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.
Beth Wishart MacKenzie · 2017 · 37m
Cree artist Lana Whiskeyjack explores the inter-generational effects of Canada’s Indian Residential School system through her sculpture, Lost My Talk.
Katharina Stieffenhofer · 2017 · 1h27m
In this uplifting eco-doc, two opera singers-turned-agriculture workers try to sustain a Manitoban organic farm against the ravages of climate change.
Julia Bacha · 2017 · 1m
Chronicling the remarkable journey of activist Naila Ayesh, this inspiring doc traces the central role Palestinian women played in the First Intifada.
Deeyah Khan · 2017 · 55m
A daring doc that sees filmmaker Deeyah Khan embed herself with white nationalists in the US and try to understand the perpetrators behind the hate.
Dieudo Hamadi · 2017 · 1h12m
The portrait of an extraordinarily brave and tenacious woman, who fights for justice to be done for the women and children of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
John Little & Kenn Little · 2017 · 1h10m
A film that challenges the R*dskins and explores the history of Native American based mascots while highlighting Indigenous perspectives on the issues.
On Demand
Bojana Burnać · 2017 · 1h15m
How much can you fit between two breaths?
Courtney Montour · 2017 · 10m
In the 1950's, a man battles against the construction of Canada’s St. Lawrence Seaway to save his farm and the Kahnawake Mohawk community.
Jessica Hallenback, Dave Shortt & Mitchell McCook · 2017 · 19m
Jessica Hallenback, Dave Shortt & Mitchell McCook · 2017 · 19m
In the 1960’s, the Kwadacha First Nation were flooded out of their territory by one of the largest dams in the world. It’s time for them to tell their story.
Part of the First Peoples, First Screens 2 collection
Louise BigEagle · 2017 · 6m
Louise BigEagle · 2017 · 6m
One of the last fluent Nakota speakers in Pheasant Rump First Nation is commited to revitalizing his language and culture for future generations.
Part of the First Peoples, First Screens 2 collection
Julia Barnes · 2017 · 1h28m
Julia Barnes embarks on an epic journey around the world to save the ecosystems we depend on, as we come closer to causing a mass extinction in the oceans.
Marie Clements · 2017 · 1h41m
This inspired musical doc connects a major turning point in Canada’s civil rights history with the powerful momentum of First Nations activism today.
On Demand
Sylvia Hamilton · 2016 · 21m
On Demand
Sylvia Hamilton · 2016 · 21m
The untold story of Thomas Peters, leader of the Black Loyalists in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, and his quest for freedom for Black Loyalists.
Part of the La collection Sylvia Hamilton & The Sylvia Hamilton Collection collections
Jason O'Hara · 2016 · 1h28m
Communities band together to fight forced eviction to make way for a sports stadium.
Santiago Bertolino · 2016 · 1h38m
Santiago Bertolino · 2016 · 1h38m
From Egypt to Turkey to Irak, passing through Israel and Palestine, this documentary captures the ups and downs of a new and unconventional kind of journalism.
On Demand
Richard Shpuntoff · 2016 · 1h30m
The story of how a community in Queens demanded justice for the murder of Julio Rivera and the unsolved murders of gay men in Jackson Heights, launching a historic LGBTQ movement.
