Discover Exceptional Films for Black History Month
Celebrate Black History Month by screening exceptional films that center Black lives and stories.
SG̲AAWAAY Ḵ’UUNA – Film Screening and Q&A with Director Helen Haig-Brown (duplicate)
Real Man’s Film
In Balkans every generation has its war. Sons are continuing fights started by their fathers. There are rifles and pistols in every hand. Concentration of arms has reached a critical point. Even the smallest incident would be disastrous to this fragile peace. Watching children playing with toy guns makes you wander: what are we leaving […]
Cinema Politica co-presents Regent Park Film Festival’s “Faces of Resistance”
Cinema Politica is proud to co-present the “Faces of Resistance” program, alongside Shorts That Are Not Pants, as part of the 2021 Regent Park Film Festival. This collection of films reflects on the journeys of people who, either deliberately or unintentionally, defy the expectations and limitations placed on them by oppressive systems.
DEIR YASSIN REMEMBERED Film Screening and Discussion with b.h. Yael
Cinema Politica On Demand Films for International Women’s Day
From Indigenous Lenca and Garifuna resistance in Honduras and the armed vigilante Gulabi Gang fighting femicide in India, to the pharmaceutical industry’s commodification of the female orgasm …
Bring it Black: Films by Black Artists in Canada
February 14, 2021 – February 21, 2021 Cinema Politica is thrilled to launch our hand-picked program Bring it Black: Films by Black Artists in Canada, co-curated with Ella Cooper and Henri Pardo. From fiction to experimental to documentary, and everything between, this collection of shorts combines creative flair with political potency and unwavering voice. This […]
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Place an Order By purchasing a license for a CP Distribution film, you are supporting filmmakers who are committed to social justice and the arts. Librarians, teachers and professors shoulder an essential part of academic activism by helping place essential films into community and academic libraries, and integrate them into school curricula—from universities to elementary […]
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Place an Order By purchasing a license for a CP Distribution film, you are supporting filmmakers who are committed to social justice and the arts. Librarians, teachers and professors shoulder an essential part of academic activism by helping place essential films into community and academic libraries, and integrate them into school curricula—from universities to elementary […]
Purchase a Distribution Film (Canada)
Place an Order By purchasing a license for a CP Distribution film, you are supporting filmmakers who are committed to social justice and the arts. Librarians, teachers and professors shoulder an essential part of academic activism by helping place essential films into community and academic libraries, and integrate them into school curricula—from universities to elementary […]
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Place an Order Accessibility is incredibly important to the spirit of this project, so we take into consideration factors like the size and budget of your organization, and accommodate for different formats of screening—be they digital or DVDs. Community Screenings Fill out this form to book one of our titles for a film festival, a […]
Rat Film

Across walls, fences, and alleys, rats not only expose our boundaries of separation but make homes in them. RAT FILM is a feature-length documentary that uses the rat—as well as the humans that love them, live with them, and kill them—to explore the history of Baltimore. “There’s never been a rat problem in Baltimore, it’s […]
Wal-Town: The Film
Six student activists. Thirty-six Canadian towns. One giant corporation. A daunting experiment in activism. A group of six university students, calling themselves Wal-Town, take to the Canadian highway over two summers. Armed with thousands of pamphlets and fliers—with one gonzo journalist along for the ride—they visit 36 of Canada’s more than 200 Wal-Mart stores with […]
That Sugar Film
THAT SUGAR FILM is one man’s journey to discover the bitter truth about sugar. Damon Gameau embarks on a unique experiment to document the effects of a high sugar diet on a healthy body, consuming only foods that are commonly perceived as ‘healthy’. Through this entertaining and informative journey, Damon highlights some of the issues that plague the sugar industry, and where sugar lurks on supermarket shelves. Damon’s journey […]