Health Factory
Governments apply models taken from business corporations in order to improve our health care systems. The goal is to get more health for the money spent, based on the presumption that private corporations are more efficient and less wasteful than public bodies. After the Second World War governments across Europe and around the world – […]
New in Cinema Politica Catalogue: Fall 2020 Titles
We have many fantastic new titles to discover, and while it is not the same as hosting in-person screenings, there is solace in the sense of community we can still cultivate online …
Documentary Futurism: The Next 150
How do we document that which has yet to occur? Cinema Politica’s Documentary Futurism: The Next 150 project seeks to usher in a new kind of filmmaking that brings actuality into conversation with speculation, and realism with the imaginary. Taking inspiration from Afrofuturism, Indigenous futurism, speculative fiction and non-fiction, these 15 films inaugurate a new […]
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!
CP Pandemic Playlist Vol 2: Health and Community Care
From front-line workers caring for those infected, to those working with grieving loved ones, to those providing crucial services – care has never been so urgent, nor so integral …
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 …
Colonialism & Indigenous Resistance on Film
A Playlist of films in Support of the Wet’suwet’en protests.
Discover Exceptional Films for Black History Month
Celebrate Black History Month by screening exceptional films that center Black lives and stories.
News from Cinema Politica Distribution
As summer comes to an end, we are steadfastly diving into the fall season with a full slate of new releases, collections, and upcoming screenings that will quench your thirst for boundary-pushing and politically committed films.
Pay Tribute to Black History Month with a Selection of CP On Demand Titles
We’ve compiled a list of titles to watch in honour of BHM.
The Corporation
Provoking, witty, stylish and sweepingly informative, The Corporation explores the nature and spectacular rise of the dominant institution of our time. Part film and part movement, The Corporation is transforming audiences and dazzling critics with its insightful and compelling analysis. Taking its status as a legal “person” to the logical conclusion, the film puts the […]
Mi’kmaq Fishing Rights and Food Security on World Food Day
On this World Food Day, we thought it worth highlighting the ongoing violation of sovereign Mi’kmaq fishing rights in Nova Scotia.
Cinema Politica is Turning 15
Join us on September 15 as we celebrate 15 years of Screening Truth to Power with headliner Yamantaka // Sonic Titan and more!
CAMFRANGLAIS Wins the CP 2019 Audience Choice Award
CAMFRANGLAIS, a futuristic story about linguistic sovereignty, melds streams of Indigenous futurism with Afrofuturism to imagine a not-so-distant world in 2117 …
CP Announces Jury for The Next 150 – Documentary Futurism Project
Three exceptional artists will select 15 winning proposals.
DOPE IS DEATH Now Available in Canada from CP Distribution
Cinema Politica Distribution is thrilled to announce its latest acquisition of DOPE IS DEATH by Montreal-based filmmaker Mia Donovan.
