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

Previously Screened Films

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Wed September 1 7:00pm

Trondheim

Omar Majeed / Canada / 2009
The progression of the Muslim Punk scene, from fiction novel to full-blown real-life scene of bands and their fans.

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Wed September 1 7:00pm

Trondheim

When he was 17, Michael Knight left his mother’s home in Rochester to study Islam at...

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Wed August 11 7:00pm

Yellowknife

Dennis Allen/ Canada/ 2009/ 67 min.
A film about Fort McPherson, a Teetl'it Gwich'in community in the Northwest Territories, and its citizen-run radio station.

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Wed August 11 7:00pm

Yellowknife

The airwaves over the Mackenzie Delta resonate with the wild and joyous sounds...

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Mon August 9 7:30pm

Sackville

Faith Morgan / USA, Cuba / 2006 / 53 min
Once the oil is gone, where will the world turn?

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Mon August 9 7:30pm

Sackville

When the Soviet Union collapsed in 1990, Cuba's economy went into a tailspin. With...

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Sat July 31 9:00pm

Special Events Montreal

Martin Bureau / Canada / 2008 / 58 min
A visual poem that weaves together the story of land and people

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Sat July 31 9:00pm

Special Events Montreal

Thirty years after the closing of the Schefferville’s mining colony, and after...

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Sat July 24 9:00pm

Special Events Montreal

Magnus Isacsson & Simon Bujold / Canada / 2009 / 68 min / French and English w/ Eng s.t.
Socially Acceptable Acts of Terrorism from Montreal artist collective

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Sat July 24 9:00pm

Special Events Montreal

ENGLISH SYNOPSIS: An abundance of art, love, and idealism : that’s what fuels Annie...

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Sat July 17 9:00pm

Special Events Montreal

Alan Kohl / Canada / 2008 / 72 min
What is public space? What are the boundaries to public space, especially in cities? Who is Roadsworth?

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Sat July 17 9:00pm

Special Events Montreal

ROADSWORTH CROSSING THE LINE: Over a period of three years, the stencil artist Peter...

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Wed July 14 8:00pm

Bishop's

Paul Manly / Canada / 2009 / 90 min
What do secrecy, police provocateurs, an assault on democracy and infringements on citizens’ rights have in common?

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Wed July 14 8:00pm

Bishop's

What do secrecy, police provocateurs, an assault on democracy and infringements on...

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Mon July 12 7:30pm

Sackville

Kevin W Matthews/ Canada/ 2004/ 70 min
Forbidden Forest is a tale of corporate greed, lax government oversight and people passionate about the places they love.

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Mon July 12 7:30pm

Sackville

The government of New Brunswick has handed the management of millions of acre of...

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Sat July 10 9:00pm

Special Events Montreal

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

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Sat July 10 9:00pm

Special Events Montreal

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

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Sat July 10 8:00pm

Bishop's

Alan Kohl / Canada / 2008 / 72 min
What is public space? What are the boundaries to public space, especially in cities? Who is Roadsworth?

featured film:

Sat July 10 8:00pm

Bishop's

ROADSWORTH CROSSING THE LINE: Over a period of three years, the stencil artist Peter...

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Fri July 9 8:00pm

Edmonton

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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Fri July 9 8:00pm

Edmonton

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

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Wed July 7 7:00pm

Cape Breton

David Springbett/ Canada/ 2008/ 43 min
It’s 7 am: Do you know where your toast came from?

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Wed July 7 7:00pm

Cape Breton

Eating breakfast toast:  a simple ritual to start the day. The bread probably...

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Fri June 25 8:30pm

Woods Hole (Massachusetts)

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

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Fri June 25 8:30pm

Woods Hole (Massachusetts)

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

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Thu June 24 7:00pm

Cape Breton

Sylvie Van Brabant / Canada / 2009 / 83 min
We’ve heard the problems, now here’s some environmental solutions

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Thu June 24 7:00pm

Cape Breton

The film could have been called: An Operation Manual for Planet Earth, EcoRevolution,...

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Thu June 24 6:00pm

Fundy

Shannon Walsh / Canada / 2009 / 72 min
If you see one documentary on the Alberta tar sands, make sure it's this one.

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Thu June 24 6:00pm

Fundy

Ever wonder where American gets most of its oil? If you thought it was Saudi Arabia or...

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Wed June 23 7:00pm

Fraser Valley

Rupert Murray / UK / 2009 / 90 min
The world’s first major documentary about the devastating effect of overfishing

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Wed June 23 7:00pm

Fraser Valley

The End of the Line, the first major feature documentary film revealing the impact of...

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Wed June 23 7:00pm

Malaga

Mark Achbar / Canadá / 2003 / 145 min / Español
Ganadora de 26 premios a nivel internacional. 10 Premios del Público, entre ellos el Premio del Público del Festival de Sundance 2004

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Wed June 23 7:00pm

Malaga

La Corporación es una revisión compleja de la institución dominante de...

