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.
German Gutierrez · 2022 · 2h20m
Upon the signing of the peace agreement between the Colombian government and the guerrillas in 2016, GermĂ¡n GutiĂ©rrez went to film in one of the last FARC camps.
Karen Cho · 2022 · 1h28m
Coast to coast, the film follows Chinatown communities resisting the pressures around them.
Colin Askey · 2022 · 1h20m
This crucial doc takes us in close to Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, whose frontline workers and residents have taken safe injection and community care into their own hands.
Nishtha Jain · 2022 · 1h26m
Outside Kolkata a few jute mills crank on, virtually unchanged since the industrial revolution.
Rich Felgate · 2022 · 1h29m
Finite: The Climate of Change is a raw, authentic and emotional insight into the battle between communities, activists and fossil fuel corporations.
Rodrigue Jean & Arnaud Valade · 2022 · 1h17m
One of the most tumultuous years in Quebec’s history, 2012 saw the mobilization of students and others against neoliberalism and police brutality
Nisha Pahuja · 2022 · 2h7m
a farmer in Jharkhand, India, takes on the fight of his life when he demands justice for his 13-year-old daughter, the survivor of sexual assault
John Greyson · 2022 · 1h53m
Palestinian brothers conspire with Jean Genet to disrupt Eurovision, enlisting Toronto's singing penguins. PHOTO BOOTH blends humour and diverse visuals to explore boycott
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Tamo Campos & Jasper Snow Rosen · 2022 · 1h9m
The Klabona Keepers is an intimate portrait of the dynamic Indigenous community that succeeded in protecting the remote Sacred Headwaters, known as the Klabona.
Part of the 20 Years, 20 Films: Commemorating Two Decades of Screening Truth to Power at Cinema Politica collection
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Khaled Jarrar · 2022 · 1h14m
The grueling journey of a Syrian family escaping war and traversing hostile and unforgiving lands is captured with tenderness and palpable struggle.
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Jess Shane & Katie Mathews · 2022 · 13m
The year of the 20th anniversary of the prison, Scott’s field recordings and Adayfi’s memories come together to create a visceral new landscape of this notoriously secret place.
Tracey Deer · 2021 · 1h32m
A young girl is forced to grow up fast and become the tough Mohawk warrior she needs to be during the Oka Crisis.
Sandra Ach, Nicolas Burlaud & Thomas Hakenholz · 2021 · 1h14m
Marseille, February 2019
. The inhabitants of the neighbourhood of La Plaine fight to defend the dream of a square inspired by the community.
Franz Bòˆhm · 2021 · 1h20m
How three young women in Hong Kong, Chile and Uganda cope with the staggering personal impact of their political activism. About the next generation, made by the next generation.
Rintu Thomas & Sushmit Ghosh · 2021 · 1h33m
A portrait of the courageous Dalit women who broke India's gender and caste barriers to launch their own newspaper.
Gloria Pancrazi & Elena Jean · 2021 · 1h34m
Two female filmmakers fight alongside Indigenous leaders and scientists to protect a critically endangered species of orca.