Media Coverage
CINEMA POLITICA IN THE NEWS - GENERAL
+ Getting Detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Purpose, CBC, 22 September 2019.
+ Screening Truth to Power – Cinema Politica: Audio Interview with Svetla Turnin and Ezra Winton, Montreal Serai, 14 October 2018.
+Documentary Futurism on CBC, CBC, 13 September 2018.
+ A New Chapter for Documentary Films, The Concordian, 11 September 2018.
+ Cinema Politica will blow your mind, The Excalibur, 8 December 2017.
+ Documentaries from the comfort of your own home, The Concordian, 29 August 2017.
+ Cinema Politica and chill?: Concordia film series launches streaming service, Montreal Gazette, 15 August 2017.
+ Bringing political films to all, Concordia news, 11 August 2017.
+ The Human Rights Watch Film Festival lightens up, NOW Magazine, 28 March 2017.
+ Immigrant documentary filmmaker Min Sook Lee explores women migrant workers in new film, Canadian Immigrant, 18 August 2016.
+ Nations & Migrations: New film series confronts 'comfortable truths' about life as an immigrant, CBC Arts, 28 November 2016.
+ Montreal's Outdoor Screenings Reimagine the Movie Theatre, Montreal Gazette, 18 June 2016.
+ Cinema Politica Creates Video-on-demand Site, CBC News, 25 April 2016.
+ Min Sook Lee to be presented with Alanis Obomsawin Award, The Concordian, 22 March 2016.
+ Светла Търнин: Медиите често ни заблуждават, A-Specto, 17 March 2016.
+ Symbolism in Inuit tattooing: First Peoples, First Screens crafts spaces for conversation, McGill Daily, 15 February 2016.
+ Montreal students flock to Inuit tattoo documentary, Nunatsiaq News, 10 February 2016.
+ Through revolution with love: A Syrian Love Story documents struggle for freedom, McGill Daily, 8 February 2016.
+ Feed Your Head: Finding the lost art of face tattooing at Concordia’s Cinema Politica, Montreal Gazette, 8 February 2016.
+ First Peoples, First Screens: a new Indigenous-focused film series at Concordia, Concordia University News, 1 February 2016.
+ Human toll of war: A Syrian Love Story premieres in Montreal, Montreal Gazette, 31 January 2016.
+ The refugees are here—now celebrated doc A Syrian Love Story comes to Canada, CBC Arts, 29 January 2016.
+ A marriage and a country fall apart, The Concordian, January 2016.
+ Interview on A Syrian Love Story Documentary, Free City Radio, January 2016.
+ Curating the North: Documentary Screening Ethics and Inuit Representation in (Festival) Cinema, Art Threat, 17 December 2015.
+ Beyond the Female Gaze and Towards a Documentary Gender Equality, POV Magazine, Fall 2015.+ A Letter from Cinema Politica (Sydney), Honi Soit, 4 August 2015.
+ «Сложно привести примеры, чтобы никого не обидеть» Основатели активистской киносети Cinema Politica — о том, как снимать док политически и кто может в этом помочь практически (Interview with Ezra Winton & Svetla Turnin), Colta.ru, 6 April 2015.
+ About political films and documentary activism: Ezra Winton & Svetla Turnin, Docudays UA, 22 March 2015.
+ Кауза.doc (Cause.doc), Capital.bg, 18 March 2015.
+ Светла Търнин – в основата на мрежата Сinema Politica (Interview with Cinema Politica co-founder Svetla Turnin), Bulgarian National Radio, 16 March 2015.
+ Журналисти: В конфликта в Украйна няма добри и лоши, всички страдат (Journalists: In the conflict in Ukraine, there are no good and bad sides, everyone suffers, Sofia Topnovini, 13 March 2015.
+ 3 дискусии от София филм фест: "Документалното кино в търсене на справедливост", Kafene.bg, 10 March 2015.
+ Screening Truth to Power: A Reader on Documentary Activism, Art Threat, 7 March 2015.
+ Cinema Politica: Mexico's Huicholes worry that Canadian mining company will destroy their sacred lands, Montreal Gazette, 24 November 2014
+ Can Political Films Make Any Real Change?, The Link, 21 October 2014.
+ Film Chronicles the Movement to Save a Sacred Land and a Visionary Culture, IC Magazine, 14 October 2014.
