Notes on Displacement
The news is full of images of overcrowded boats and vast tent camps. But how much do we really know about what refugees are going through? Notes on Displacement takes a deep dive by following a single family on a grueling journey, destination Germany. Their fear, disorientation, and solidarity is palpable. Nadira, an elderly Palestinian, […]
Peace, Propaganda and the Promised Land: US Media and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Peace, Propaganda & the Promised Land provides a striking comparison of U.S. and international media coverage of the crisis in the Middle East, zeroing in on how structural distortions in U.S. coverage have reinforced false perceptions of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. This pivotal documentary exposes how the foreign policy interests of American political elites–oil, and a […]
Cinema Politica Acquires NOTES ON DISPLACEMENT for Distribution
Cinema Politica announces its new acquisition of Notes on Displacement. The second feature length film by Khaled Jarrar.
CP Publishing
From time to time Cinema Politica publishes pamphlets, booklets, and more recently, a real, physical, bonafide BOOK.
Freelancer on the Front Lines
What makes Jesse Rosenfeld tick? A freelance reporter based in the Middle East, Jesse has made the region the focus of his work. FREELANCER ON THE FRONT LINES accompanies him in his daily life as he criss-crosses Egypt, Israel and Palestine, Turkey and Iraq. Examining thorny geopolitical realities shaped by the events transforming the Middle […]
MANIC and SHADOWS OF LIBERTY Now Available for Streaming
We’ve added MANIC and SHADOWS OF LIBERTY, two award-winning and timely films by Quebec filmmakers, to our streaming services!
Unknown
On September 5, 2008, Maisy Odjick and Shannon Alexander, two young women from the Uanishnabe community of Kitigan Zibi, disappeared. The media did not cover the event, even while this situation has become alarmingly common in communities.
Call for New Board Members
Cinema Politica is looking for new Board Members – read more, apply, spread the word!
Baghdad on Fire
19-year-old Tiba and her friends are hopeful. They are fighting for democracy in Iraq. They are on the forefront of the biggest youth movement in the 20 years since the US invaded the country and deposed Saddam Hussein. Together with friends Khader and Yousif, she has started a medical team that sews and patches and […]
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.
DEAR JACKIE receives Magnus Isacsson Award at RIDM 2021
Cinema Politica is thrilled to announce that Henri Pardo’s feature-length documentary DEAR JACKIE was awarded the Magnus Isacsson Award at Recontres internationales du documentaire de Montréal (RIDM) 2021! The Magnus Isacsson Award is presented in collaboration with ARRQ, DOC Québec, Funambules Médias, Cinema Politica and Main Film.
Sharkwater
For filmmaker Rob Stewart, exploring sharks began as an underwater adventure. What it turned into was a beautiful and dangerous life journey into the balance of life on earth. Driven by passion fed from a lifelong fascination with sharks, Stewart debunks historical stereotypes and media depictions of sharks as bloodthirsty, man-eating monsters and reveals the […]
Job Opening: Distribution Coordinator
Cinema Politica is seeking to hire a full-time Distribution Coordinator who will handle the theatrical, non-theatrical and digital distribution of acquired titles, and provide support in the execution of impact and dedicated distribution campaigns and activities.
Statement to Denounce Bill 21 and Bill 9 in Quebec
CP, along with other progressive organizations in Quebec, denounces and will fight against the Quebec government’s Bill 21 and Bill 9. Here’s why.
Another News Story
Debuting director Orban Wallace’s feature-length work engages the European refugee crisis, but the young British director turns the camera lens in a direction rather different from the rest of the documentary scene investigating recent events. He trains his penetrating gaze on the journalists sent by their employers to the Mediterranean to cover the unfolding humanitarian […]
Pressure Point: Inside the Montreal Blockade
Opération SalAMI was a civil disobedience action in May 1998. On this occasion, several hundred people surrounded the Sheraton Center in downtown Montreal for five hours, delaying the opening of the most important annual meeting of North America’s commercial, financial, political and academic elite dealing with globalization. The protestors were part of a citizen’s network […]