A gripping immersion into the frontlines of the historic Fairy Creek blockade, where thousands of activists participate in a do-or-die protest to save the pristine Ada’itsx Valley.
Ten different Athenian drag queens fabulously challenge social conventions while deconstructing gender, queerness and nationalism.
An inside look at Amazon workers’ efforts to unionize JFK8 Warehouse in Staten Island, despite the company’s ongoing attempts to stop the growing labor movement.
A charming and rallying legacy of revolutionary Jose Maria Sison, the founder of the Communist Party of the Philippines, and his exile into the Netherlands after being designated.
In the summer of 1982 the Israeli army invaded Beirut. During this time it raided the Palestinian Research Center and looted its entire archive.
Velcrow Ripper & Nova Ami · 2018 · 1h25m
A poem for the planet, METAMORPHOSIS takes the pulse of our Earth and bears witness to a moment of profound change: the loss of one world and the birth of another
On Demand
Yusuf Zine · 2018 · 1h30m
Fourteen refugee youth re-enact the horrors of the ongoing Burmese genocide of Rohingya Muslims in this politically arresting film about resilience & community.
Ishkwaazhe Shane McSauby · 2018 · 10m
A trans Anishinaabe man meets a young Anishinaabe woman who pushes both of them to reconnect with their Indigenous culture.
Part of the First Peoples, First Screens 2 collection
Sky Hopinka · 2018 · 11m
A beautiful act of mythmaking and a trance-like meditation on arrivals, departures, and ascendance.
Part of the First Peoples, First Screens 2 collection
On Demand
Cynthia Lowen · 2018 · 1h36m
An insightful wake-up call about the impact of assault, harassment and defamation women face online, yet a celebration of three fighters against this epidemic.
Boris Mitić · 2017 · 1h18m
Iggy Pop narrates the misadventures of Nothing as it runs away from home in this poetic, insightful journey of confounding mystery and deep connection.
Lynn Zhang & Heather White · 2017 · 1h29m
A structurally damning and captivating exposé of China’s electronics industry, where teenaged laborers suffer chemical poisoning while making Apple gadgets.
Adam Khalil, Zack Khalil & Jackson Polys · 2017 · 10m
Adam Khalil, Zack Khalil & Jackson Polys · 2017 · 10m
An urgent reflection on indigenous sovereignty, the undead violence of museum archives, and post-mortem justice through the case of the “Kennewick Man”.
Part of the First Peoples, First Screens 2 collection
Peter Bratt · 2017 · 1h38m
Peter Bratt · 2017 · 1h38m
Sí, se puede! Audiences will be yelling this famous chant, coined by labour & civil rights activist Dolores Huerta, after watching this riveting biography.
Yatri N. Niehaus · 2017 · 1h30m
STELLA interrogates the bleak effects of climate change sensorially and counterbalances the information overload audiences are now so used to.
Michelle Latimer · 2017 · 44m
Michelle Latimer · 2017 · 44m
A careful, considerate and compassionate portrayal of the Water Protector’s camp at Standing Rock.
Maryanne Junta & Helena Lewis · 2017 · 5m
Maryanne Junta & Helena Lewis · 2017 · 5m
A short, educational docu-drama about the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW) of Canada and the Red Dress Project.
Part of the First Peoples, First Screens 2 collection
Rehab Nazzal · 2017 · 3m
An artistic study of the bodily movement of the Palestinian youth while protesting the Israeli military occupation forces during the 2015-2016 Uprising.
Part of the Fluid Frames from the Palestinian Diaspora collection
On Demand
Sonya Mwambu · 2017 · 3m
This experimental film unraveling layers of Black history and artistry against the racial bias of Kodak's "Shirley" skin-tone cards.
Part of the Bring it Black: Films by Black Artists in Canada collection
Ashton Janvier · 2017 · 4m
Ashton Janvier · 2017 · 4m
An attempt to inspire the young generation to care about our lands and culture that also raises awareness about the ravages of uranium mining.
Part of the First Peoples, First Screens 2 collection
On Demand
Sylvia Hamilton · 2017 · 1h
On Demand
Sylvia Hamilton · 2017 · 1h
This series of short vignettes takes us into the world of Carrie M. Best, showing us her legacy as a journalist, author, broadcaster and human rights activist.
Part of the La collection Sylvia Hamilton & The Sylvia Hamilton Collection collections
