After a Palestinian teen gets swept up into a West Bank protest, his mother recounts the family story of hope, courage and relentless struggle that led to this fateful moment
In this uplifting eco-doc, two opera singers-turned-agriculture workers try to sustain a Manitoban organic farm against the ravages of climate change.
In the mesmerizing experimental film, Maryam Tafakory conjures an archival séance, unpacking the history of Iran’s first-ever women’s newspaper.
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.
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
On Demand
· 2011 · 1h46m
Australian activist & sex worker Rachel Wotton fights for sex worker rights and sexual expression for those who are differently abled.
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.
On Demand
Fernand Melgar · 2011 · 1h40m
A chilling observational doc about undocumented migrants detained and scheduled for deportation in Switzerland.
On Demand
Emily James · 2011 · 1h30m
A fun and feisty look at UK climate change activists who use direct action tactics between cups of tea.
On Demand
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.
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
David Lavallée · 2011 · 1h5m
An investigation about the inextricable link between water and oil in our modern 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
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
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
Rozenn Potin · 2011 · 50m
A doc that profiles five young activist feminists in Montreal
Part of the FemDoc: Women & Documentary collection
On Demand
Alethea Arnaquq-Baril · 2011 · 50m
On Demand
Alethea Arnaquq-Baril · 2011 · 50m
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.
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
On Demand
Deepa Dhanraj · 2011 · 1h25m
In Southern India, family disputes are settled by Jamaats—all male bodies which apply Islamic Sharia law to cases without allowing women to be present, even to defend themselves.
