A haunting plunge into the Canadian archive, recapturing a 1969 student protest at Montreal’s Sir George Williams University against the administration’s anti-Black racism
Marielle Nitoslawska · 2012 · 1h40m
A portrait of painter, filmmaker, poet and performance artist Carolee Schneemann who challenges assumptions of feminism, gender, sexuality, and identity
Part of the ArtDox collection
On Demand
Igor Bezinović · 2012 · 1h33m
A behind-the-scenes rollicking look at the longest and arguably most important student uprising in Croatia's history.
On Demand
Jim Hubbard · 2012 · 1h30m
An irresistibly entertaining and informative assemblage of decades of AIDS activism in NYC, this is a doc of "alternative histories."
On Demand
Myriam Fougère · 2012 · 1h3m
Chronicles the lesbian activists in Canada and the United States who created women-only communities starting in the 1970s. Includes archival footage, interviews, and photographs.
Julien Fréchette · 2012 · 1h17m
Does free speech still exist in the age of the almighty mega-corporation?
Part of the The Commons collection
Cameron Dennison · 2012 · 22m
Cameron Dennison · 2012 · 22m
50 artists go on a journey to discover the land and the people of the Great Bear Rainforest, turning their emotional responses into works of art.
Sunanda Bhat · 2012 · 1h13m
A traditional healer’s concern over the disappearance of medicinal plants frames this beautifully photographed intersection of spiritualilty and environmentalism.
Part of the Divine Interventions: Documentary, Spirituality and Social Justice collection
Eron Davidson & Ana Nogueira · 2012 · 1m
An essay film comparing the policies of White S. Africa & Israel, this provocative doc is an original contribution to the ongoing discussion of Palestine/Israel.
Katherine Fairfax Wright & Malika Zouhali-Worrall · 2012 · 1h27m
Katherine Fairfax Wright & Malika Zouhali-Worrall · 2012 · 1h27m
A powerful look at the courageous LGBTQ activists in Uganda, including murdered activist David Kato.
Part of the Black History Month Collection & Divine Interventions: Documentary, Spirituality and Social Justice collections
Angad Bhalla · 2012 · 1h21m
A compelling doc about an artist who won't give up on the dreams of America's longest serving solitary confinement prisoner, Black Panther Herman Wallace.
On Demand
Amie Williams · 2012 · 1m
Inspiring and rabble-rousing, this doc about the precursor to Occupy beautifully captures a moment and movement of democracy from the ground up.
On Demand
Hale Güzin Kızılaslan · 2012 · 21m
A scenic film about displacement and the generational memory of the Armenian Genocide in present-day Eastern Anatolia.
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
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
On Demand
Nishtha Jain · 2012 · 1h36m
The true story of Sampat Pal and the legendary Gulabi Gang who fight gender violence in India with great ferocity.
Part of the 20 Years, 20 Films: Commemorating Two Decades of Screening Truth to Power at Cinema Politica collection
