On Demand
This film travels land and sea with Syrian refugees who give a firsthand account of harrowing journeys to new countries and their feats of struggle and hope.
A film on the censorship of pro-Palestinian voices on US campuses and the resistance of students and professors.
On Demand
Antoine Bourges · 2012 · 43m
A quiet portrait of the rituals around receiving methadone for opioid dependence in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside.
Part of the ArtDox collection
On Demand
Karol Orzechowski · 2012 · 1h30m
A poetic intervention in the debate on animal rights, this unique and exquisite film explores the psychic and ethical fallout from animal lab testing.
Part of the ArtDox collection
On Demand
Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers · 2012 · 10m
On Demand
Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers · 2012 · 10m
An ass-kicking vigilante seeks revenge in this social commentary on violence against Indigenous women.
Part of the First Peoples, First Screens 1 & FemDoc: Women & Documentary collections
On Demand
Kelly Anderson & Allison Lirish Dean · 2012 · 1h16m
A look at the economic and political forces that push residents out of working class neighbourhoods in Brooklyn to make room for luxury condos.
Kelvin Redvers · 2012 · 7m
Two worlds collide in an unnerving musical number exploring the dark side of justice and the power of authority.
Part of the First Peoples, First Screens 1 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
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
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
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.