Granny Power
GRANNY POWER is a documentary about a very original activist movement – the Raging Grannies. Spanning 10 years, the film follows several passionate, activist grandmothers and their “gaggles” as they fight for peace, social justice and the environment. From Occupy Wall Street sites in Canada and the U.S., to demontrations against nuclear arms, the Montebello […]
Monica Gutierrez on Canada’s debt
#ComfortableTruth: Migrants owe Canada for the opportunity to be here. Check out Monica Gutierrez’s reflections and video response here.
Cinema Politica Launches New Subscription Based VOD Service
Tired of Hollywood fluff? We’ve got the rad stuff. Cinema Politica’s newest effort to stream truth to power means audiences can pay a monthly fee to access a library of online content.
Burma VJ
In BURMA VJ: REPORTING FROM A CLOSED COUNTRY, acclaimed filmmaker Anders Østergaard combines original footage recorded by undercover video journalists from the Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) with controversial dramatic reconstruction of demonstrations, from the emergence of the protests in 2007 through the 2008 Saffron Revolution. In this riveting film, material shot in the streets […]
The Little Black School House
Tourné dans les villages et villes de l’Ontario et de la Nouvelle-Écosse, THE LITTLE BLACK SCHOOL HOUSE dévoile l’histoire inédite des enfants, des femmes et des hommes qui ont été élèves et enseignants dans les écoles canadiennes où régnait la ségrégation raciale. Le documentaire de Sylvia Hamilton est une illustration poignante et d’une honnêteté sans […]
CFS – Bring it Black: Films by Black Artists in Canada
The representation of Blackness and the lives of Black people on screen has a long, dynamic and troubled history in Canada.
Upstream, the Stewards of the Land
Along the proposed pipeline route that is planned to connect the fracked gas wells in North Eastern British Columbia with the Pacific coast, like in the famous Standing Rock camp which was internationally in the headlines for months, Indigenous Peoples are reaffirming their title and going back to the land. During three months in Summer […]
Bring it Black: Films by Black Artists in Canada
February 14, 2021 – February 21, 2021 Cinema Politica is thrilled to launch our hand-picked program Bring it Black: Films by Black Artists in Canada, co-curated with Ella Cooper and Henri Pardo. From fiction to experimental to documentary, and everything between, this collection of shorts combines creative flair with political potency and unwavering voice. This […]
White Van Stories
WHITE VAN STORIES covers a gamut of provinces and ethnicities (Sinhala, Tamil and Muslim communities) in its coverage of the tragic unexplained disappearances of civilians in post-war Sri Lanka. It shines a light on the resilience and courage that many have adopted to find the disappeared as part of their continued fight for justice. The […]
3 1/2 Minutes, Ten Bullets
In 3½ MINUTES, two lives intersected and were forever altered. On Black Friday in 2012, two cars parked next to each other at a Florida gas station. A white middle-aged male and a black teenager exchanged angry words over the volume of the music in the boy’s car. A gun entered the exchange, and one […]
La Soledad
La Soledad is a dilapidated, seemingly abandoned villa in what used to be one of the wealthiest neighborhoods of Caracas, Venezuela. It used to be the home of director Jorge Thielen Armand s great-grandparents, but when the owners passed away fifteen years ago, the property was unofficially inherited by their lifelong maid, Rosina, now 72, […]
Kokomo City
Dans le documentaire très divertissant et rafraîchissant KOKOMO CITY, le réalisateur D. Smith passe le micro à quatre travailleuses du sexe transgenres noires d’Atlanta et de New York – Daniella Carter, Koko Da Doll, Liyah Mitchell et Dominique Silver – qui brisent sans hésitation les murs de leur profession. Ne reculant devant rien, le film […]
Twyla Roscovich: A Dedicated Activist and Filmmaker Whose Legacy Will Last Lifetimes
Cinema Politica’s Ezra Winton remembers a friend and ally.
The Pā Boys
Cette exploration de la masculinité et de l’identité Māori dans The Pā Boys est pleine de passion, de créativité et d’angoisse. Le film suit un groupe de reggae fictif alors qu’il part en tournée à travers Aotearoa et a du mal à maintenir la cohésion et la communauté entre ses membres. Au coeur de ce […]
MANIC and SHADOWS OF LIBERTY Now Available for Streaming
We’ve added MANIC and SHADOWS OF LIBERTY, two award-winning and timely films by Quebec filmmakers, to our streaming services!
Surviving Progress
“Every time history repeats itself the price goes up.” Surviving Progress presents the story of human advancement as awe-inspiring and double-edged. It reveals the grave risk of running the 21st century’s software — our know-how — on the ancient hardware of our primate brain which hasn’t been upgraded in 50,000 years. With rich imagery and […]
