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In early 90’s, a 12-year old Serbian girl was brutally murdered in Zagreb. A quarter-century later, well known director Oliver Frljic is working on a theatre play about the case.
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A story of the growing to reclaim Indigenous spiritual, political and cultural identities, told through food sovereignty and environmental activism.
Abdallah Al-Khatib’s debut film depicts life in Yarmouk, the largest Palestinian refugee camp in the world, amid the Syrian revolution.
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The people of Gaza survive, rebuild, and re-imagine their lives one month following Israel’s brutal siege in 2009.
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The politics of perseverance, revealed through the imagination of dance and performance.
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A young woman explores and confronts her reflections on being a woman, migration and faith.
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This riveting portrait offers a window into the life and work of Winona LaDuke, a formidable economist, writer, agriculturalist, and fierce Ojibwe politico.
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Brave activists sail across the world to provide abortions to women with no access to them, and to exchange expertise with local reproductive rights groups.
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Three young Māori activists move into Berlin to retrieve ancestral carvings which were stolen a century earlier. Are they heroes or terrorists?
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Jean-Philippe Tremblay · 2012 · 1h33m
A scathing critique of a mainstream media industry that is beholden to corporate sponsorship and ultimately threatens the very foundations of democracy.
Marie Boti & Malcolm Guy · 2012 · 52m
Montreal filmmakers look at the regressive immigration policies of the Canadian state and the people most affected.
Karen Cho · 2012 · 1h27m
Karen Cho · 2012 · 1h27m
A sweeping, invigorating and disconcerting doc on the state of feminism, the herstory of the women's movement, & the status of women in Canada.
Part of the FemDoc: Women & Documentary collection
Magnus Isacsson · 2012 · 1h30m
Drugs, delinquency, dysfunctional families, abandonment, poverty: “real life” is tough for young people in Montréal-Nord.
Part of the The Commons collection
Julien Fréchette · 2012 · 1h17m
Does free speech still exist in the age of the almighty mega-corporation?
Part of the The Commons collection
Réal Junior Leblanc · 2012 · 7m
This documentary shows the events of March 9th, 2012, during the road block of the 138, and describes, with exactitude, the action and emotion of the moment.
Part of the First Peoples, First Screens 1 collection
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Hale Güzin Kızılaslan · 2012 · 21m
A scenic film about displacement and the generational memory of the Armenian Genocide in present-day Eastern Anatolia.
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Nebojša Slijepčević · 2012 · 12m
Watching children playing with toy guns makes you wander: what are we leaving to the next generation?
Annie Dubé & Lorraine Echaquan · 2011 · 7m
Annie Dubé & Lorraine Echaquan · 2011 · 7m
In tracing the long and sinuous road that leads to Manawan, Atikamekw travellers speak out about meeting the challenges of improving their life.
Part of the First Peoples, First Screens 1 collection
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Franklin López · 2011 · 1h55m
An examination of our culture’s addiction to systematic violence and environmental exploitation, and the heroism of those who confront it head-on.
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Iara Lee · 2011 · 1h13m
A global look at the diverse resistance tactics deployed by people committed to progressive change.
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Emily James · 2011 · 1h30m
A fun and feisty look at UK climate change activists who use direct action tactics between cups of tea.
Omar Majeed & Ryan Mullins · 2011 · 1h8m
A doc about a Concordia theatre troupe that overcomes all obstacles to put on a play for the public
Charles Wilkinson · 2011 · 1h20m
On the top left corner of North America an energy bonanza of unimaginable proportions is taking place – far away from the eyes of the world.
Part of the The Commons collection
Richard Boyce · 2011 · 52m
A journey into the forests of Canada's Pacific Coast where modern logging practices are contrasted against the ancient practices of the First Nations community.
Part of the The Commons collection
