Essential new films for local screenings
A curated selection of essential new political documentaries available for local screenings through Cinema Politica, addressing resistance, justice, and social change worldwide.
Cinema Politica qathet – A Fidai Film
Our Bodies are Your Battlefield
Cinema Politica UCalgary – A Fidai Film
Cinema Politica Vienna – A Fidai Film
Three Powerful Docs Showcasing Community Healthcare
From Honduras to New York, this trio of docs captures three community-lead movements to create healthcare access for neglected populations.
Cinema Politica x Vessel Contemporary – 17 Dec
St Andrews Cinema Politica- Where Olive Trees Weep
20 Years, 20 Films: Commemorating Two Decades of Screening Truth to Power at Cinema Politica
Cinema Politica initially hatched at Montreal’s Concordia University in 2003, filling a lacuna in the world of contemporary film exhibition. Between the barrage of multiplexes and selective programming of repertory cinemas, there was a noted absence of bold political documentaries in the ecosystem. Over the following years, Cinema Politica launched a mission to refute neoliberal […]
My Prairie Home
In this feature documentary-musical by Chelsea McMullan, indie singer Rae Spoon takes us on a playful, meditative and at times melancholic journey. Set against majestic images of the infinite expanses of the Canadian Prairies, the film features Spoon crooning about their queer and musical coming of age. Interviews, performances and music sequences reveal Spoon’s inspiring […]
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 […]
Call for Programmers
Do you love political cinema, especially documentaries? Cinema Politica is looking for enthusiastic and informed film programmers to join our Programming Committee!
A Fidai Film
A Fidai Film
Reel B75-92 shows scenes of orange-picking in Qalandia in 1957, which, according to the Hebrew description, are images of “terrorists”… They come from a collection of films and photos that were kept at the Palestine Research Centre in Beirut, until it was looted by the Israeli Army during the invasion of Southern Lebanon in 1982, […]
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 […]
Colonialism & Indigenous Resistance on Film
A Playlist of films in Support of the Wet’suwet’en protests.
