RIDM 2019: ANOTHER WORD FOR LEARNING World Premiere
Cinema Politica is very excited to be premiering our newest distribution title, ANOTHER WORD FOR LEARNING!
Local Spotlight: CP Mombasa
“We believe that this local event provides a space for the transformative power of film to meet with the voices of our community, inspiring not only ideas but action.”
Useful Resources for our Documentary Futurism Project, The Next 150
As promised, here is a list of resources that will help introduce anyone interested in submitting a proposal to The Next 150 project.
Being Osama
Shot against the cultural backdrop of Montreal, the film follows the six Osamas from the time of the American invasion of Iraq in March of 2003 to the anti-WTO demonstrations in late July of the same year. Touching on subjects as diverse as Arab names, rock-n-roll, religion, Middle East politics, weddings, funerals and the meaning […]
Browse Our Latests Educational Catalogue
We are unveiling Cinema Politica’s 2022-2023 Educational Catalogue! This stunning 135 title catalogue includes films covering an impressive breadth of topics, subjects, and academic disciplines.
Even in the Desert
EVEN IN THE DESERT is a personal reportage focusing on concrete actions by Israelis, Palestinians and international activists working together in the face of and against current agendas to displace Palestinians and to limit their movements. The video travels to various locations and sites of resistance and solidarity in the West Bank: from Mas’ha to […]
Ariel Nasr’s THE MOSQUE: A COMMUNITY’S STRUGGLE
As we commemorate the fourth anniversary of the Quebec City mosque shooting, we can turn to documentary film as a powerful medium of remembrance and dialogue. THE MOSQUE: A COMMUNITY’S STRUGGLE by filmmaker Ariel Nasr offers a vital glimpse at the resilience of a Muslim community in Ste-Foy, Québec in the aftermath of January 29th, 2017 when […]
Cinema Politica Launches New Subscription Based VOD Service
Tired of Hollywood fluff? We’ve got the rad stuff. Cinema Politica’s newest effort to stream truth to power means audiences can pay a monthly fee to access a library of online content.
Love, Scott
“The wound is the place where the Light enters you.” – Rumi In October of 2013, a young gay musician left the bar to walk home, unaware that his life was about to be irrevocably altered. Turning the corner up a street in small town Nova Scotia, Scott Jones was viciously attacked and left paralyzed […]
Cultures of Resistance
In 2003, on the eve of the Iraq war, acclaimed filmmaker Iara Lee embarked on a journey to better understand a world increasingly embroiled in conflict and, as she saw it, heading for self-destruction. After several years, traveling over five continents, Iara encountered growing numbers of people who committed their lives to promoting change. From […]
My Stolen Planet
Oppressed by governmental restrictions that prevent her human rights, movement and autonomy, an Iranian filmmaker is forced to emigrate “inwards” and finds freedom in recording herself dancing and singing at home as an act of resistance. Using a personal diary-style narrative, Farah Sharifi traces her birth in post-revolution Iran to the Woman, Life, Freedom movement […]
Artifishal
Artifishal is a film about wild rivers and wild fish that explores the high cost—ecological, financial and cultural—of our mistaken belief that engineered solutions can make up for habitat destruction. The film traces the impact of fish hatcheries, and the extraordinary amount of public money wasted on an industry that hinders wild fish recovery, pollutes […]
Winnie Wright, Age 11
Winnie, the daughter of a steel worker and a teacher lives in Gage Park, a Chicago neighborhood that is changing from white to black. Her family struggles with racism, inflation and a threatened strike, as Winnie learns what it means to grow up white, working class, and female. The film was created by Kartemquin collective […]
Māori-Made Collection
In collaboration with the New Zealand Film Commission, we are bringing you six previously unavailable Aotearoa gems by revered directors to stream or book for your institution.
