EXPELLED: MY ROOTS IN UGANDA WITH OMAR SACHEDINA

Fifty years after his mother and thousands of other Indians were expelled from the only home they had known in Uganda, CTV’s Chief News Anchor and Senior Editor Omar Sachedina takes viewers on an intimate journey back to where his mother was born. The hour-long documentary follows Sachedina as he travels to his family’s homeland of Uganda alongside his mother Salma and sister Nafilia, marking the first time his mother has returned since her expulsion in 1972. As Sachedina and his family look to rediscover their roots and examine what took place 50 years earlier, the special also includes interviews with immigrants who found homes across Canada after also being expelled from Uganda, as well as insight from Canadian Visa Officer Michael Molloy who helped lead the operation that brought over 6,000 people to Canada, with the last chartered flight leaving Uganda for Canada on November 6, 1972.