A photo exhibit curated by NFL player Colin Kaepernick will be on display at Toronto’s Harbourfront Centre all month as part of Kuumba, the city’s long-standing Black History Month festival celebrating the heritage, culture and traditions of Black Canadians.

The contemporary arts festival is celebrating its 25th year with a series of talks, workshops, events and performances throughout February and “will examine the past through cultural expression, ritual and memorabilia, while re-envisioning our identities through art, culture and education,” a media release stated.

It will feature the Canadian premiere of Kaepernick’s “Know Your Rights Camp” photography exhibition, which portrays freedom fighters, including athletes, actors and activists. One of the photographs in the series features “The Exonerated 5,” formerly known as the “Central Park 5,” a group of five teenagers who were wrongfully convicted in 1989 in the rape of a jogger in New York and spent between five and 15 years in prison. “The Exonerated 5,” installation is located outdoors and is accessible 24 hours a day.

According to curator Ashley McKenzie-Barnes, this year’s festival features artists who haven’t been exhibited at the Harbourfront Centre before. It includes a sneaker collection designed by D’Wayne Edwards, the creator and founder of Pensole Woorwear Design Academy and who has designed sneakers for Nike, Sketchers and La Gear among others. Installations and artwork from Ghanaian artist Ekow Nimako, Nigerian artist William Ukoh, Jamaican artist Krystal Ball and local artist Yung Yemi are also featured.

Throughout the month, the festival is set to feature theatre performances, comedy standup shows, dance and stage performances, workshops and other programming.

This year the festival has strong athletics and wellness programming, McKenzie-Barnes said, adding the festival has partnered with athletics company Lululemon, which will offer wellness programming on Wednesdays run by Black practitioners that includes meditation techniques, yoga, boxing, fitness, life and emotional coaching.

“The one thing I want to make very clear is that this is programming for all ages, for all races, the biggest thing about this programming is that it’s highlighting the contributions of the Black community and the Black people who you are seeing the work from,” McKenzie-Barnes said.