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
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.
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.
Michelle St. John · 2016 · 47m
COLONIZATION ROAD confronts the wreckage of Canadian colonization with radical viewpoints, historical correctives and a dash of humour.
Part of the Nations and Migrations & FemDoc: Women & Documentary collections
· 2016 · 56m
A fresh & exuberant doc that reminds us of the many colours of human living as we travel the streets to meet activists involved in the 2013 Gezi Park protests.
Alethea Arnaquq-Baril · 2016 · 1h25m
Director Alethea Arnaquq-Baril joins fellow Inuit activists to challenge anti-sealing NGOs while correcting misrepresentations of sealing and Inuit culture.