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.
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
On Demand
Nettie Wild · 2008 · 40m
A doc about outreach nurses who administer healthcare on the streets of Vancouver's downtown Eastside.
Jackie Traverse · 2008 · 3m
A deeply personal animated film about the infamous 60s scoop.
Part of the First Peoples, First Screens 2 collection
Anders Østergaard · 2008 · 1h24m
Reconstruction of Burmese uprising against the military regime, and the citizen journalists who secretly documented the revolution.
Part of the Divine Interventions: Documentary, Spirituality and Social Justice collection
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?
Steve Pillar Setiabudi, A. Moetaba Hasyim & Fendry Ponomban · 2007 · 30m
· 2007 · 52m
A film that exposes the web of powerful interests protecting the blood trade of the mineral essential for the making of electronics.
Weijun Chen · 2007 · 52m
Eight year-old students teach us about power, corruption, and democracy.
Tamar Yarom · 2007 · 1h
Tamar Yarom · 2007 · 1h
Six female former soldiers reveal the pshychological scars of serving in the Occupied Territories.
& · 2007 · 52m
Between dictators, beach parties and mullahs: a film about democracy in Pakistan.
On Demand
Rob van Alkemade · 2007 · 1h31m
Reverend Billy and the Church of Stop Shopping Gospel Choir go on a cross-country mission to save Christmas from the Shopocalypse.
Part of the Divine Interventions: Documentary, Spirituality and Social Justice collection
Maya Gallus · 2007 · 1h10m
Following 26 year-old Madison as she transitions from male to female
Helene Klodawsky · 2007 · 1h28m
In the alternative drama, Somali Canadian first time actors show the domino effect of becoming homeless, revealing just how close many of us are to the edge
Mary Ellen Davis · 2007 · 1h4m
A contemplation of occupation, exploitation, documentation and the role of the photographer and his art
Richard Desjardins & Robert Monderie · 2007 · 1h30m
A sympathetic glimpse of a nation of 9,000 people who suffer in silence as the rest of us look the other way.
Part of the The Commons collection
On Demand
Robert Alstead · 2007 · 1h20m
Have cyclists reached a critical mass?