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.
On Demand
Gabriel Nuraki Koperqualuk & Aeyliya Husain · 2018 · 47m
On Demand
Gabriel Nuraki Koperqualuk & Aeyliya Husain · 2018 · 47m
Two Inuk youth raised in southern Canada explore the complexities of identity and belonging.
Part of the First Peoples, First Screens 2 collection
On Demand
Assia Boundaoui · 2018 · 1h27m
On Demand
Assia Boundaoui · 2018 · 1h27m
A journalist's investigation into surveillance in her own Arab-American neighbourhood leads her to uncover one of the FBI's largest pre 9/11 terrorism probes.
Part of the 20 Years, 20 Films: Commemorating Two Decades of Screening Truth to Power at Cinema Politica collection
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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
On Demand
Jeremy Sandor · 2018 · 15m
A colour forecasting agency documents its human employees on their last day at the office.
Part of the Documentary Futurism: The Next 150 collection
On Demand
Roberto Santaguida · 2018 · 10m
A reflection on assigning meaning and shedding preconceptions while in free fall.
Part of the Documentary Futurism: The Next 150 collection
On Demand
Robin McKenna · 2018 · 1h29m
A richly cinematic film that travels from Italy to the Pacific Northwest, interweaving character-driven stories to explore the parallels between artists’ work and a gift economy.
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.
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.
On Demand
Kourtney Jackson · 2018 · 5m
A young woman explores and confronts her reflections on being a woman, migration and faith.
Part of the Bring it Black: Films by Black Artists in Canada collection
On Demand
Rolla Tahir · 2018 · 6m
Displacement, exodus, family and belonging are explored in this experimental archival “biography” (“sira” in Arabic).
Part of the Bring it Black: Films by Black Artists in Canada collection
On Demand
Damian Nenadić · 2018 · 1h14m
Days of Madness is a documentary that unveils the hidden, stigmatized world of those labeled "mentally different," challenging societal rejection and mental health stigma.
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.
Christina D. King & Elizabeth A. Castle · 2018 · 1h4m
An exploration of what it means to balance a movement with motherhood and how activist legacies are passed down from generation to generation.
Part of the First Peoples, First Screens 2 collection
Michelle Latimer · 2017 · 44m
Michelle Latimer · 2017 · 44m
A careful, considerate and compassionate portrayal of the Water Protector’s camp at Standing Rock.
Michelle Latimer · 2017 · 1h6m
Michelle Latimer · 2017 · 1h6m
Over 5,000 Red Power warriors descend on Standing Rock camp to stand in solidarity and protect tribal burial sites from the construction of a pipeline.
Yony Leyser · 2017 · 1h23m
A raucous look at the Queercore movement, which began as a queering of the punk scene and morphed into a rad response to homonormativity and the straight world.