On Demand
This film travels land and sea with Syrian refugees who give a firsthand account of harrowing journeys to new countries and their feats of struggle and hope.
A film on the censorship of pro-Palestinian voices on US campuses and the resistance of students and professors.
Muhammad Nour-Elkhairy · 2017 · 3m
Language is political in this subtle short film, which depicts how phonetics are coded socially and economically.
Part of the Fluid Frames from the Palestinian Diaspora collection
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
On Demand
Sam Vinal · 2017 · 30m
On Demand
Sam Vinal · 2017 · 30m
A celebration of the life and legacy of Honduran indigenous, feminist, and environmental activist Berta Cáceras.
Charles Officer · 2017 · 1h24m
In memory of our late friend Charles Officer, who passed in late 2023, we're hosting a special encore screening of his heartfelt documentary.
Sabaah Folayan · 2017 · 1h43m
A visceral, gritty and gutsy film on the Ferguson Uprising that captures the tension contemporary America’s racism, police brutality and anti-racist resistance movements.
Part of the Black History Month Collection collection
On Demand
Katsitsionni Fox · 2017 · 27m
On Demand
Katsitsionni Fox · 2017 · 27m
A heartfelt treatment of how two First Nations women in New York State connect to their culture through a multi-year "coming of age" ceremony.
On Demand
Conor McNally · 2017 · 40m
Drawing on the tradition of oral storytelling, ôtênaw is a philosophical and creative treatment of land rights, territory, history and culture.
On Demand
Sarah Barton · 2017 · 1h25m
A fiercely defiant history of disability activism in Australia, the US & the UK bursts alive with creative energy & political will in this exhilarating doc.
Part of the 20 Years, 20 Films: Commemorating Two Decades of Screening Truth to Power at Cinema Politica 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
On Demand
Sabrina Naz Comănescu · 2017 · 12m
The politics of perseverance, revealed through the imagination of dance and performance.
Part of the Bring it Black: Films by Black Artists in Canada collection
On Demand
Feargal Ward · 2017 · 1h25m
On Demand
Feargal Ward · 2017 · 1h25m
A solitary farmer in Ireland resists the State agents who come to forcibly purchase his home and lands.
On Demand
Gordon Quinn · 2017 · 31m
Contemporary reflections meet unseen footage of the legendary 1963 Chicago Public School protests against racial segregation.
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
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.
Tom Boothe · 2016 · 1h37m
With a healthy dose of insight and wit, FOOD COOP takes the viewer into the belly of one of the most successfully implemented socialist experiences in the United States.
Brett Story · 2016 · 1h27m
Brett Story · 2016 · 1h27m
An artful study of place, people and the political imagination, this creative doc neither shows, nor tells, and instead conveys the need for prison justice.