+ From Screen to Political Action, Cinema Politica is a Global Catalyst, The Indepedent, 10 September 2014.
+ Woohoo! Occupy Love just won the Cinema Politica Audience Choice Award, OccuWorld, 24 July 2014.
+ Montreal's 2014 Encuentro Film Festival, Arts & Opinion, June 2014.
+ Social movements on celluloid at Encuentro 2014, Concordia University News, 11 June 2014.
+ Cinema Politica Tours First Book with Film Screening, June 2014.
+ 'Children 404' Examines the Living Nightmare of Russia's LGBTQ Teens, Bullett Magazine, 5 May 2014.
+ Hot off the Presses: Getting to know Cinema Politica, Montreal Rampage, 3 May 2014.
+ 'Screening Truth to Power - A Reader on Documentary Activism', Radio Canada International, 18 April 2014.
+ Q&A: Cinema Politica's Ezra Winton on launching a self-published book, Quill & Quire, 17 April 2014.
+ It's Cinema Politica, the book, Cult Montreal, 8 April 2014.
+ Woman charged under Russian anti-gay law for helping teens acquitted, Daily Xtra, 29 March 2014.
+ Youth against Putin, The Portland Phoenix, 5 March 2014.
+ Dix ans de Cinema Politica, Le Devoir, 12 February 2014.
+ Cinema Politica is 10 Years Old, Cult MTL, 7 November 2013<
+ CKUT Queer Corps interview on Children 404 (starts at 48 min), CKUT News, 28 October 2013.
+ Montreal activists fundraise for new doc about Russian LGBT kids, Daily Xtra, 28 October 2013.
+ Cinema Politica: 10 Years of Screening Truth to Power, ZMagazine, 24 October 2013.
+ CKUT Interview with Svetla & Ezra on CP's 10 Year Anniversary (starts at 17 min), CKUT News, Tuesday Morning After, 22 OCtober 2013.
+ Cinema Politica - Screening Truth to Power, Radio Canada International, 11 October 2013.
+ Viva Politica!, POV Magazine, 18 September 2013.
+ Cinema Politica's Top 10 - The Cinema Politica team chooses their top ten moments from their first ten years, POV Magazine, 18 Stepmber 2013.
+ Last Chance for LGBT Refugees, Q with Jian Ghomeshi, CBC Radio, 5 June 2013.
+ Montreal-Based Cinema Politica Steadily Increases its Reach, Art with Impact, 16 April 2013.
+ Cinema Politica: Politically Active with a Side of Popcorn, Gradlife, 26 February 2013.
+ Conditions Dropped in Security Certificate Case, Toronto Media Co-op, 9 January 2013.
+ Inside Sweet Crude, Sun News, 11 June 2012.
+ Film for Thought, The Daily, April 5 2012.
+ Seven years of Cinema Politica—The lives of nannies—Refugees and their rights—Roller derby funds, Montreal Mirror, 31 March 2011.
+ Cinema Politica: How a Montreal grassroots documentary initiative is making a global impact, Nightlife Magazine, 25 March 2011.
+ Cinema Politica is a hive of social activism, The Gazette, 19 March 2011.
+ Cinema Politica: Artists Against apartheid, Tadamon!, 5 November 2010.
+ Cultural Crossroads: Cinema Politica: Activist projections, Hour Community, 8 April 2010.
+ Killer Coke is no joke, The Sheaf, 11 February 2010.
+ Coke under examination in new doc, The Lance, 10 February 2010.
+ Killer Coke? Film courts controversy, The Windsor Star, 8 February 2010.
+ The Coca-Cola Case: first film to be screened as a result of the new NFB-Cinema Politica partnership, National Film Board of Canada, 2 February 2010.
+ Film aimed at Coca-Cola draws icey response, ajc.com, 26 January 2010.
+ Coca-Cola threatens Cinema Politica documentary screening, The McGill Daily, 21 January 2010.
+ Film group says plans to screen Coca-Cola doc, The People's United Community, 20 January 2010.
+ L'affaire Coca-Cola Un film au gout amer, selon l'entreprise, Radio-Canada, 20 January 2010.
+ Coca-Cola documentary draws company's ire, CTV British Columbia, 19 January 2010.
+ Coke discourages screenings of labour documentary, CBC News, 18 January 2010.
+ Sickly Sweet Censorship, NB Media Co-op, 17 January 2010.
