The Cancer Journals Revisited
THE CANCER JOURNALS REVISITED est né de la question de savoir ce que signifie aujourd’hui la relecture et la révision des mémoires classiques de 1980 de la poétesse lesbienne féministe noire Audre Lorde sur son expérience du cancer du sein. À l’invitation de la réalisatrice Lana Lin, atteinte d’un cancer du sein en 2010, vingt-sept […]
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 […]
They Were Promised the Sea
A lyrical, musical, polemical road movie, THEY WERE PROMISED THE SEA is an intimate journey shot in Morocco, Israel and Palestine, and New York. The film exposes the political maneuvering that separated communities that had lived together for thousands of years, and also gives voice to those who resisted and continue to resist the separation […]
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 […]
A Place Called Chiapas
Subcomandante Marcos lights his pipe and says straight into the camera, « You’ve still got a lot of research to do. I don’t know what you have been doing all this time. How long have you been in Chiapas? » « Five months, » replies filmmaker Nettie Wild. « Hmm… » says the military commander of the Zapatista uprising, « ….I’ve been […]
Crude Gold Series: Gran Colombia Gold
Crude Gold is a series of short documentary films showcasing 5 pivotal cases of foreign-funded mining exploitation connected to Canadian investors. Every year in Colombia numerous union leaders, union activists and union members are assassinated. Similarly, human rights defenders are targeted, threatened and murdered in a fog of impunity and unanswered questions. Activists, union […]
Pinkwashing Exposed: Seattle Fights Back
« Pinkwashing » is a term activists have coined for when countries engaged in terrible human rights violations promote themselves as « gay friendly » to improve their public image. Israel is the country most famous for this strategy, having initiated it as part of a rebranding campaign in which has been engaged in for the last decade to […]
In Spring One Plants Alone
An aged woman lives with her fully grown and wholly dependent son. This Vincent Ward film is a rare view of an enclosed world where an 82-year-old woman, alone, is ‘The Burdened One’. Filmed over a period of one and a half years, this emerges as a haunting and powerful portrayal of their life together, […]
First Daughter and the Black Snake
La prophétie du 7ème feu dit qu’un serpent noir apportera la destruction sur la terre. Nous aurons le choix entre deux voies. L’une est brûlée, et l’autre est verte. Pour Winona LaDuke (qui signifie « première fille » en ojibwé), économiste, écrivain, agronome et politicienne autochtone redoutable, ce serpent noir prend la forme de trains et d’oléoducs. […]
Pax Americana: The Weaponization of Space
As if there weren’t enough weapons here on earth, space has become the newest arena for countries around the globe to launch their struggle for supremacy. Denis Delestrac’s film Pax Americana and the Weaponization of Space is packed full of some truly startling facts — everything from the “Rods of God” (space weapons that can launch from […]
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 […]
The Lonely Battle of Thomas Reid
Farmer Thomas Reid lives a solitary life on his ancestral home in County Kildare, Ireland. Suspicious of intrusion, Thomas does not welcome the State agents who come to forcibly purchase his home and lands. As Irish land is sold off in parcels to foreign investors for office space, factories and speculation, he vows to resist.
In the Shadow of a Gold Mine
Tanzania is one of the largest gold producers in Africa, with multinational mining companies from London, Dubai and Toronto operating all across the country. But as these companies turn greater profits and Tanzania becomes a major investment destination, hundreds of people are bearing the cost, in some cases with their lives. IN THE SHADOW OF […]
Fix: The Story of an Addicted City
Dean Wilson used to be an IBM salesman. Now he is possibly the most outspoken drug addict in Canada. As president of the Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users (VANDU) he is a loud and articulate advocate for street addicts from Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, one of Canada’s poorest neighbourhoods, and the site of the highest […]
United in Anger: A History of ACT UP
UNITED IN ANGER: A HISTORY OF ACT UP is a unique feature-length documentary that combines startling archival footage that puts the audience on the ground with the activists and the remarkably insightful interviews from the ACT UP Oral History Project to explore ACT UP (the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power) from a grassroots perspective – […]
Tunniit: Retracing the Lines of Inuit Tattoos
TUNNIIT : RETRACING THE LINES OF INUIT TATTOOS est un documentaire personnel et politique de la cinéaste inuite Alethea Arnaquq-Baril, dont le dernier film ANGRY INUK a remporté de nombreux prix. Pendant plus d’un siècle, les tatouages traditionnels du visage des Inuits ont été interdits par le gouvernement canadien et la forme d’art presque oubliée. […]
