Aunt Harriet is a meditative moving portrait exploring introspection, healing, and aging. Set against the backdrop of rural Ontario it deepens the memory of Black lives, bridging past and present – history and myth.
FILM AVAILABLE TO VIEW SOON
World Festival Premiere
Guelph, ON
November 2025
International Festival Premiere
Chicago, USA
November 2025
More to come
2026
To share or recommend Aunt Harriet at your art gallery, museum, or festival contact us here
We invite you to share your Black Heritage—local, family, and tangible memories—to help us bring history to life. Your story matters, and it would be our privilege to share it. Contact yourstory@stratfordperthmuseum.ca to learn more or send us your story.
“An elegy of Black history and testament of acknowledgement: We have always been here.”
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“Art can often be a means of preserving history. Sometimes, it can even uncover long forgotten truths.”
“One of the things I hope audiences will take away is the actual commonness of Black women in the world — the fullness of our lives and what we contribute to the world.”
"A story in film AND an act of activism"
NEWS
Black History projects arrive at the Stratford Perth Museum in Fall 2025 and beyond, in collaboration with local artists, historians, and the Stratford Perth Archive including HAUI, Garvia Bailey, the Buxton National Historic Site & Museum, and others to share powerful stories of heritage, community, and connection. The first, Aunt Harriet: An Ontario Oratorio by HAUI, runs October 11, 2025–January 12, 2026, with more exciting permanent exhibits to follow.
HAUI™ was selected as City of Guelph's Artist-in-Residence
Throughout a 15-week residency, HAUI delved into Guelph Museums archives, St. Joseph’s Health Centre Guelph’s archives, and nourished community collaborations with Guelph Black Heritage Society, University of Guelph scholars Dr. Jade Ferguson and Deirdre McCorkindale, and Stratford Perth Museum.
The residency culminated in an intimate panel and private showing as part of Culture Days, Ontario.
Stay tuned for wider release in 2025
