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
Nettie Wild · 1988 · 1h52m
On Demand
Nettie Wild · 1988 · 1h52m
a remarkable behind-the-frontlines look at the aftermath of the anti-Marcos “Yellow Revolution” that brought Corazon Aquino to power in the Philippines in 1986.
Part of the The Nettie Wild Collection collection
On Demand
Merata Mita · 1988 · 1h30m
MAURI explores cultural tensions, identity, and a changing way of life in an East Coast town affected by European settlement.
Part of the The Māori-Made Collection collection
On Demand
Vincent Ward · 1988 · 1h30m
A visionary boy leads five men from the 14th Century into a 20th Century city. Their quest: to save their village before sunrise.
On Demand
Barry Barclay · 1987 · 1h33m
In a remote coastal town, an Australian doctor becomes deeply and unexpectedly involved in the struggle of a Māori community fighting industrialist powers.
Part of the The Māori-Made Collection collection
Elise Swerhone · 1986 · 58m
Elise Swerhone · 1986 · 58m
Traces the political career of T.C. (Tommy) Douglas, former premier of Saskatchewan and leader of the New Democratic Party of Canada
On Demand
Kartemquin Collective · 1983 · 57m
In 1864, George Pullman began selling his famous railroad sleeping cars which helped him build a vast industrial empire that was supposed to last forever.
Part of the The Kartemquin Collection collection
On Demand
Gaylene Preston · 1982 · 48m
Gaylene Preston goes behind the scenes of New Zealand's first epic feature, the 1983 film UTU about the colonial British massacre of a Māori village in the 1870s.
On Demand
Vincent Ward · 1980 · 45m
The true, moving story of how an 84-year-old Maori woman struggles to care for her handicapped 40-year-old son.
On Demand
Gordon Quinn & Jerry Blumenthal · 1980 · 34m
On Demand
Gordon Quinn & Jerry Blumenthal · 1980 · 34m
The gritty realities of a seven-week strike at a small Indiana chain factory during 1973-74.
Part of the The Kartemquin Collection collection
On Demand
Harry Sutherland · 1978 · 19m
Jerry Blumenthal, Gordon Quinn & Guillermo Brzostowski · 1975 · h
UE/Wells follows an organizing drive by the United Electrical Workers Union at the Wells Foundry in Chicago.
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Kartemquin Collective · 1974 · 26m
Now We Live on Clifton follows 10 year old Pam Taylor and her 12 year old brother Scott around their multiracial West Lincoln Park neighborhood.
Part of the La collection Kartemquin & The Kartemquin Collection collections
On Demand
Teena Webb & Kartemquin Collective · 1974 · 21m
Not just a colorful record of the making of a mural in Chicago's Pilsen community by Ray Patlan, this film traces the mural movement of the mid-1970s back to murals in Mexico.
Part of the The Kartemquin Collection collection
On Demand
Kartemquin Collective · 1974 · 26m
Chicagoans from all walks of life answer the question: who gets hurt and who profits from racism?
Part of the The Kartemquin Collection collection
On Demand
Gordon Quinn, Teena Webb, Suzanne Davenport, Greg Grieco & Betsy Martens · 1974 · 12m
On Demand
Gordon Quinn, Teena Webb, Suzanne Davenport, Greg Grieco & Betsy Martens · 1974 · 12m
Winnie, the daughter of a steel worker and a teacher, lives in Gage Park, a Chicago neighborhood that is changing from white to black.
Part of the The Kartemquin Collection collection
Michael Kanentakeron Mitchell · 1969 · 37m
The classic 1969 NFB doc that puts the audience in the middle of conflict between First Nations and police.