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Mon June 21 7:30pm

Special Events Montreal

Ron Mann/ Canada/ 2000/ 80 min.
A truthful and hilarious historical account of marijuana prohibition

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Mon June 21 7:30pm

Special Events Montreal

Award- winning director Ron Mann (Comic Book Confidential, Twist) hooks up with actor/...

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Mon June 21 12:39am

Yellowknife

Neil Diamond/ Canada/ 2009/ 86 min.
A documentary about the evolution of the depiction of First Nations people in film, from the silent era to today.

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Mon June 21 12:39am

Yellowknife

Hollywood has made over 4000 films about Native people; over 100 years of movies...

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Sat June 19 7:00pm

Fraser Valley

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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Sat June 19 7:00pm

Fraser Valley

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

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Sat June 19 6:00pm

Special Events Montreal

Barry Greenwald / Canada / 2009 / 70 min
The story of the social experiment conducted by the Canadian government that played with three Inuit lives.

featured film:

Sat June 19 6:00pm

Special Events Montreal

SHORT SYNOPSIS In the early 1960s the Canadian government...

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Fri June 18 8:30pm

Woods Hole (Massachusetts)

Ron Mann/ Canada/ 2000/ 80 min.
A truthful and hilarious historical account of marijuana prohibition

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Fri June 18 8:30pm

Woods Hole (Massachusetts)

Award- winning director Ron Mann (Comic Book Confidential, Twist) hooks up with actor/...

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Wed June 16 7:00pm

Malaga

Luis Arellano y Joaquín Calderón / España, Sahara Occidental
Un documental trepidante sobre el pueblo Saharaui y su grito de justicia

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Wed June 16 7:00pm

Malaga

La película constituye un viaje visual a través de la historia del pueblo Saharaui,...

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Mon June 14 7:30pm

Sackville

Mohammed Alatar / Palestine / 2006 / 58 min / English, Arabic and Hebrew with English subtitles
Examining the impacts of Zionism and settlements on the lives of Palestinians.

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Mon June 14 7:30pm

Sackville

In 1923 Vladimir Jabotinsky, leading intellectual of the Zionist movement and father...

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Fri June 11 8:30pm

Woods Hole (Massachusetts)

Barbara and Tom Burstyn/New Zealand/2007/56 min
A simple recipe to save the world.

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Fri June 11 8:30pm

Woods Hole (Massachusetts)

What does an environmentally sustainable food system that is capable of feeding...

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Wed June 9 7:00pm

Malaga

Julio Médem / España / 2003 / 115 min / Castellano, Vasco
Sobre el conflicto vasco y la banda terrorista de ETA. Una de las películas españolas más polémicas de la historia.

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Wed June 9 7:00pm

Malaga

Largometraje de género documental basado en entrevistas a setenta personas sobre el...

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Mon June 7 7:00pm

Bishop's

Basil Gelpke & Ray McCormack / Switzerland / 2006 / 85 min
A 90- minute documentary on the planet's dwindling oil resources.

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Mon June 7 7:00pm

Bishop's

OilCrash, produced and directed by award-winning European journalists and filmmakers...

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Fri June 4 10:00pm

Fraser Valley

Grant Baldwin/ Canada/ 2010/ 72 min.
Is it possible to live completely waste-free?

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Fri June 4 10:00pm

Fraser Valley

Partners Jen and Grant go head to head in a competition to see who can swear off...

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Fri June 4 8:30pm

Woods Hole (Massachusetts)

Omeish / USA / 2007 / 90 min
Award-winning documentary film on the root causes of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

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Fri June 4 8:30pm

Woods Hole (Massachusetts)

A thought-provoking and powerful documentary film on the current and historical root...

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Thu June 3 7:00pm

Trondheim

Michael Glawogger / Austria, Germany / 2005 / 122min / Pashtu, Yoruba, German, Ibo, Indonesian, Mandarin, Russian with English subtitles
The extremes of survival for workers in the 21st century.

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Thu June 3 7:00pm

Trondheim

The new film from the director of Megacities: 12 Stories of Survival. Today's...

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Wed June 2 7:00pm

Malaga

Ferran Vidal Vicens / España / 2008 / 65 min / Castellano, Catalán
¿Por qué seguimos en crisis los españoles?

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Wed June 2 7:00pm

Malaga

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Tue June 1 7:00pm

Fraser Valley

Grant Baldwin/ Canada/ 2010/ 72 min.
Is it possible to live completely waste-free?

featured film:

Tue June 1 7:00pm

Fraser Valley

Partners Jen and Grant go head to head in a competition to see who can swear off...

