Peace, Propaganda and the Promised Land: US Media and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

Still From Peace, Propaganda and The Promised Land

Peace, Propaganda & the Promised Land provides a striking comparison of U.S. and international media coverage of the crisis in the Middle East, zeroing in on how structural distortions in U.S. coverage have reinforced false perceptions of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. This pivotal documentary exposes how the foreign policy interests of American political elites–oil, and a […]

CP Publishing

Screening Truth to Power: A Reader on Documentary Activism

From time to time Cinema Politica publishes pamphlets, booklets, and more recently, a real, physical, bonafide BOOK.

Freelancer on the Front Lines

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What makes Jesse Rosenfeld tick? A freelance reporter based in the Middle East, Jesse has made the region the focus of his work. FREELANCER ON THE FRONT LINES accompanies him in his daily life as he criss-crosses Egypt, Israel and Palestine, Turkey and Iraq. Examining thorny geopolitical realities shaped by the events transforming the Middle […]

Sharkwater

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For filmmaker Rob Stewart, exploring sharks began as an underwater adventure. What it turned into was a beautiful and dangerous life journey into the balance of life on earth. Driven by passion fed from a lifelong fascination with sharks, Stewart debunks historical stereotypes and media depictions of sharks as bloodthirsty, man-eating monsters and reveals the […]

Monica Gutierrez on Canada’s debt

Still from THE SUNFLOWER MAN

#ComfortableTruth: Migrants owe Canada for the opportunity to be here. Check out Monica Gutierrez’s reflections and video response here.

Memories of Genocide in Burma and Indonesia

MEMORIES OF GENOCIDE IN BURMA AND INDONESIA

Denial, silence and memory bring together two of our On Demand films this month, depicting the stories of survivors who have overcome the most violent human rights atrocities in Burma and Indonesia.