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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. Donate

Previously Screened Films

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Thu May 8 7:00pm

Friday Night Docs by Cinema Politica Fredericton

US/2006/85 min
Voices of the Silenced Majority

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Thu May 8 7:00pm

Friday Night Docs by Cinema Politica Fredericton

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

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Wed May 7 7:00pm

Romania

2006 / 61 min. / Canada / spaniola subtitrat engleza

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Wed May 7 7:00pm

Romania

Istoria tumultoasa a Argentinei, culminand cu momentul de criza din 2001, a fost...

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Mon May 5 7:00pm

Charlottetown: Breaking the Silence PEI

90 minutes
Bill Haney’s documentary about Haitians lured into a form of indentured servitude sugar plantations across the border in the Dominican Republic

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Mon May 5 7:00pm

Charlottetown: Breaking the Silence PEI

“The Price of Sugar,” Bill Haney’s muckraking documentary about Haitians lured...

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Wed April 30 7:00pm

Romania

2005 / 72 min. / SUA / engleza

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Wed April 30 7:00pm

Romania

Filmul traseaza o legatura intre o fabrica din China si strada Bourbon in timpul...

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Fri April 25 7:00pm

Friday Night Docs by Cinema Politica Fredericton

Every part of the struggle against Apartheid had its own style of songs to describe...

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Wed April 23 7:00pm

Romania

2004 / 78 min. / Canada-SUA / engleza

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Wed April 23 7:00pm

Romania

Dupa al II-lea Razboi Mondial, America a investit majoritatea banilor in costructia...

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Fri April 18 7:30pm

Mahone Bay (NS)

USA/2001/88mins/
A damning portrait of the consequences of Free Trade and IMF imposed structural adjustment policies

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Fri April 18 7:30pm

Mahone Bay (NS)

This film explores the inherent contradictions and hypocrisies of neo-liberal ideas of...

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Fri April 18 7:00pm

Friday Night Docs by Cinema Politica Fredericton

UK / 2006 / 90 min

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Fri April 18 7:00pm

Friday Night Docs by Cinema Politica Fredericton

Crime, drugs, HIV/AIDS, poor education, inferiority complex, low expectation, poverty,...

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Wed April 16 7:00pm

Lunenburg (NS)

USA/ 2003/ 87 Minutes/ English and Dinka with English Subtitles
Lost Boys of Sudan is a documentary that follows two Sudanese refugees on an extraordinary journey from Africa to America.

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Wed April 16 7:00pm

Lunenburg (NS)

Lost Boys of Sudan is a feature-length documentary that follows two Sudanese refugees...

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Wed April 16 7:00pm

Romania

2003 / 52 min. / Suedia / engleza

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Wed April 16 7:00pm

Romania

"Acest film despre consumism ne-a consumat de tot... Foloseste limbajul...

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Tue April 15 7:30pm

McGill University (Montreal)

USA / 2001 / 96min

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Tue April 15 7:30pm

McGill University (Montreal)

Winner of 16 International Awards 2002-2004, Nominated for 2002 Academy Award for Best...

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Mon April 14 7:30pm

Concordia University (Montreal)

USA / 2007 / 128min

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Mon April 14 7:30pm

Concordia University (Montreal)

OK, OK, we know that this film is already infamous - but we thought we'd throw it...

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Sat April 12 12:00pm

Cinema Politica London

USA / 2006 / 180
A Corporate Psychopath Unleashed

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Sat April 12 12:00pm

Cinema Politica London

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Fri April 11 7:30pm

University of Ottawa

USA / 2005 / 93 minutes / English
A Film By John Hankey

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Fri April 11 7:30pm

University of Ottawa

A thorough, documented, criminal indictment of George Herbert Walker Bush,...

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Fri April 11 7:00pm

Friday Night Docs by Cinema Politica Fredericton

Canada-USA / 2005 / 62 min

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Fri April 11 7:00pm

Friday Night Docs by Cinema Politica Fredericton

When did feminism become a bad word? Why is it that young independent, progressive...

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Wed April 9 7:00pm

Romania

2003 / 114 min./ Canada / engleza subtitrat franceza

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Wed April 9 7:00pm

Romania

Provocator, amuzant, destept si cuprinzator, filmul The Corporation explora natura si...

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Wed April 9 7:00pm

Berlin (Hertie)

USA / 2006 / 97 min
CRUDE IMPACT is a powerful and timely story that deftly explores the interconnection between human domination of the planet and the discovery and use of oil.

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Wed April 9 7:00pm

Berlin (Hertie)

This documentary film exposes our deeprooted dependency on the availability of fossil...

