Collections - Cinema Politica

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The b.h. Yael Collection

Curated selection of films by b.h. Yael exploring Arab-Jewish identity, Israeli colonization of Palestine, the politics of family and apocalypticism, and protest in Québec.

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The Māori-Made Collection

Six exceptional films from New Zealand never before distributed in Canada, exploring colonization, identity, history and love.

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The Kartemquin Collection

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Kartemquin Films is a Chicago nonprofit known for documentaries on social issues.

The Kartemquin Collection

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Kartemquin Films is a Chicago nonprofit known for documentaries on social issues.

Each film in the Kartemquin Collection constitutes a unique and invaluable piece of 1970s and 80s America, capturing intersecting lines of class, place, and race in candid detail.

The Magnus Isaacson Collection

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A selection of Magnus Isacsson's key works and classics touching on topics of labour, art, and activism

The Magnus Isaacson Collection

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A selection of Magnus Isacsson's key works and classics touching on topics of labour, art, and activism

A selection of Magnus Isacsson's key works and classics touching on topics of labour, art, and activism

The Sylvia Hamilton Collection

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Collection of four titles by the multi awarding Nova Scotian filmmaker and writer Sylvia D. Hamilton

The Sylvia Hamilton Collection

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Collection of four titles by the multi awarding Nova Scotian filmmaker and writer Sylvia D. Hamilton

Nova Scotian filmmaker Sylvia D. Hamilton illuminates underrepresented stories from Black Nova Scotians in poignant vignettes, character portraits, and incisive testimonies.

Ripples and Threads

Five creative doc shorts form beautiful shapes from actuality while provoking ripples of political thought.

Ripples and Threads

Five creative doc shorts form beautiful shapes from actuality while provoking ripples of political thought.

A program of five creative doc shorts forming beautiful, sometimes experimental shapes from actuality while provoking ripples of political thought.

Queer for Palestine

Queer shorts from Palestine and Lebanon by Roy Dib, Raafat Hattab, Jumana Manna, and Mohamed Soueid.

Queer for Palestine

Queer shorts from Palestine and Lebanon by Roy Dib, Raafat Hattab, Jumana Manna, and Mohamed Soueid.

Program of queer shorts examining the intersection of gender and sexual identity with the Palestinian liberation struggle.

The b.h. Yael Collection

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b.h. Yael's films explore Arab-Jewish identity, Israeli colonization of Palestine, family, climate, and protest.

The b.h. Yael Collection

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b.h. Yael's films explore Arab-Jewish identity, Israeli colonization of Palestine, family, climate, and protest.

Curated selection of films by b.h. Yael exploring Arab-Jewish identity, Israeli colonization of Palestine, the politics of family and apocalypticism, and protest in Québec.

Fluid Frames from the Palestinian Diaspora

Showcasing work by Palestinian filmmakers based in the country known as Canada.

Fluid Frames from the Palestinian Diaspora

Showcasing work by Palestinian filmmakers based in the country known as Canada.

A collection by Palestinian artists exploring the refusal of right of return to the Palestinian homeland and the bitter irony of living inside Canada’s settler-colonial state.

Bring it Black: Films by Black Artists in Canada

Films by Black Artists in Canada, co-curated with Ella Cooper and Henri Pardo.

Bring it Black: Films by Black Artists in Canada

Films by Black Artists in Canada, co-curated with Ella Cooper and Henri Pardo.

A curated program of films by Black artists in Canada, co-curated with Ella Cooper and Henri Pardo.

The Māori-Made Collection

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Six exceptional films from New Zealand never before distributed in Canada, exploring colonization and identity.

The Māori-Made Collection

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Six exceptional films from New Zealand never before distributed in Canada, exploring colonization and identity.

Six exceptional films from New Zealand never before distributed in Canada, exploring colonization, identity, history and love.

Documentary Futurism: The Next 150

15 films part of the cutting-edge Documentary Futurism program.

Documentary Futurism: The Next 150

15 films part of the cutting-edge Documentary Futurism program.

Cinema Politica is proud to be the distributor of the 15 films part of the cutting-edge Documentary Futurism program.

Black History Month Collection

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A special collection curated for Black History Month 2020.

Black History Month Collection

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A special collection curated for Black History Month 2020.

This special collection, curated for Black History Month 2020, speaks to issues of civil rights, labour activism, Black fatherhood, and QTPOC life.

First Peoples, First Screens 2

Contemporary Indigenous political filmmaking from across Canada, from documentary to animation.

First Peoples, First Screens 2

Contemporary Indigenous political filmmaking from across Canada, from documentary to animation.

Contemporary Indigenous political filmmaking from across Canada, including documentary, animation, experimental and genre fiction of varying lengths.

The Nettie Wild Collection

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5 signature award-winning, critically acclaimed works by director, writer and producer Nettie Wild

The Nettie Wild Collection

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5 signature award-winning, critically acclaimed works by director, writer and producer Nettie Wild

This collection represent 28 years of committed film-making from a maverick in the field of civil war, Indigenous resistance, revolutions, drug addiction activism and more.

Nations and Migrations

Screening and discussion program on themes of home, nationhood and belonging.

Nations and Migrations

Screening and discussion program on themes of home, nationhood and belonging.

A program of independent film and videos that highlight issues of nationhood and migration from both historical and contemporary perspectives.

First Peoples, First Screens 1

Contemporary Indigenous political filmmaking from across Canada.

First Peoples, First Screens 1

Contemporary Indigenous political filmmaking from across Canada.

First Peoples, First Screens (FPFS) showcases contemporary Indigenous political filmmaking from across Canada, including documentary, animation, experimental and genre fiction.

Civic and political debates around corporations and poverty, extractive industries, and environmental activism.

Civic and political debates around corporations and poverty, extractive industries, and environmental activism.

Examining the civic and political debates around corporations and poverty, extractive industries, and environmental activism.