A gripping immersion into the frontlines of the historic Fairy Creek blockade, where thousands of activists participate in a do-or-die protest to save the pristine Ada’itsx Valley.
Ten different Athenian drag queens fabulously challenge social conventions while deconstructing gender, queerness and nationalism.
An inside look at Amazon workers’ efforts to unionize JFK8 Warehouse in Staten Island, despite the company’s ongoing attempts to stop the growing labor movement.
A charming and rallying legacy of revolutionary Jose Maria Sison, the founder of the Communist Party of the Philippines, and his exile into the Netherlands after being designated.
In the summer of 1982 the Israeli army invaded Beirut. During this time it raided the Palestinian Research Center and looted its entire archive.
Jeff Barnaby · 2015 · 5m
Etlinisigu’niet (Bleed Down) destroys any remaining shreds of the mythology of a fair and just Canada. Jeff Barnaby's message is clear: we are still here.
Costa Boutsikaris · 2015 · 1h32m
The innovative folks in this uplifting doc remind us that using eco-design to shift from destructive to regenerative impact is only a branch or vegetable away.
Caroline Monnet · 2015 · 4m
A journey by canoe into the city creates a dynamic connection between natural and urban spaces and celebrates the fierce resourcefulness of Indigenous people.
Part of the First Peoples, First Screens 1 collection
Mina Shum · 2015 · 1h21m
A chronicle of a troubled chapter in Concordia University’s history where black students occupy the Hall building to protest institutionalized racism.
Part of the FemDoc: Women & Documentary collection
On Demand
Nadine Valcin · 2015 · 1m
A poetic moment paused for Black motherhood, for Black bodies and Black resilience.
Part of the Bring it Black: Films by Black Artists in Canada collection
Nancy Nicol · 2014 · 1h30m
NO EASY WALK TO FREEDOM documents the growth of queer organizing in India in an attempt to overturn a colonial-era law criminalizing homosexuality.
Patricio Henriquez · 2014 · 1h39m
Patricio Henriquez · 2014 · 1h39m
This feature documentary recounts the incredible odyssey of 22 men from China’s persecuted Uyghur minority who were detained in Guantánamo as terrorists.
Janelle Wookey & Jeremie Wookey · 2014 · 48m
Janelle Wookey & Jeremie Wookey · 2014 · 48m
A journey to the Lake St. Martin First Nation that explores the political spider web that has entangled this community and prevents them from going home.
Part of the First Peoples, First Screens 1 collection
Erica Tremblay · 2014 · 1h31m
More than a film about queer sports and roller derby, IN THE TURN is a moving portrait of a trans child finding a community of acceptance and empowerment.
Part of the FemDoc: Women & Documentary collection
On Demand
John Fiege · 2014 · 1h35m
An inspired story of how direct action activists take to the tree-tops and work with land owners to fight against the construction of the Keystone XL Pipeline.
Sarah Sandring · 2014
In 1948, a group of Mushua Innus (Labrador) were resettled far from their ancestral land. The community has kept the memory of this exodus.
Part of the First Peoples, First Screens 1 collection
Nicolas Paquet · 2014 · 1h13m
Nicolas Paquet · 2014 · 1h13m
LIVING LIKE THE LAND gives an authentic look at the life of the Dene people, the last indigenous of Canada to deal with the white settlers.
· 2014 · 4m
An old abandoned airstrip on unceded territory acts as a metaphor of the impact of clear cutting on the ability to live a traditional lifestyle.
On Demand
Rémy Huberdeau · 2014 · 45m
On Demand
Rémy Huberdeau · 2014 · 45m
A story of love and life, sharing the struggles and strengths of several trans women and trans men navigating different stages of parenting.
Part of the FemDoc: Women & Documentary collection
Simon Beaulieu · 2014 · 1h15m
Simon Beaulieu · 2014 · 1h15m
Un interrogation sur la possibilité de survie de la culture d’ici dans un monde de plus en plus global.