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Mon April 7 7:30pm

Concordia University (Montreal)

Canada / 1998 / 8min
Documentary short by Ivan E. Coyote

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Mon April 7 7:30pm

Concordia University (Montreal)

This short will precede the feature documentary ...

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Mon April 7 7:30pm

Concordia University (Montreal)

USA / 2007 / 97min

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Mon April 7 7:30pm

Concordia University (Montreal)

This screening is co-presented by Concordia's Simone de Beauvoir...

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Sat April 5 1:30pm

Cinema Politica London

Canada / 2002 / 58
The new visual revolution... - In Collaboration with London Indymedia

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Sat April 5 1:30pm

Cinema Politica London

In Collaboration with London Indymedia. It may be the greatest media technology...

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Fri April 4 7:30pm

University of Ottawa

Canada – NFB / 1990 / 48 minutes / English
A film directed by Magnus Isacsson

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Fri April 4 7:30pm

University of Ottawa

Uranium explores the consequences of uranium mining in Canada. Because of toxic and...

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Fri April 4 7:00pm

Friday Night Docs by Cinema Politica Fredericton

Canada / 2001 / 90 min
Hijacking Commercial Culture

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Fri April 4 7:00pm

Friday Night Docs by Cinema Politica Fredericton

A new breed of revolutionary stands poised along our information highways waging war...

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Wed April 2 7:00pm

Romania

2006 / 60 min. / Norvegia / engleza

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Wed April 2 7:00pm

Romania

Ce-i face pe oameni sa se arunce in aer pentru o cauza? ...

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Wed April 2 7:00pm

Berlin (Hertie)

Palestine / 2006 / 52 minutes / English and Arabic w/EST
A Palestinian filmmaker's take on the issue of the Israeli settlements in the Palestinian Occupied Territories and its impact on the two-state solution

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Wed April 2 7:00pm

Berlin (Hertie)

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

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Tue April 1 7:30pm

McGill University (Montreal)

It takes a certain kind of creative genius to look at an old situation with new eyes....

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Tue April 1 4:45pm

Douglas College (New Westminster, BC)

USA/Dominican Republic/2007/90 min. Spanish with Eng. subtitles
HOW MUCH IS TOO MUCH?

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Tue April 1 4:45pm

Douglas College (New Westminster, BC)

On the Caribbean island of the Dominican Republic, tourists flock to pristine beaches...

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Mon March 31 7:30pm

Concordia University (Montreal)

UK / 2007 / 96min / English and Mandarin with English s.t.

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Mon March 31 7:30pm

Concordia University (Montreal)

Via Art Threat: ...

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Sat March 29 1:30pm

Cinema Politica London

UK / 2005 / 85 min
the story of two ordinary people who humiliated McDonald's in the biggest corporate PR disaster in history

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Sat March 29 1:30pm

Cinema Politica London

McLibel is the story of two ordinary people who humiliated McDonald's in the biggest...

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Fri March 28 7:30pm

University of Ottawa

Inuit / 2007 / 78 minutes / English and Inuit, EST
A film by Robert S. Lewis, the author of "Gaj: The End of Religion".

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Fri March 28 7:30pm

University of Ottawa

Be Smile tells the stories of two Inuit men living an urban life in the aftermath of...

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Fri March 28 7:00pm

Friday Night Docs by Cinema Politica Fredericton

Germany / 2007 / 88 min

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Fri March 28 7:00pm

Friday Night Docs by Cinema Politica Fredericton

In various episodes the abstract phenomenon of privatisation is depicted in stories...

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Wed March 26 7:00pm

Romania

2005 / 122 min. / Austria-Germania / engleza

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Wed March 26 7:00pm

Romania

Azi muncitorii manuali nu mai sunt cantati in imnuri de recunostinta. Se...

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Wed March 26 7:00pm

Lethbridge, AB

US/2007/90
Voices of the Silenced Majority

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Wed March 26 7:00pm

Lethbridge, AB

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

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Sat March 22 1:30pm

Cinema Politica London

USA / 2003 / 62
Because Water Is A Human Right - Not A Commodity

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Sat March 22 1:30pm

Cinema Politica London

Is water part of a shared "commons," a human right for all people? Or is it a...

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Fri March 21 7:30pm

University of Ottawa

Canada / 2003 / 81 minutes / English
A Film Directed by Peter Raymont

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Fri March 21 7:30pm

University of Ottawa

Shot in Nicaragua in late 2002 and early 2003, THE WORLD STOPPED WATCHING is a...