+ Coca-Cola intimidates student group over film screening, Art Threat, 15 January 2010.
+ The NFB joins forces with Cinema Politica, NFB.ca Blog, 11 January 2010.
+ Cinema Politica Screens, Streams NFB Content, Mediacaster Magazine, 8 January 2010.
+ Cinema Politica: a grassroots cinema distribution network, The Warehouse, 2010.
+ Cinema Politica faces funding crisis, Socialdoc.net, April 2008.
+ From Grassroots to Global Networks: Cinema Politica and the Cultural Reprise of Political Documentary, Art Threat, 12 May 2007.
CINEMA POLITICA IN THE NEWS - LOCALS
+ Doc exploring the future of energy to be screened by Cinema Politica Ridge Meadows Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows News, April 28, 2019.
+Cinema Politica features indigenous-made cinema The McGill Tribune, February 12, 2019.
+Film Reviews: “Enhior’hén:ne” and “You Are on Indian Land”—Cinema Politica Screened Films of Mohawk Resilience, Strength and Sovereignty The Link, November 5, 2018.
+ Cinema Politica Opens Their Fall Season with Metamorphosis The Link, September 23, 2018.
+ Two films about protecting water will be screened at UPEI, The Guardian, April 23, 2018.
+ The defiant lives of disability rights activists, The McGill Daily, April 18, 2018.
+ More than just 'Another News Story,' McGill Tribune, March 27, 2018.
+ Reporting on the European Refugee Crisis, The Concordian, March 27, 2018.
+ Island filmmaker screening tuna documentary 'Bluefin,' Journal Pioneer, March 25, 2018.
+ Award-Winning Documentary 'Bluefin; to be screening at UPEI, The Cadre, March 23, 2018.
+ Cinema Politica to screen documentary on Standing Rock protests, Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows News, March 19, 2018.
+ Unarmed Verses Demonstrates the Subtleties of Institutionalized Racism and Sexism, The Link, March 16, 2018.
+ An exploration of unresolved family conflict, The Concordian, February 27, 2018.
+ Cinema Politica shines light on the margins, McGill Daily, February 20, 2018.
+ Cinema Politica to screen Banking on Bitcoin, Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows News, February 7, 2018.
+ Indigenous resistance on screen, McGill Daily, February 5, 2018.
+ Montreal film screening aims to emphasize Indigenous politics, perspectives, CBC News, January 28, 2018.
+ 'Bluefin' makes big splash winning Best Feature Doc at California Film Awards, the Journal Pioneer, January 16, 2018.
+ Film Review: A Taste of Syrian Refugee Workers' Reality, The Link, 4 December 2017.
+ Dual documentary screening looks back on Standing Rock protests, The McGill Tribune, 11 October 2017.
+ The war story of Standing Rock, The Concordian, 11 October 2017.
+ Cinema Politica to screen Salmon Wars, Maple Ridge - Pitt Meadows News, 17 September 2017.
+ A food justice lesson from Brooklyn, McGill Daily, 11 August 2017.
+ What's On, CTV News, 24 April 2017.
+ Permaculture: Becoming Part of the Whole, The Concordian, 11 April 2017.
+ Documentary captures Montreal family’s fight for patriarch imprisoned in China, Montreal Gazette, 4 April 2017.
+ India’s female boxers gamble marriage for fame in documentary by Concordia grads, CBC News, 2 April 2017.
+ With this Ring smashes stereotypes with a one-two punch, The Concordian, 28 March 2017.
+ ‘This film had to be made’: the incredible story of India's women boxing champs, Concordia University News, 27 March 2017.
+ Interview with Ameesha Joshi and Anna Sarkissian, Monday Morning After CKUT, 27 March 2017.
+ Beauty, trauma, and remembrance in new documentary ‘Cameraperson’, McGill Tribune, 26 March 2017.
+ Film prompts discussion on plight of Syrian refugees, The Toronto Observer, 21 March 2017.
+ To the Ends of the Earth: An Interview with Filmmaker/Director David Lavallee, Concordia Biology Student Association, 18 March 2017.
+ Ovarian Psycos: channeling anger into progress, The Concordian, 28 February 2017.
+ Ovarian Psycos: Reclaiming Spaces, Simone de Beauvoir Institute, Concordia University, 28 February 2017.
