Révolution analogique : Comment les médias féministes ont changé le monde
Lorsque Zainub Verjee, programmatrice de films basée à Vancouver, a lancé le festival de films de femmes de couleur InVisible Colours en 1988, elle s’attendait à ce qu’il se poursuive pendant des années. Il en va de même pour Linda Abrahams (Matriart Journal) et Zanana Akande (Tiger Lily Women of Colour Magazine). Les coupes budgétaires, […]
In Defense of our Treaties
In Defense of our Treaties, follows the struggle of Bear River First Nation as they stand up to pressure from the Department of Fisheries (DFO) to sell their treaty rights for a ticket into the commercial fisheries. For the Mi’kmaq, fishing is a right that comes from the Creator, and is protected by the Treaties. […]
First Daughter and the Black Snake
La prophétie du 7ème feu dit qu’un serpent noir apportera la destruction sur la terre. Nous aurons le choix entre deux voies. L’une est brûlée, et l’autre est verte. Pour Winona LaDuke (qui signifie “première fille” en ojibwé), économiste, écrivain, agronome et politicienne autochtone redoutable, ce serpent noir prend la forme de trains et d’oléoducs. […]
(Ré)apprendre
Que signifie décoloniser l’école et créer des environnements d’apprentissage qui remettent en question les modes d’éducation capitalistes ? Coproduit par Cinema Politica Productions et Wide Open Exposure, ANOTHER WORD FOR LEARNING examine le décalage entre le système éducatif colonial contemporain et les communautés autochtones, à la lumière de la Commission de vérité et réconciliation du […]
Mi’kmaq Fishing Rights and Food Security on World Food Day
On this World Food Day, we thought it worth highlighting the ongoing violation of sovereign Mi’kmaq fishing rights in Nova Scotia.
Tunniit: Retracing the Lines of Inuit Tattoos
TUNNIIT : RETRACING THE LINES OF INUIT TATTOOS est un documentaire personnel et politique de la cinéaste inuite Alethea Arnaquq-Baril, dont le dernier film ANGRY INUK a remporté de nombreux prix. Pendant plus d’un siècle, les tatouages traditionnels du visage des Inuits ont été interdits par le gouvernement canadien et la forme d’art presque oubliée. […]
Honour Your Word
Marylynn Poucachiche and Norman Matchewan faced tear gas and police batons when they joined their parents on the barricades to defend the Barriere Lake Algonquins’ traditional territory in the 1980s. Little did Marylynn and Norman realize they would still be on the barricades over 20 years later, this time with their own young children at their […]
I Didn’t See You There
En tant que personne visiblement handicapé, le cinéaste Reid Davenport entreprend la réalisation d’un film portant sur sa perception du monde, depuis son fauteuil roulant ou ses deux pieds, sans avoir à être perçu lui-même. L’arrivée inattendue d’un chapiteau de cirque devant son appartement d’Oakland, en Californie, l’amène à s’interroger sur l’histoire et l’héritage de […]
Pax Americana: The Weaponization of Space
As if there weren’t enough weapons here on earth, space has become the newest arena for countries around the globe to launch their struggle for supremacy. Denis Delestrac’s film Pax Americana and the Weaponization of Space is packed full of some truly startling facts — everything from the “Rods of God” (space weapons that can launch from […]
Dawnland
“My foster mother told me … she would save me from being Penobscot.” For most of the 20th century, government agents systematically forced Native American children from their homes and placed them with white families. As recently as the 1970’s, one in four Native children nationwide were living in non-Native foster care, adoptive homes, or […]
They’re Killing Us (Nos están matando)
“Nos están matando” – “They’re killing us” – has become the cry of social movements across Colombia. As the world focuses on the demobilization of the FARC rebel group, another war is being waged on the country’s social leaders and human rights defenders – the very people key to building peace and shaping the new […]
Cinema Politica Pandemic Playlist Vol 1: Labour and Community
Volume 1 of Cinema Politica’s Pandemic Playlists examines labour and community through a dozen feature and short films.
Challenge Nationalism on National Canadian Film Day with These On Demand Docs
Looking for critical Cancon on Canadian Film Day 150? We’ve got you covered.
Naila and the Uprising
When a nation-wide uprising breaks out in 1987, a woman in Gaza must make a choice between love, family and freedom. Undaunted, she embraces all three, joining a clandestine network of women in a movement that forces the world to recognize the Palestinian right to self-determination for the first time. The film revolves around the […]
Useful Resources for our Documentary Futurism Project, The Next 150
As promised, here is a list of resources that will help introduce anyone interested in submitting a proposal to The Next 150 project.
After the Last River
In 2008, the world’s largest diamond company, De Beers, opened one of its first mines outside of Africa, just 90 km upstream from the Attawapiskat First Nation in Northern Ontario. The former monopoly had recently closed operations in Angola and the Democratic Republic of Congo, and was undergoing a concentrated PR campaign to improve its […]
