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Cinema Politica exhibits, distributes, and streams independent political films. We believe in the power of art to not only entertain but to engage, inform, inspire, and provoke social change. About Us CP Network The Cinema Politica Network is made up of film exhibition sites and local member chapters across Canada and around the world. Find […]
Recording: DISCOUNT WORKERS Directors + Guests
Discussion with the directors of DISCOUNT WORKERS, and grassroots organizers in labour and migrant justice in Montreal.
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Find a Screening From film festivals and exhibitions, to pop-up partnerships with activist organizations, discover the latest screenings happening through Cinema Politica Network, including through our flagship based in Montreal. Not finding what you want? Cinema Politica has CP Locals active across Canada and the world. Click below to find and follow a Local near […]
Recording: Ashley O’Shay (UNAPOLOGETIC) + Guests
A conversation with UNAPOLOGETIC director Ashley O’Shay and guests, inspired by movements against police brutality and demands to defund the police.
Recording: b.h. Yael – Family States Book Launch
“b.h. Yael: Family States”, edited by Mike Hoolboom, celebrates the work of b.h. Yael. This panel featured Richard Fung, Dalia Kandiyoti, and Robert Massoud, three of the book’s contributors.
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 […]
(of)fences
In the context of the Summit of the Americas in Quebec City, in April 2000, a group of filmmakers and video artists came together to consider the repercussions of free trade and to collaborate on a project that resulted in “Blah, Blah, Blah. (Re)Viewing Quebec.” (of)fences was made for this compilation. This impressionistic documentation is […]
A Hot Sandfilled Wind
A HOT SANDFILLED WIND is a 13-minute lyrical piece, based on a poem by Nadia Habib. An appeal for recognition against despair, it emphasizes that beyond the politics of occupation, Israelis and Palestinians live in proximity, side by side. Palestine Trilogy A HOT SANDFILLED WIND is one of three videos in a series titled Palestine […]
Deir Yassin Remembered
DEIR YASSIN REMEMBERED considers the repercussions of a largely forgotten massacre of almost 100 Palestinians in 1948. The massacre at Deir Yassin was pivotal to Palestinian dispossession. Though Deir Yassin has been partially acknowledged by Israelis, many other massacres of the time have not. The video not only gives an account of what happened at […]
FINDING SALLY ’21 SCREEN AWARD NOMINATION
Cinema Politica is proud to announce that our Distribution title FINDING SALLY has been nominated for “Best Documentary Program” for the 2021 Canadian Screen Awards.
Recording: Fluid Frames from the Palestinian Diaspora
FLUID FRAMES FROM THE PALESTINIAN DIASPORA showcases work from Palestinian filmmakers based in the country known as Canada. This live-stream discussion featured filmmakers Muhammad Nour-Elkhairy, Razan AlSalah, Rana Nazzal Hamadeh and Serene Husni …
Fluid Frames from the Palestinian Diaspora
March 19, 2021 – March 24, 2021 Fluid Frames from the Palestinian Diaspora showcases work from Palestinian filmmakers based in the country known as Canada, featuring filmmakers Muhammad Nour-Elkhairy, Razan Alsalah, Serene Husni, Rana Nazzal Hamadeh, and Rehab Nazzal. This program of provocative films visualizes displacement while exploring the paradox of simultaneously being temporary and permanent as a refugee, the distress […]
Freedom Summer
At Black Lives Matter Toronto’s Freedom School, 13-year-old Moon learns to be a leader while Rihanna, who is seven, discovers that being Black is indeed beautiful. Modeled after the Black Panther Party for Self Defence’s Oakland Community School, Toront’s Freedom School is a three-week summer program that intervenes in anti-Black racism in the Canadian educational system […]
Marathon
The companion film to its breakout counterpart BLACK BODIES, this stunning short provokes (metaphoric) consideration of running a marathon you can’t afford to lose. After dealing with a high-profile incident of racial bias in California this past year Kelly Fyffe-Marshall was compelled to turn to art for healing as a way to work through the trauma. […]
Bonum
After they cycle through two steps back and one step forward again, the dangers of complacency are revealed and the reward that is nestled in perseverance is imagined. Conceivably this is the taste of BONUM. Calgary-born dancer Sabrina Naz Comanescu enthralls audiences with her choreography for video — artistically shot by Aran Wilkinson-Blanc — making dance accessible as a […]