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Cinema Politica an �berculture project
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Free Political Film Screenings Cinema Politica is a project organized by Montr�al-based non-profit �berculture, and comprises a network of several local film exhibition series across Canada, Europe and the USA.

Upcoming Films

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Wed September 8 7:30pm

Chicoutimi

Franny Armstrong/ UK/ 2009/ 92 min
Why didn't we save ourselves when we had the chance?

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Wed September 8 7:30pm

Chicoutimi

The Age of Stupid is a 2008 film by Director ...

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Thu September 9 7:00pm

University of Regina

Rob Stewart / Canada / 2006 / 89 min
The Truth Will Surface

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Thu September 9 7:00pm

University of Regina

For filmmaker Rob Stewart, exploring sharks began as an underwater adventure. What it...

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Fri September 10 7:00pm

Friday Night Docs by Cinema Politica Fredericton

Mark Sandiford/ Canada/ 2006/ 52 min.
A humbling portrait of what it must feel like to be the object of the white man's gaze.

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Fri September 10 7:00pm

Friday Night Docs by Cinema Politica Fredericton

Funny? What's so funny about white people, otherwise known as Qallunaat to the...

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Mon September 13 7:00pm

Stockholm

Weijun Chen / China / 2007 / 52 min / Chinese with English subtitles
Eight year-old students teach us about power, corruption, and democracy.

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Mon September 13 7:00pm

Stockholm

Is democracy a universal value that suits human nature? Do elections inevitably lead...

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Mon September 13 7:30pm

Sackville

Þorfinnur Guðnason & Andri Snær Magnason / Iceland / 2009 / 89 min
One of the best environmental films ever made - about the fight over Iceland's resources.

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Mon September 13 7:30pm

Sackville

This is one of the best environmental films ever made. An incredibly, moving,...

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Mon September 13 8:00pm

Concordia University (Montreal)

Ana Sofia Joanes/ USA/ 2009/ 70 min.
New thinking about what we are eating.

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Mon September 13 8:00pm

Concordia University (Montreal)

FRESH celebrates the farmers, thinkers and business people across America who...

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Wed September 15 7:00pm

Trondheim

Jill Freidberg / Mexico, USA / 2005 / 62 min / Spanish with English subtitles
For over 20 years, global economic forces have been dismantling public education in Mexico, but always in the constant shadow of popular resistance...

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Wed September 15 7:00pm

Trondheim

Granito de Arena is the story of that resistance – the story of hundreds of...

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Thu September 16 7:00pm

Vancouver Public Library

Amy Miller / Canada / 2009 / 58 min
Examining common myths about Canada's role on the international stage.

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Thu September 16 7:00pm

Vancouver Public Library

‘MYTHS FOR PROFIT' is a dramatic, exposé documentary which explores...

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Thu September 16 7:00pm

CFI Ontario

Brett Gaylor / Canada / 2008 / 85 min
Explores issues of copyright in the information age, mashing up the media landscape of the 20th century.

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Thu September 16 7:00pm

CFI Ontario

In RiP: A remix manifesto, Web activist and filmmaker Brett Gaylor explores issues of...

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Fri September 17 7:00pm

Fraser Valley

Ana Sofia Joanes/ USA/ 2009/ 70 min.
New thinking about what we are eating.

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Fri September 17 7:00pm

Fraser Valley

FRESH celebrates the farmers, thinkers and business people across America who...

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Fri September 17 7:00pm

Friday Night Docs by Cinema Politica Fredericton

Marcelo Andrade Arreaza/ Venezuela/ 2004/ 76 min/ Spanish with English subtitles
A film about the failed kidnapping of Hugo Chavez, the complicity of the media and the US

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Fri September 17 7:00pm

Friday Night Docs by Cinema Politica Fredericton

Venezuela Bolivariana: People and Struggle of the Fourth...

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Mon September 20 7:00pm

Concordia University (Montreal)

Wendy Champagne/ Canada-India-Nepal/ 2010/ 77 min.
A bold portrait of the victims of child trafficking, their perpetrators and rescuers.

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Mon September 20 7:00pm

Concordia University (Montreal)

In BAS! Beyond the Red Light 13 young girls sold into Mumbai’s...

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Tue September 21 6:30pm

McGill University (Montreal)

Sam Green / USA / 2002 / 92 min
The remarkable story of the rise and fall of a radical movement in 1970s America.

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Tue September 21 6:30pm

McGill University (Montreal)

In October 1969 hundreds of young people, clad in football helmets and wielding lead...

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Mon September 27 7:00pm

Stockholm

David Ridgen and Nicolas Rossier / USA/ Canada / 2009 / 84 min
Why has criticizing Israel cost Norman Finkelstein his job, his reputation, and maybe his home?

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Mon September 27 7:00pm

Stockholm

American Radical is the probing, definitive documentary about American academic Norman...

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Mon September 27 7:00pm

Trondheim

Fredrik Gertten/ Sweden- Denmark/ 2009/ 87 min./ English and Spanish with English subtitles
The film Dole Food Co. doesn't want you to see!

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Mon September 27 7:00pm

Trondheim

Juan “Accidentes” Dominguez is on his biggest case ever. On behalf of twelve...

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Mon September 27 7:30pm

Sackville

Jackie Salloum / USA, Palestine / 2008 / 90 min / Arabic with English subtitles
Slingshot Hip Hop braids together the stories of young Palestinians living in the West Bank, Gaza and inside Israel.

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Mon September 27 7:30pm

Sackville

Slingshot Hip Hop braids together the stories of young Palestinians living in the West...

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Wed September 29 7:00pm

Trondheim

Anders Østergaard / Denmark / 2008 / 84 min
Inside the Burmese media revolution where documenting abuse could mean you disappear

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Wed September 29 7:00pm

Trondheim

Going beyond the occasional news clip from Burma, the acclaimed filmmaker, Anders...

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Wed September 29 7:00pm

Victoria

Sandy Cioffi/ USA/ 2009/ 93 min.
A story about survival, corruption, greed and armed resistance in Nigeria's Niger Delta.

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Wed September 29 7:00pm

Victoria

Beginning with the filmmaker’s initial trip to document the...

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Fri October 1 7:00pm

Friday Night Docs by Cinema Politica Fredericton

Sam Green / USA / 2002 / 92 min
The remarkable story of the rise and fall of a radical movement in 1970s America.

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Fri October 1 7:00pm

Friday Night Docs by Cinema Politica Fredericton

In October 1969 hundreds of young people, clad in football helmets and wielding lead...

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Fri October 1 7:00pm

Friday Night Docs by Cinema Politica Fredericton

Scott Hamilton Kennedy / USA / 2008 / 80 min
An award-winning doc that chronicles the struggle of the South Central Farmers in Los Angeles.

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Fri October 1 7:00pm

Friday Night Docs by Cinema Politica Fredericton

The fourteen-acre community garden at 41st and Alameda in South Central Los Angeles is...

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