+ Cinema Politica presents The Prison in Twelve Landscapes, Grid City Magazine, 21 February 2017.
+ Cinema Politica: The Same Difference & Pariah, Grad/Aperature, 17 February, 2017.
+ The Same Difference looks past the labels, The Concordian, 7 February 2017.
+ Celebrating Black Heritage Month on P.E.I. with music, dance, art, Journal Pioneer, 7 February 2017.
+ Cinema Politica screening series Fascism Inc., Maple Ridge Pitt Meadows News, 18 January 2017.
+ To-Do List: Monday, Dec 5, Cult MTL, 5 December 2016.
+ Unfit to Print Podcast - Interview with George Kurian, The McGill Daily, 30 November 2016.
+ Major! A Documentary About Transgender Power, The Concordian, 29 November 2016.
+ 2010 G20: A Dark Moment in Canadian History, The Concordian, 15 November 2016.
+ Climate Change Film Screening on The Danforth, Inside Toronto, 11 November 2016.
+ Migrant Workers in Canada: the New Second-Class Citizens, The Concordian, 11 October 2016.
+ The Occupation of the American Mind, The Concordian, 4 October 2016.
+ The Military Occupation as an Open Secret, The McGill Daily, 30 September 2016.
+ The Revolution You Didn't Hear About Gets its Screen Time, The Concordian, 27 September 2016.
+ Alternative education: learning beyond the classroom, Honi Soit, 25 August 2016.
+ Documentaire efficace sur la mobilisation contre les pipelines, Courrier Laval, 15 April 2016.
+ Montreal Graffiti Artist FONKi Returns to His 'Roots' in Powerful Documentary, CBC Arts, 5 April 2016.
+ Fracking Threatens Indigenous Culture, The McGill Daily, 4 April 2016.
+ Capturing action in Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows, Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows Times, 9 March 2016.
+ Racing towards acceptance, The Concordian, 2 March 2016.
+ Celebrating black history in P.E.I., Journal Pioneer, 1 February, 2016.
+ Bill Paul interviews Paula Papel and Roberta Cory re Cinema Politica London, Straight Talk, February 2016.
+ Cinema Politica Ryerson Engages Political Discussion through Film, Ryerson Folio, 14 October 2015.
+ Fall Series Preview with Cinema Politica, and In-Depth with Victoria Lean, CKUT 90.3 FM News Collective Blog, 1 October 2015.
+ Cinema Politica: After the Last River Explores Attawapiskat's Troubles, Mostly Movies, 28 September 2015.
+ A Letter from Cinema Politica, Honi Soit, 4 August 2015.
+ Have you examined your life? , TheIndependent.ca, 24 April 2015.
+ Politica moves to Pitt Meadows, Maple Ridge Pitt Meadows Times, 18 March 2015.
+ Celebrating women, activism, and advocacy, Journal Pioneer, 3 March 2015.
+ Public art, creative economy, or vandalism?, SooToday.com, 19 February 2015.
+ "It is an act of violence to to mine that mountain", TheIndependent.ca, 22 February 2015.
+ Inaugural Social Justice Film Festival set for Feb. 13 to 15, Journal Pioneer, 8 February 2015.
+ Mais où se cache notre Cinéma Politica?, Quartier Libre, 2 February 2015.
+ Cinema Politica Screening Review: The Gulabi Gang, Graphite Publications, 28 January 2015.
+ Israel-Palestine: The importance of first hand accounts, TheIndependent.ca, 27 January 2015.
+ Cinema Politica Line-Up Showcases the Best Docs from Gaza to Home, Montreal Rampage, 22 January 2015.
+ Cinéma Politica : Silence, ça tourne!, Impact Campus, 20 January 2015.
+ Cinema Politica and P.E.I. Abortion Rights Network, Journal Pioneer, 19 January 2015.
+ Debt smart: a credit-conscious film series reinforces your New Year's resolutions and addresses a growing problem, The Coast, 8 January 2015.
+ Cine Files: Get rebellious on Monday with Cinema Politica, Montreal Gazette, 27 October, 2014.
+ Public education focus of next Cinema Politica doc, Maple Ridge News, 20 September 2014.
+ Maple Ridge youth eloquent about the future, Maple Ridge News, 28 May, 2014.
+ Bringing diverse documentaries to St. John's audiences, Faclty of Arts News, 22 May 2014.