Seven-year-old Jackson has light skin and curly hair ­ and a remarkable heritage from both sides of his family. In this inspiring film, his two grandmothers look back over lives of adversity, challenges and achievement, to pass along to him their acquired wisdom.

Rosemary Brown and Ruth Horricks-Sujir are his two courageous grandmothers from very different backgrounds. Both women left their home countries to forge new lives. Rosemary Brown, left Jamaica to study in Canada. After an extensive record in public service, she became the first Black woman elected to public office in Canada.

Ruth Horricks-Sujir left her family's farm in Alberta to take a two-month sea voyage to India. There she met and married a handsome Hindu Brahmin pilot for Air India. A young Western bride in India, she eventually returned to Canada with three young children, only to be widowed when her husband died in an air crash As a single mother in a small prairie town, Ruth pursued a college degree and spent twenty five years as a dedicated high school teacher. Ruth's son married Rosemary¹s daughter, melding racial, cultural and religious heritages in one little boy ­ Jackson. Rosemary says of Jackson,"You are part of a continuum of service and compassion.".

This gem of a film will enrich multicultural programs and women¹s studies.

"Recommended. The quality of both the audio and video are excellent. The story flows smoothly as it follows one woman, then the other, throughout their lives. As a human interest story, this video would well serve a public library video collection. It could also be used in college classes for women's studies or multicultural studies." Mary Northrup, Maple Woods Community College, Kansas City, Mo., Educational Media Reviews on Line

NAME (National Association of Multicultural Education), 2005