Name: How our stories cross over
Uploaded: 2014-09-05T15:11:37Z
Duration: 17 min 15 s
Description: Colin Grant has spent a lifetime navigating the emotional landscape between his father’s world and his own. Born in England to Jamaican parents, Grant draws on stories of shared experience within his immigrant community -- and reflects on how he found forgiveness for a father who rejected him.

Colin Grant has spent a lifetime navigating the emotional landscape between his father’s world and his own. Born in England to Jamaican parents, Grant draws on stories of shared experience within his immigrant community -- and reflects on how he found forgiveness for a father who rejected him.

Colin Grant: How our stories cross over

How our stories cross over

Navigating silence in a turbulent home, turning a TV's volume to near-inaudible levels became a daily exercise in stealth and survival.

The complex dance of identity for immigrants' children: embodying a 'Jamaican bella figura' while navigating societal stereotypes.

A reconciliation journey transforms a son's narrative from harboring thoughts of patricide to understanding and releasing hatred.