Gringo Trails

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GRINGO TRAILS is a feature-length documentary that raises urgent questions about one of the most powerful globalizing forces of our time: tourism. Spanning South America, Africa and Asia, the tourist pathway known as the “gringo trail” has facilitated both life-altering adventures and the despoiling of many once virgin environments. The film follows stories along the trail to reveal the […]

2012 / Through the Heart

2012/ Through the Heart draws us into the intensity of the 2012 Quebec student strike protests and riots. While we are confronted with the brutality of the police, the film reminds us of the power of this historic event which shook up the political and media world in Quebec. Artist Safia Nolin lends her voice […]

Beyond Extinction: Sinixt Resurgence

Sinixt matriarch Marilyn James. Photo Credit: Louis Bockner

BEYOND EXTINCTION: SINIXT RESURGENCE documents three decades of Indigenous struggle by the Sinixt people whose traditional territories are divided by the border between Southwest British Columbia and the USA. To tell a complex story never told, and investigate how the Canadian government declared the Sinixt people to be “extinct”, the film weaves together contemporary interviews, […]

To See if I’m Smiling (Lir’ot Im Ani Mehayechet)

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Israel is the only country in the world where 18-year-old girls are drafted for compulsory military service. In this award-winning documentary, the frank testimonials of six female Israeli soldiers stationed in Gaza and the West Bank pack a powerful emotional punch. The young women revisit their tours of duty in the occupied territories with surprising […]

END:CIV – Resist or Die

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END:CIV examines our culture’s addiction to systematic violence and environmental exploitation, and probes the resulting epidemic of poisoned landscapes and shell-shocked nations. Based in part on Endgame, the best-selling book by Derrick Jensen, END:CIV asks: “If your homeland was invaded by aliens who cut down the forests, poisoned the water and air, and contaminated the […]

CP ON DEMAND: Top 10 For 2020

Cinema Politica continues to bring you inspiring independent documentaries available through CP On Demand, and we’ve compiled a brief list of our top screened films this year from our streaming platforms!

Silence is Gold

What are the limits to freedom of speech? Can we put a price on our spoken and written words? Following the 2008 release of the book Noir Canada, author Alain Deneault, his co-writers and his publisher, Éditions Écosociété, grappled with these questions – at great personal expense – after being sued for defamation in Quebec […]

Pax Americana: The Weaponization of Space

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As if there weren’t enough weapons here on earth, space has become the newest arena for countries around the globe to launch their struggle for supremacy. Denis Delestrac’s film Pax Americana and the Weaponization of Space is packed full of some truly startling facts — everything from the “Rods of God” (space weapons that can launch from […]

What World Do You Live In?

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WHAT WORLD DO YOU LIVE IN? is a provocative, grass roots documentary project on police and security guard violence as experienced by Sanctuary, a Toronto church drop-in community. Unique footage from Toronto’s G20 and other anti-poverty and police violence demonstrations ties the Sanctuary community’s experiences to timely discussions of police racism, abuse, and militarization in […]