Parents Transgenres
PARENTS TRANSGENRES est un documentaire qui parle de l’amour, de la vie et des enfants après une transition de genre. Le film partage les difficultés et les forces de plusieurs femmes et hommes transgenres naviguant différents stades de leur vie parentale: de la grossesse à la naissance, de la petite enfance à l’adolescence. Quelques un-es […]
Vessel
VESSEL commence avec une jeune médecin qui vivait au bord de la mer, et une idée improbable. Rebecca Gomperts, horrifiée par les réalités créées par les lois anti-avortement à travers le monde, s’est sentie obligée de s’attaquer à ce problème ; sa méthode : pratiquer des avortements sur un navire dans les eaux internationales. Son […]
Camfranglais
Summer 2117 will be revealing for Sam, an 18-year-old Cameroonian girl. Freshly elected to the tribal council that governs her country, she joins the national delegation that is invited to Tiohtià: ke (Montreal). This trip is a pilgrimage for the young girl, as she traces the steps of her great-grandmother who lived in this northern […]
Tama Tū
Fusil en main, six soldats Māori sont postés dans une maison en ruines face à un bastion allemand. C’est le début de leur longue, absurde et craintive attente, pendant laquelle la communication entre les soldats est réduite à des gestes silencieux, des blagues enfantines, des jeux avec des figurines, et des défis de haka muets. […]
Migrant Dreams
MIGRANT DREAMS est un puissant documentaire explorant l’histoire peu racontée de travailleuses agricoles migrantes qui luttent contre le Programme de travailleurs étrangers temporaires (PTET) canadien, de par lequel les travailleurs et travailleuses se retrouvent en situation de dépendance vis-à-vis leurs employeurs puisqu’ils sont liés à une entreprise pour le maintien de leur visa. La militante […]
Orgasm Inc.
In the shocking and hilarious documentary ORGASM INC., filmmaker Liz Canner takes a job editing erotic videos for a drug trial for a pharmaceutical company. Her employer is developing what they hope will be the first Viagra drug for women that wins FDA approval to treat a new disease: Female Sexual Dysfunction (FSD). Liz gains […]
The Archivettes
“Our history was disappearing as quickly as we were making it. ” With that realization, Deborah Edel and Joan Nestle co-founded the Lesbian Herstory Archives, the world’s largest collection of materials by and about lesbians. For more than 40 years, through many of the major milestones in LGBTQIA+ history, the all-volunteer organization has literally rescued […]
Haiti Betrayed
As Canadians, we often take pride in our international reputation as peacekeepers and defenders of democracy. But there is a dark side to our foreign policy — a policy that has thwarted the Haitian people’s struggles for freedom and self-determination over the last two decades. In 1986, Haitians joined their voices together in a cry […]
Bad Girl
How does the media influence the development of sexual identities, and how might representations of sexuality change the way we understand it? The male-dominated, multi-billion dollar mainstream pornography industry recreates a restrictive image of sexuality, but growing numbers of women directors are offering alternative visions of female desire. From directors and porn actors, academics and […]
Taylor Chain I: A Story in a Union Local
Taylor Chain I raconte les réalités crues d’une grève de sept semaines dans une petite usine de chaînes de l’Indiana en 1973-1974. Des réunions syndicales houleuses et des interactions tendues sur le piquet de grève donnent une vision de l’intérieur des tensions et des conflits inhérents aux négociations syndicales. En raison d’un manque de fonds […]
Street Politics 101
In the spring of 2012, a massive student strike in opposition to a tuition hike, rocked the streets of the Montréal for over six months. Protests and militant street actions became part of the daily and nightly reality of this Canadian metropolis. Several times during this tumultuous spring, the numbers in the streets would reach […]
Gulabi Gang
Nishtha Jain’s fierce documentary follows the true story of activist Sampat Pal and the legendary women’s vigilante group known as the Gulabi Gang. Never without a healthy dose of humour, this is a deeply humane film that is truly inspiring for women of all ages. Rising up in resistance to femicide in Bundelkhand, Central India, […]
Shadows of Liberty
Based on Ben Bagdikian’s critically acclaimed book The Media Monopoly, SHADOWS OF LIBERTY by Quebec filmmaker Jean-Philippe Tremblay takes an intrepid journey through the darker corridors of the American media landscape, where global media conglomerates exercise extraordinary political, social, and economic power. The overwhelming collective power of these firms raises troubling questions about democracy. Unravelling […]
a’s’katikl awti’l
150 years into the future the province of Nova Scotia has mostly been abandoned by settler descendants, leaving behind a legacy of abandoned buildings and homes. As the Mi’kmaw People reclaim their territory and work to remove the toxic technology left behind, a documentary film crew is invited into the community to witness the process […]
Des Solitudes
Lamine, a Senegalese student in Quebec, decides to film a carsharing ride between Rimouski and Montreal. In the course of his discussions with Rémi, a young filmmaker focusing on ‘minorities’ and Nataly, an Indigenous woman, Lamine grasps the link between his own daily difficulties and the question of the representation of the Other.
Be…Without Water
About sixty families in Penobsquis near Sussex have wells that have gone dry, and now have to pay to have water. They are seeking compensation from Potash Corp. which, they believe, is responsible for their water loss. They have little hope of receiving anything from the multi-billion dollar corporation. Twenty eight concerned citizen groups are […]
