Montreal puppeteer suing anti-racism group director after blackface controversy
A Black puppeteer based in Montreal has launched a defamation lawsuit against one of the heads of an anti-racism group, a little less than a year after he was accused of depicting a racist character in his children’s puppet show.
Last year, during Black History Month, Franck Sylvestre was scheduled to perform L’incroyable secret de barbe noire in several Montreal-area municipalities, including the West Island suburbs of Beaconsfield and Pointe-Claire.
