After a Palestinian teen gets swept up into a West Bank protest, his mother recounts the family story of hope, courage and relentless struggle that led to this fateful moment
In this uplifting eco-doc, two opera singers-turned-agriculture workers try to sustain a Manitoban organic farm against the ravages of climate change.
In the mesmerizing experimental film, Maryam Tafakory conjures an archival séance, unpacking the history of Iran’s first-ever women’s newspaper.
A haunting plunge into the Canadian archive, recapturing a 1969 student protest at Montreal’s Sir George Williams University against the administration’s anti-Black racism.
Evangelia Kranioti · 2018 · 1h
Evangelia Kranioti · 2018 · 1h
A stunning documentary-fiction about the dizzying heights of gender and metamorphosis in Rio de Janeiro.
TJ Cuthand · 2018 · 13m
After white people have left Earth for Mars, Indigenous people talk about their work reclaiming the land & restoring the health of the planet & their communities.
Part of the Documentary Futurism: The Next 150 collection
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Roxann Whitebean · 2018 · 5m
Enhior'hén:ne explores Mohawks children's predictions about the state of mother earth 200 years into the future.
Part of the Documentary Futurism: The Next 150 collection
On Demand
Mylène Augustin & Feven Ghebremariam · 2018 · 12m
Invited to Tiohtià: ke as a member of her country’s tribal council, Sam traces the steps of her great-grandmother who lived there over a 100 years ago.
Part of the Bring it Black: Films by Black Artists in Canada & Documentary Futurism: The Next 150 collections
Anand Patwardhan · 2018 · 4h
An epic of critique and courage made at great risk, REASON portrays democratic India's slide towards caste/religious hegemony and unchecked state violence.
On Demand
Mouvement des personnes handicapées pour l’accès aux services (PHAS) · 2018 · 59m
On Demand
Mouvement des personnes handicapées pour l’accès aux services (PHAS) · 2018 · 59m
From the emergence of Quebec's movement for disability justice in the 1970s, to the pressing issues and perspectives facing advocates today.
On Demand
Mariam Zaidi · 2018 · 7m
JK reflects on her past as she gets ready to embark on a mission to Mars.
Part of the Documentary Futurism: The Next 150 collection
Mosha Folger · 2018 · 45m
Mosha Folger · 2018 · 45m
An exploration of the meaning of the concept of housing, and it’s constant companion homelessness, in the Inuit communities in Canada's North..
Part of the First Peoples, First Screens 2 collection
On Demand
Iara Lee · 2018 · 1h12m
Burkinabè Rising showcases creative nonviolent resistance in Burkina Faso.
Part of the Black History Month Collection collection
Lu Asfaha · 2018 · 12m
At Black Lives Matter Toronto's Freedom School, 13-year-old Moon learns to be a leader while Rihanna discovers that being Black is indeed beautiful.
Part of the Bring it Black: Films by Black Artists in Canada collection
Fred Peabody · 2018 · 1h30m
The Corporate Coup D'état examines how the media landscape and politics have shifted with Donald Trump in the White House.
On Demand
Lana Lin · 2018 · 1h38m
On Demand
Lana Lin · 2018 · 1h38m
Along with filmmaker Lana Lin, who was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2010, women recite Audre Lorde’s manifesto aloud on camera.
Raluca Bejan & Ioan Cocan · 2018 · 1h14m
An empathetic film about the Migrant Crisis in the Mediterranean, and the dangers faced in the process.
On Demand
Megan Rossman · 2018 · 1h1m
A rousing, crucial look at New York’s Lesbian Herstory Archives and a deeply personal film bursting with lives lived with politics at the forefront.
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Helen Haig-Brown & Gwaii Edenshaw · 2018 · 1h39m
Helen Haig-Brown & Gwaii Edenshaw · 2018 · 1h39m
A stunning cinematic achievement and a spellbinding tale of pride, tragedy, and remorse set in Haida Gwaii in Canada’s Pacific Northwest in the 1800s.
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.
