A riveting story of the women who organized a labour union at a clothing factory in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
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From the emergence of Quebec’s movement for disability justice in the 1970s, to the pressing issues and perspectives facing advocates today.
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Contemporary reflections meet unseen footage of the legendary 1963 Chicago Public School protests against racial segregation.
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Sometime in the future, the women of Afghanistan rule.
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In a techno-dystopian world with no resources left to mine, communication has become the main resource for humanity to exist, from Abitibi to Accra.
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Gaylene Preston goes behind the scenes of New Zealand’s first epic feature, the 1983 film UTU about the colonial British massacre of a Māori village in the 1870s.
Magnus Isacsson, Malcolm Guy & Anna Paskal · 1999 · 53m
Magnus Isacsson, Malcolm Guy & Anna Paskal · 1999 · 53m
How a Montreal citizen's network led a blockade in 1998 against an international agreement that would have been the blueprint for global free trade.
Jonathan Stack & Liz Garbus · 1998 · 1h28m
Day to day life in Angola Prison.
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Nettie Wild · 1998 · 1h32m
A powerful doc that sheds light on the world's first postmodern revolution
Part of the The Nettie Wild Collection collection
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b.h. Yael · 1996 · 55m
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b.h. Yael · 1996 · 55m
A hybrid and personal video-essay that explores the dichotomies of Arab-Jewish identities, from Iraq to Palestine.
Part of the The b.h. Yael Collection collection
Terre Nash · 1995 · 1h34m
Terre Nash · 1995 · 1h34m
Alternative economist, politician and feminist Marilyn Waring explores the value of women's work.
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Nettie Wild · 1994 · 1h30m
A brutally honest depiction of tensions in the mid-nineties between the Gitxan Nation and white settlers in the mountains and valleys of British Columbia.
Part of the The Nettie Wild Collection collection
Mohamed Soueid · 1993 · 41m
A documentary on the journey of a young Syrian trans woman, following her journey from soldier to cabaret dancer in an effort to raise funds for her sex-change operation.
Part of the Queer for Palestine collection
Lynne Fernie & Aerlyn Weissman · 1992 · 1h24m
Lynne Fernie & Aerlyn Weissman · 1992 · 1h24m
This queer classic has been digitally remistressed and we are delighted to share with you these titillating tales of taboo lovers.
Part of the FemDoc: Women & Documentary collection
Mark Achbar & Peter Wintonick · 1992 · 2h47m
Mark Achbar & Peter Wintonick · 1992 · 2h47m
Democracy and freedom are more than values to be treasured, they may well be essential to survival.
Derek May · 1991 · 53m
Artist Krzysztof Wodiczko, a Polish refugee living in New York, has taken his art out of museums and projected it on walls.
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Barry Barclay · 1991 · 1h45m
Three young Māori activists move into Berlin to retrieve ancestral carvings which were stolen a century earlier. Are they heroes or terrorists?
Part of the The Māori-Made Collection collection
G.B. Jones · 1990 · 20m
Four down-on-their-luck characters surrounded by the vestiges of conspicuous consumption struggle to survive outside of society.
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Vincent Ward · 1988 · 1h30m
A visionary boy leads five men from the 14th Century into a 20th Century city. Their quest: to save their village before sunrise.
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Merata Mita · 1988 · 1h30m
MAURI explores cultural tensions, identity, and a changing way of life in an East Coast town affected by European settlement.
Part of the The Māori-Made Collection collection
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Nettie Wild · 1988 · 1h52m
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Nettie Wild · 1988 · 1h52m
a remarkable behind-the-frontlines look at the aftermath of the anti-Marcos “Yellow Revolution” that brought Corazon Aquino to power in the Philippines in 1986.
Part of the The Nettie Wild Collection collection