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Mon May 31 7:00pm

Stockholm

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

featured film:

Mon May 31 7:00pm

Stockholm

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

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Fri May 28 7:30pm

Woods Hole (Massachusetts)

Alexandra Guité / Canada / 2007 / 61 min / Spanish / English Subtitles
Political art and cultural resistance in post-2001 Argentina

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Fri May 28 7:30pm

Woods Hole (Massachusetts)

Argentina’s troubled history, culminating in the major crisis of 2001, has seen the...

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Thu May 27 6:00pm

Fundy

PeÅ Holmquist and Suzanne Khardalian / Sweden / 2005 / 75 min
A doc about Vandana Shiva, food freedom, and you guessed it, poop.

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Thu May 27 6:00pm

Fundy

Her opponents call her “The Green Killer”. They gave her “The Bullshit Award”...

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Wed May 26 7:00pm

Malaga

Christopher Martin-John Pilger / Reino Unido / 2007 / 97 min / Inglés
Explora la relación histórica y actual entre Washington y Latinoamérica

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Wed May 26 7:00pm

Malaga

Película que revela cómo el imperialismo americano derrama sangre en países...

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Fri May 21 7:30pm

Woods Hole (Massachusetts)

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

featured film:

Fri May 21 7:30pm

Woods Hole (Massachusetts)

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

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Thu May 20 7:00pm

Trondheim

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

featured film:

Thu May 20 7:00pm

Trondheim

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

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Wed May 19 7:00pm

Malaga

Germán Gutiérrez y Carmen García / Canadá / 2009 / 82 min / Inglés y español
Un documental sobre la Coca Cola y los derechos laborales en las plantas de embotellado

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Wed May 19 7:00pm

Malaga

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Wed May 19 6:00pm

Truro (NS)

Ric Esther Bienstock / Canada / 2005 / 88 min / Russian, English
A gripping documentary exposé inside the global sex slave trade in women from the former Soviet Bloc.

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Wed May 19 6:00pm

Truro (NS)

An estimated half million women are trafficked annually for the purpose of sexual...

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Mon May 17 7:30pm

Vancouver Public Library

Barry Greenwald / Canada / 2009 / 70 min
The story of the social experiment conducted by the Canadian government that played with three Inuit lives.

featured film:

Mon May 17 7:30pm

Vancouver Public Library

SHORT SYNOPSIS In the early 1960s the Canadian government...

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Mon May 17 7:00pm

Stockholm

Daniel Karslake/ USA / 2007 / 97 min
We discover how insightful people of faith handle the realization of having a gay child.

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Mon May 17 7:00pm

Stockholm

Can the love between two people ever be an abomination? Is the chasm separating gays...

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Fri May 14 7:30pm

Woods Hole (Massachusetts)

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

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Fri May 14 7:30pm

Woods Hole (Massachusetts)

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

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Fri May 14 6:00pm

Cape Breton

Shannon Walsh / Canada / 2009 / 72 min
If you see one documentary on the Alberta tar sands, make sure it's this one.

featured film:

Fri May 14 6:00pm

Cape Breton

Ever wonder where American gets most of its oil? If you thought it was Saudi Arabia or...

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Wed May 12 7:00pm

Malaga

Lisa Merton y Alan Dater / Kenia-EEUU / 2008 / 79 min
Historia de la keniana y Premio Nobel de la Paz Wangari Maathai, replantando revolución

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Wed May 12 7:00pm

Malaga

Historia de la keniana Wangari Maathai, primera mujer africana en recibir...

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Mon May 10 7:30pm

Sackville

Nettie Wild / Canada / 2002 / 93 min
The Struggle for Vancouver's Safe Injection Site

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Mon May 10 7:30pm

Sackville

Dean Wilson used to be an IBM salesman. Now he is possibly the most outspoken drug...

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Mon May 10 7:00pm

Cinema Politica London

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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Mon May 10 7:00pm

Cinema Politica London

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

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Sun May 9 7:00pm

Goldsmiths (London)

German Gutierrez and Carmen Garcia / Canada / 2009 / 82 min / English and Spanish w/ Eng s.t.)
A documentary about Coke and labour rights in the bottling plants.

featured film:

Sun May 9 7:00pm

Goldsmiths (London)

THE COCA COLA CASE is screening throughout the CP Network between winter and...

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Fri May 7 7:30pm

Woods Hole (Massachusetts)

Sylvie Van Brabant / Canada / 2009 / 83 min
We’ve heard the problems, now here’s some environmental solutions

featured film:

Fri May 7 7:30pm

Woods Hole (Massachusetts)

The film could have been called: An Operation Manual for Planet Earth, EcoRevolution,...

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Thu May 6 7:00pm

Trondheim

USA/Venezuela/2007/90 Minutes/Spanish with English subtitles
The Venezuelan Revolution Now

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Thu May 6 7:00pm

Trondheim

From the makers of the Hands Off Venezuela film 'Solidarity', and the Sanitarios...

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