, who are non-Caucasian in race or non-white in colour.” I resented the shorthand and vowed to create West Indian Canadian humanity and bring it into the Canadian mainstream. I became a filmmaker and writer. I created work founded in the humanity of the Jamaican and the Canadian Mottos “Out of Many, One People” and “From Sea to Sea to Sea. Black Canadian reductionism, meditates on America Popular characters from in the media. Black Canadians are American media characters come to life, encroaching on Canadian neighbourhoods. While Canadian citizenry meditates on generalized beliefs, things that are not hidden and easy to find are seemingly hidden. As in all characterization, the details are overlooked. In this way, Jamaican Canadians hide in plain sight. Camouflaged is a Jamaican heritage that is predominately African, with English, Scottish and Irish heritage. Note the St. George’s Cross of the English flag on the Jamaican Coat of Arms and the St. Andrew’s Cross of the Scottish flag and the Jamaican flag.

Visit John Cake Film on YouTube for a look at my book of work.

Good Pretty Curly Hair by Andy Davis

Black Soldier Look Book by Andy Davis

Hello World by Andy Davis

African Origin Story by Andy Davis

Lions In Winter by Andy Davis

UFO: A Toroto Sighting by Andy Davis

Cyclops Plaza by Andy Davis

Eye Piece by Andy Davis at JonCakeFilm.com