Radical Reels Guelph May Day Edition: The Take
Cinema Politica OPIRG Kingston
Radical Reels Guelph Presents: Water on the Table!
Heritage in Heroines: “The Same Difference” screening
Radical Reels Presents: Someone Lives Here
Returning Home
Canada’s Residential Schools are the legacy of a world where relationships are severed in the service of power and where people become detached from one another and the complex webs of interdependence. Among the Secwépemc in British Columbia, one such story is that of Phyllis Jack-Webstad, a residential school survivor whose experiences inspired the Orange […]
Seven Winters in Tehran
The story of brave Iranian Reyhaneh Jabbari. At 19, Reyhaneh killed a man who threatened to rape her. Her death sentence can be revoked if the victim’s family forgives her. For Reyhaneh, it becomes a choice between her life and her values. Reyhaneh Jabbari’s life was changed forever when the man with whom she thought she […]
Flood: The Overdose Epidemic in Canada
Lives are being senselessly taken at the hands of increasingly-frightening overdoses. Between January 2016 and December 2018, there have been more than 12,800 apparent opioid-related deaths. That means that every two hours, another Canadian life is taken because of opioids. Flood: The Overdose Epidemic in Canada is a documentary that aims to reduce the stigma around substance […]
Cinema Politica OPIRG McMaster
First Peoples, First Screens Program Shows in Ontario this Fall
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This Fall Cinema Politica Ontario, in partnership with the Ontario Arts Council, is proud to present six in person Ontario screening events featuring works from our program First Peoples, First Screens (2nd Edition).
Nuhe Nenë Boghílníh [Protecting Our Homeland]
NUHE NENË BOGHÍLNÍH was made to inspire the young generation to start caring about our lands ands cultures. It is also to promote awareness on the uranium mining exploration in Patterson lake, SK. Not only does this mining exploration affect the promises of Treaty 10, it will also destroy the natural resources, harm wild life […]
Cinema Politica OPIRG Peterborough
Gently Whispering the Circle Back
Commissioned by Blue Quills First Nations College (Alberta, Canada), “Gently Whispering the Circle Back” is a documentary exploration of the journey of healing in a people wounded by the Canadian Indian Residential School system. With dignity and deep sincerity, survivors and the children of survivors share their personal stories with us. We become part of a […]
Malls R Us
What do Al Gore, science fiction, gothic cathedrals and roller coasters have in common? All come together in MALLS-R-US, a feature documentary with a multiplex of reflections and revelations on one of North America’s most popular institutions: the enclosed shopping center. Mixing nostalgia, architectural ambition, pop culture and politics, MALLS-R-US travels from North America, the […]
Mr. Jane and Finch
A beloved 80-year-old Guyanese-Canadian activist Winston LaRose, who has documented the Black community throughout the African Diaspora for the past 60 years throws his hat into local politics and is met with unflinching systemic racism in the Canadian political system. LaRose believes he can upset the status quo by throwing his hat into the political […]
