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.
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
On Demand
Karine Rosso & Fernando Garcia Blanes · 2011 · 1h25m
On Demand
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
Mathieu Roy · 2011 · 1h23m
A cinematic contemplation on our evolution from cave-dwellers to space explorers.
Part of the The Commons 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
On Demand
Gloria Bremer & Maria Luisa Gambale · 2011 · 1h
The inspiring story of Sister Fa, the Senegalese Hip Hop sensation who continues to break gender and genre barriers.
On Demand
Iara Lee · 2011 · 1h13m
A global look at the diverse resistance tactics deployed by people committed to progressive change.
Jumana Manna · 2010 · 21m
Inspired by Kenneth Anger's Scorpio Rising (1963), Jumana Manna weaves together a portrait of male thug culture in East Jerusalem.
Part of the Queer for Palestine collection
Denis Chouinard · 2010 · 25m
The film heads out to the North Coast of Québec to meet residents of Pessamit, an Innu community formerly named Betsiamites.
Chanda Chevannes · 2010 · 1m
A powerful reminder of the intimate connection between the health of our bodies and the health of our air, land and water.
Rohan Fernando · 2010 · 1h12m
A timely and vital film that challenges our deeply held assumptions of progress.
Part of the The Commons collection
On Demand
Zacharias Kunuk & Ian Mauro · 2010 · 1h
Inuit culture and expertise regarding environmental change and Indigenous ways of adapting to it.
Part of the The Commons collection
On Demand
Håvard Bustnes · 2010 · 1h16m
A doc that explores the downfalls of health care privatization in Norway.
On Demand
Liz Marshall · 2010 · 1h19m
Is water a commercial good like running shoes or Coca-Cola? Or, is water a human right like air?
Part of the 20 Years, 20 Films: Commemorating Two Decades of Screening Truth to Power at Cinema Politica collection
Nicolas Boisclair & Alexis de Gheldere · 2010 · 1h20m
Activists interrogate the Quebec Provincial energy company’s predilection for hydro-dams that wreak havoc on pristine ecosystems.
Part of the The Commons collection
