After a Palestinian teen gets swept up into a West Bank protest, his mother recounts the family story of hope, courage and relentless struggle that led to this fateful moment
In this uplifting eco-doc, two opera singers-turned-agriculture workers try to sustain a Manitoban organic farm against the ravages of climate change.
In the mesmerizing experimental film, Maryam Tafakory conjures an archival séance, unpacking the history of Iran’s first-ever women’s newspaper.
On Demand
Phillip Pike · 2019 · 1h42m
Award-winning documentary on the history of Black queer activism in Toronto, on communities that have faced every adversity from invisibility to police brutality.
Part of the 20 Years, 20 Films: Commemorating Two Decades of Screening Truth to Power at Cinema Politica collection
On Demand
Hannah B. Moore & Olivia Di Poi · 2019 · 32m
Dragged explores the wonderfully weird world of Montreal drag. Meet the kings, queens, and royalty who make up this vibrant community and support your local drag!
On Demand
Andrew Chiu · 2018 · 12m
150 years in the future, a Canadian refugee reflects on her escape and the new path she finds herself forced onto.
Part of the Documentary Futurism: The Next 150 collection
Velcrow Ripper & Nova Ami · 2018 · 1h25m
A poem for the planet, METAMORPHOSIS takes the pulse of our Earth and bears witness to a moment of profound change: the loss of one world and the birth of another
Robert Greene · 2018 · 1h52m
A vital film full of creativity and contradictions, BISBEE captures an US town's reconciliation with its dark history of ethnic cleansing and union busting.
Laura Marie Wayne · 2018 · 1h15m
Following the journey of a gay musician who is attacked and paralyzed from the waist down, LOVE, SCOTT is an intimate and evocative window into queer experience.
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Roxann Whitebean · 2018 · 5m
Enhior'hén:ne explores Mohawks children's predictions about the state of mother earth 200 years into the future.
Part of the Documentary Futurism: The Next 150 collection
On Demand
tobias c. van Veen · 2018 · 25m
LOST ALIEN captures the Afrofuturist cosplay of ZiggZaggerZ the Bastard as a photosensitive black alien stranded on a sunlit planet.
Part of the Documentary Futurism: The Next 150 collection
Ryan McMahon · 2018 · 1h30m
Ryan McMahon · 2018 · 1h30m
A vital listening for all Canadians, THUNDER BAY is a serialized, investigative, podcast series about the effects of colonialism in Thunder Bay.
Adam Mazo & Ben Pender-Cudlip · 2018 · 1h26m
Adam Mazo & Ben Pender-Cudlip · 2018 · 1h26m
This film follows Maine's Truth and Rec. Commission as a flawed and hopeful process troubled with white privilege and framed by a need to heal colonial wounds.
Raluca Bejan & Ioan Cocan · 2018 · 1h14m
An empathetic film about the Migrant Crisis in the Mediterranean, and the dangers faced in the process.
Lu Asfaha · 2018 · 12m
At Black Lives Matter Toronto's Freedom School, 13-year-old Moon learns to be a leader while Rihanna discovers that being Black is indeed beautiful.
Part of the Bring it Black: Films by Black Artists in Canada collection
On Demand
Marwen Tlili & Quentin Ducados Tayeb Hadji · 2018 · 18m
On Demand
Marwen Tlili & Quentin Ducados Tayeb Hadji · 2018 · 18m
Solitudes, or how the artistic endeavours of some create a nightmare for others who are in the minority.
Part of the Documentary Futurism: The Next 150 collection
On Demand
Mariam Zaidi · 2018 · 7m
JK reflects on her past as she gets ready to embark on a mission to Mars.
Part of the Documentary Futurism: The Next 150 collection
Anand Patwardhan · 2018 · 4h
An epic of critique and courage made at great risk, REASON portrays democratic India's slide towards caste/religious hegemony and unchecked state violence.
On Demand
Taina Da Silva & Becca Redden · 2018 · 16m
150 years from now, two warrior siblings document their community, who survived climate change, and become the focus of an event that will change them forever.
Part of the Documentary Futurism: The Next 150 collection