Grass
Award- winning director Ron Mann (Comic Book Confidential, Twist) hooks up with actor/ activist Woody Harrelson to deal you GRASS, a highly spirited and innovative look into one of America’s most deeply rooted cultural myths: « the evils of marijuana. » Utilizing hilarious footage from U.S. Government propaganda films, and eye- popping animation from underground artist Paul […]
My Brooklyn
MY BROOKLYN is a documentary about Director Kelly Anderson’s personal journey, as a Brooklyn “gentrifier,” to understand the forces reshaping her neighborhood along lines of race and class. The story begins when Anderson moves to Brooklyn in 1988, lured by cheap rents and bohemian culture. By Michael Bloomberg’s election as mayor in 2001, a massive […]
END:CIV – Resist or Die
END:CIV examines our culture’s addiction to systematic violence and environmental exploitation, and probes the resulting epidemic of poisoned landscapes and shell-shocked nations. Based in part on Endgame, the best-selling book by Derrick Jensen, END:CIV asks: “If your homeland was invaded by aliens who cut down the forests, poisoned the water and air, and contaminated the […]
Preempting Dissent
The creative commons documentary PREEMPTING DISSENT builds upon the book of the same name written by Greg Elmer and Andy Opel. The film is a culmination of a collaborative process of soliciting, collecting and editing video, still images, and creative commons music files from people around the world. Preempting Dissent interrogates the expansion of the so-called “Miami-Model” of […]
God’s Will
A former neo-Buddhist who has become an ardent defender of Orthodox values, Dmitry Enteo riveted public attention after performing several eccentric actions on himself. He calls himself an orthodox ‘actionist’, and opposes the creative activity of the Voyna and Pussy Riot art groups. Having gathered a movement of Orthodox activists around himself and called it […]
The Shirley Card
Gesturing to the racial bias behind Kodak’s mid-century skin-tone « Shirley cards, » Sonya Mwambu brings deeply textured layers of Black artistry, history and the racial politics of popular culture. Initially optimized for white skin through the 1970s, Shirley cards eventually began to be produced with a wider range of skin tones in the late 20th century. […]
Moug (Vagues)
En utilisant une combinaison artistique de séquences documentaires, d’images d’archives, de scènes d’animation, de personnages animés représentant les membres de la famille du réalisateur, et sa propre voix off, le réalisateur raconte son histoire et celle de sa génération, née avec la naissance du régime de Moubarak au début des années 80 du siècle dernier, […]
Two Cars, One Night
Situé dans le stationnement d’un bar rural à Tek Kaha, Nouvelle-Zélande, ce court-métrage comique primé réalisé par Taika Waititi conte l’histoire de deux frères, Romeo et Ed, qui attendent dans la voiture pendant que leurs parents boivent à l’intérieur. Romeo remarque Polly, une jeune fille de onze ans qui attend également ses parents. Plein d’agitation […]
You Never Bike Alone
Cyclists are changing the face of Vancouver, a city that has become renowned for the party spirit of its Critical Mass bike rides that attract all types of cyclists. From the Wholesome Undie and the World Naked Bike Ride (a ride founded in Vancouver), follow a local bike collective and share in the « velo love » […]
Hands On: Women, Climate, Change
HANDS-ON profiles five women from four continents tackling climate change through policy, protest, education and innovation. The film powerfully demonstrates how women are transferring knowledge and local networks into hands-on strategies. This collaborative doc offers unique perspectives across cultures and generations; A young woman challenges the expansion of oil rigs in the North Sea while […]
Maximum Tolerated Dose
Maximum Tolerated Dose (MTD): An animal / human experiment to find the highest dose of a chemical that, when administered to a group of test subjects in a clinical trial, does not result in a fatality due to short-term toxicity. This dose is then used for longer-term safety studies of the same species, lasting anywhere from […]
Ayiti Toma, in the Land of the Living
Beyond the country that overcame slavery to become the first Black Republic, beyond the country that has survived numerous natural disasters and even humanitarian aid, lies Ayiti Toma (« the country that is ours »). AYITI TOMA, THE LAND OF THE LIVING aspires to present this lesser known, more inclusive Ayiti as it is retold and illuminated […]
The Orator – O Le Tulafale
17 years after Vaaiga was banished from her ancestral village, three large and intimidating men, including her older brother Poto, arrive at Saili‟s house and forever change their quiet lives. Saili hides in his taro patch while Vaaiga, his wife, is left to confront these unexpected visitors. Poto, who is sick, demands Vaaiga, return with […]
Finding Sally
Finding Sally conte l’histoire incroyable d’une femme de 23 ans d’une famille aisée, qui devint une rebelle communiste avec le Parti révolutionnaire du peuple éthiopien. Idéaliste et amoureuse, Sally se fit emporter par la ferveur révolutionnaire de son pays, et atterrit sur la liste des personnes les plus recherchées par le gouvernement militaire. Par la […]
The Caretakers
Exploring the fragile dynamic between settler activists and Indigenous land and water defenders, THE CARETAKERS articulates the effects of colonization on the environment and Indigenous peoples. Looking in particular at the anti-Kinder Morgan blockade that took place in the fall of 2014 within the Burnaby Mountain Conservation Area, on the unceded traditional territories of the […]
Defiant Lives
Featuring exclusive interviews with elders (some now deceased) who’ve led the movement over the past five decades, the film weaves together never-before-seen archival footage with the often-confronting personal stories of disabled men and women as they moved from being warehoused in institutions to fighting for independence and control over their lives. Once freed from their […]