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Fri March 21 7:00pm

Friday Night Docs by Cinema Politica Fredericton

US / 2007 / 100 min
The American Occupation of Iraq

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Fri March 21 7:00pm

Friday Night Docs by Cinema Politica Fredericton

The first film of its kind to chronicle the reasons behind Iraq€'s descent into...

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Wed March 19 7:00pm

Romania

2006 / 85 min. / Elvetia / engleza

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Wed March 19 7:00pm

Romania

Filmul, produs si regizat de premiatii jurnalisti si realizatori europeni de film...

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Wed March 19 7:00pm

Berlin (Hertie)

USA / 2004 / 78 min
We're literally stuck up a cul-de-sac in a cement SUV without a fill-up

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Wed March 19 7:00pm

Berlin (Hertie)

Since World War II North Americans have invested much of their newfound wealth in...

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Wed March 19 6:30pm

UQÀM (Montreal)

La Colère des bois: David Bernier/ 2007/ 15 min./ français- CRAC!: Frédéric Back/ 1981/ 15 min./ animation sans dialogue - L'homme qui plantait des arbres: Frédéric Back / d’après un texte de Jean Giono / narration de Philippe Noiret / animation / 1987 / 30 min. / français

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Wed March 19 6:30pm

UQÀM (Montreal)

Cette soirée rend hommage à la nature et à un grand artiste engagé qui s'en...

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Tue March 18 7:30pm

McGill University (Montreal)

Israel/France / 2005 / 90min

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Tue March 18 7:30pm

McGill University (Montreal)

Films about the effects of Israeli occupation on the Palestianian population are...

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Tue March 18 4:35pm

Douglas College (New Westminster, BC)

usa / 2001 / 91 minutes
Covering 40 years of the Cuban Revolution & a unique look at the life of one of the most influential and controversial figures of our time.

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Tue March 18 4:35pm

Douglas College (New Westminster, BC)

To some he is a champion of the poor and the powerless; to others he is a ruthless...

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Mon March 17 8:00pm

Concordia University (Montreal)

Norway / 2006 / 60min

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Mon March 17 8:00pm

Concordia University (Montreal)

My Daughter the Terrorist will be preceded by a screening of the short fiction, ...

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Mon March 17 7:30pm

Concordia University (Montreal)

Canada / 2006 / 27min

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Mon March 17 7:30pm

Concordia University (Montreal)

Before Nine will be followed by a screening of ...

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Sat March 15 7:00pm

Cinema Politica London

USA / 2007 / 1 hour 56 minutes
A World Wide Expression For Change

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Sat March 15 7:00pm

Cinema Politica London

Zeitgeist, produced by Peter Joseph, was created as a nonprofit filmiac expression to...

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Fri March 14 9:00pm

Mahone Bay (NS)

America's Obession with Lawns
Lawns - America's largest irrigated crop!!

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Fri March 14 9:00pm

Mahone Bay (NS)

Lawns are undeniably an American symbol. What do they really symbolize? Pride and...

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Fri March 14 7:30pm

University of Ottawa

USA/1992/91 minutes/English
A Film Produced By Barbara Trent

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Fri March 14 7:30pm

University of Ottawa

A riveting Academy Award-winning critique of the government's history of...

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Fri March 14 7:30pm

Vancouver Public Library

USA/Dominican Republic/2007/90 min. Spanish with Eng. subtitles

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Fri March 14 7:30pm

Vancouver Public Library

On the Caribbean island of the Dominican Republic, tourists flock to pristine beaches...

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Fri March 14 7:30pm

Mahone Bay (NS)

Canada/2007/53 mins/English
A film about water as a basic human right

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Fri March 14 7:30pm

Mahone Bay (NS)

What if you lived by the largest body of fresh water in the world but could no longer...

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Fri March 14 7:00pm

Friday Night Docs by Cinema Politica Fredericton

US / 2000 / 34 min
The Advertising Images of Women 3

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Fri March 14 7:00pm

Friday Night Docs by Cinema Politica Fredericton

Jean Kilbourne's pioneering work helped develop and popularize the study of gender...

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Wed March 12 7:30pm

McGill University (Montreal)

Canada/2007/91 min

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Wed March 12 7:30pm

McGill University (Montreal)

Once so vast, the land of the Quebec Algonquin has shrunk dramatically. This...

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Wed March 12 7:00pm

Romania

2000 / 70 min. / SUA / engleza

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Wed March 12 7:00pm

Romania

Documentarul urmareste indeaproape persoana Julia Query, lesbiana / interpreta de...

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