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FAIRY CREEK documents the largest act of civil disobedience in Canadian history, a blockade which made international headlines and broke records with nearly 1,200 people arrested for protesting to protect British Columbia’s last old-growth forests.
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Still from Khartoum showing a tree in the Sudanese landscape, symbolizing resilience amid displacement and civil unrest.
Still from Khartoum, a contemplative film following five citizens of Sudan as they share their stories of civil unrest, the military coup, and their search for safety in neighboring countries.
2032  ·  1h20m
2032  ·  1h20m

Five Sudanese citizens recount their lives using experimental green screen techniques to capture a period of crisis and resilience.

Scene from Urban Disobedience Toolkit showing a performer covered in clay raising their hand during a public demonstration.
Still from Urban Disobedience Toolkit, a performance-based film exploring acts of resistance and collective action in urban spaces.
Vladimír Turner  ·  2025  ·  1h28m
Vladimír Turner  ·  2025  ·  1h28m

Artists and activists reclaim a gentrified Prague with creative interventions and anarchist monkey-wrenching to show how a more egalitarian city is possible.

Still from the documentary Skoden.
Still from the documentary Skoden.
Damien Eagle Bear  ·  2025  ·  1h15m
Damien Eagle Bear  ·  2025  ·  1h15m

In the age of mass-scrolling, this doc tunnels deep into one problematic popular meme and expands into a discussion of Indigenous identity and Canadian colonialism.

Three people stand in front of a tent in a desert-like camp, still from the Documentary Unwelcomed
Still from the documentary Unwelcomed
Sebastian Gonzalez Mendez & Amilcar Infante  ·  2025  ·  1h6m
Sebastian Gonzalez Mendez & Amilcar Infante  ·  2025  ·  1h6m

UNWELCOMED portrays the shocking discord that resulted from thousands of Venezuelans making their way to Chile.

A protester raises their fist at Columbia University during the Gaza solidarity encampments, featured in The Encampments documentary.
Still from The Encampments, documenting the Gaza solidarity protests at Columbia University.
Michael T. Workman & Kei Pritsker  ·  2025  ·  1h21m
Michael T. Workman & Kei Pritsker  ·  2025  ·  1h21m

Following recent campus protests against Israel’s genocide campaign, this account chronicles the university encampment movement and entrenchment of the perpetrator’s lobby.

Robin Riad, Seza Tiyara Selen and Jannis Osterburg, Dima Hamdan, Tara Hakim, Hannah Hull , Raghed Charabaty, Dana Dawud, Teyama AlKamli & Omar Gabriel  ·  2025  ·  1h24m
Robin Riad, Seza Tiyara Selen and Jannis Osterburg, Dima Hamdan, Tara Hakim, Hannah Hull , Raghed Charabaty, Dana Dawud, Teyama AlKamli & Omar Gabriel  ·  2025  ·  1h24m

An eclectic, uncompromising anthology of short films by queer Palestinian filmmakers and queer filmmakers in solidarity with Palestine.

Scene from The White House Effect, a political documentary exploring U.S. foreign interventions.
Bonni Cohen, Pedro Kos & Jon Shenk  ·  2024  ·  1h34m
Bonni Cohen, Pedro Kos & Jon Shenk  ·  2024  ·  1h34m

An investigation into origins of the climate crisis and anti-environmental policy, revealing the US government’s death grip allegiance to the fossil fuel lobby.

Dr. Ghassan Abu Sittah on a subway train, featured in State of Passion documentary
Dr. Ghassan Abu Sittah, central figure in State of Passion.
Carol Mansour & Mona Khalidi  ·  2024  ·  1h30m
Carol Mansour & Mona Khalidi  ·  2024  ·  1h30m

From the under-resourced emergency rooms of the Al Shifa and Al Ahli hospitals, this rousing portrait follows a surgeon’s tireless efforts to save Palestinian lives.

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