Karachi’s feminists organise a woman’s march, facing Pakistan’s state, media and radical religious right.
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The grueling journey of a Syrian family escaping war and traversing hostile and unforgiving lands is captured with tenderness and palpable struggle.
INNOCENCE tackles the issue of militarization and its impact on the lives of young Israeli people who are forced to serve against their own identity and values.
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When young street queen Marsha Johnson fights back against a routine police raid of a gay bar in 1969, she gives birth to a movement.
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A young woman is on a journey to revive the ancient Inuit tradition of face tattooing, an art-form forbidden by the Canadian government for a century and almost forgotten.
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
Mia Donovan · 2011 · 1h21m
An empathetic & personal film about a resilient woman who emerges from the adult entertainment industry after contracting HIV.
Part of the FemDoc: Women & Documentary collection
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
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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.
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
Mathieu Roy · 2011 · 1h23m
A cinematic contemplation on our evolution from cave-dwellers to space explorers.
Part of the The Commons collection
Rozenn Potin · 2011 · 50m
A doc that profiles five young activist feminists in Montreal
Part of the FemDoc: Women & Documentary collection
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Rob Turgeon · 2011 · 43m
Is it true that the multi-billion dollar corporations coming into New Brunswick are responsible corporate citizens?
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2011 · 1h
The inspiring story of Sister Fa, the Senegalese Hip Hop sensation who continues to break gender and genre barriers.
David Lavallée · 2011 · 1h5m
An investigation about the inextricable link between water and oil in our modern world.
Part of the The Commons collection
Raafat Hattab · 2011 · 6h55m
The stories of Hattab and Yousra are woven together against the city of Jaffa, known as the "Bride of the Sea", to tell of a longing desire to belong to the Palestinian nation.
Part of the Queer for Palestine collection
Richard Desjardins & Robert Monderie · 2011 · 1h19m
A skewering analysis of the the ways in which Canadian mining companies have put profit before people and the environment.
Part of the The Commons collection
Joel Heath · 2011 · 1h30m
A voyage through time into the world of Inuit on the Belcher Islands in Hudson Bay.
Part of the The Commons collection
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Karine Rosso & Fernando Garcia Blanes · 2011 · 1h25m
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Karine Rosso & Fernando Garcia Blanes · 2011 · 1h25m
Witness a growing movement through the eyes of various militant anarchists from Quebec.
Part of the The Commons collection
Guy Davidi & Emad Burnat · 2011 · 1h30m
Inspiring, devastating and exquisite, this doc is part home movie, part resistance journal, part memorial and part impossible collaboration.
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Fernand Melgar · 2011 · 1h40m
A chilling observational doc about undocumented migrants detained and scheduled for deportation in Switzerland.
