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.
On Demand
Michael W. Wilson · 2009 · 1h28m
A stunning, harrowing, incredibly creepy examination of America’s Christian Right
Part of the Divine Interventions: Documentary, Spirituality and Social Justice collection
Rusty Beach & Anisha Abdulla · 2009 · 2h
Rusty Beach & Anisha Abdulla · 2009 · 2h
A screening celebration of raw, bold, and poignant personal short stories by racialized filmmakers with an interest in identity politics.
Magnus Isacsson & Simon Bujold · 2009 · 1m
A portrait of two provocative Montreal artists: their oeuvre, their creative process and their relationship.
On Demand
David Ridgen & Nicolas Rossier · 2009 · 1h24m
On Demand
David Ridgen & Nicolas Rossier · 2009 · 1h24m
Why has criticizing Israel cost Norman Finkelstein his job, his reputation, and maybe his home?
Magnus Isacsson & Martin Duckworth · 2008 · 1m
Magnus Isacsson & Martin Duckworth · 2008 · 1m
A doc that tells the story of citizen activists opposing a methane tanker terminal practically on their doorstep in Québec.
Part of the The Commons collection
Tanaz Eshaghian · 2008 · 1h14m
A provocative look at young Iranian men choosing to undergo sex-change surgery.
Lisa Merton & Alan Dater · 2008 · 1h19m
Lisa Merton & Alan Dater · 2008 · 1h19m
The dramatic story of Kenyan Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Wangari Maathai's treeplanting revolution.
On Demand
b.h. Yael · 2008 · 59m
A video essay that questions the inevitability of apocalypse and its repercussions on environmental urgencies.
Part of the The b.h. Yael Collection collection
On Demand
Richard Brouillette · 2008 · 2h40m
On Demand
Richard Brouillette · 2008 · 2h40m
This doc sketches a portrait of neo-liberal ideology and examines the various mechanisms used to impose its dictates throughout the world.
Part of the 20 Years, 20 Films: Commemorating Two Decades of Screening Truth to Power at Cinema Politica collection
Tracey Deer · 2008 · 1h18m
What roles do bloodline and culture play in determining identity?
On Demand
Alan Kohl · 2008 · 1h12m
What is public space? Who owns and decides the boundaries of public space? And who is this mysterious artist known as Roadsworth?
Jackie Traverse · 2008 · 3m
A deeply personal animated film about the infamous 60s scoop.
Part of the First Peoples, First Screens 2 collection
Scott Hamilton Kennedy · 2008 · 1h20m
An award-winning doc that chronicles the struggle of the South Central Farmers in Los Angeles.
Martha Stiegman · 2008 · 20m
Follows the Bear River First Nation as they stand up to pressure from the Department of Fisheries (DFO) to sell their treaty rights.
