In the summer of 1982 the Israeli army invaded Beirut. During this time it raided the Palestinian Research Center and looted its entire archive.
A haunting plunge into the Canadian archive, recapturing a 1969 student protest at Montreal’s Sir George Williams University against the administration’s anti-Black racism
On Demand
Rolla Tahir · 2018 · 6m
Displacement, exodus, family and belonging are explored in this experimental archival “biography” (“sira” in Arabic).
Part of the Bring it Black: Films by Black Artists in Canada collection
Razan Alsalah · 2018 · 7m
Razan Alsalah · 2018 · 7m
An experimental short film on displacement and returning to Palestine via Google Streetview.
Part of the Fluid Frames from the Palestinian Diaspora collection
Manuel III Mesina & Banuk Amante · 2018 · 1h30m
Manuel III Mesina & Banuk Amante · 2018 · 1h30m
An explosive critical-creative exploration of pop culture, violent spectacle and fascist politics in the Philippines.
Christina D. King & Elizabeth A. Castle · 2018 · 1h4m
An exploration of what it means to balance a movement with motherhood and how activist legacies are passed down from generation to generation.
Part of the First Peoples, First Screens 2 collection
Ghiath Ayoub & Saeed Al Batal · 2018 · 1h56m
Two young Syrians film their life in Douma for over 4 years, from the initial euphoria of the Syrian revolution to the distress and disenchantment that follow.
On Demand
Jeremy Sandor · 2018 · 15m
A colour forecasting agency documents its human employees on their last day at the office.
Part of the Documentary Futurism: The Next 150 collection
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
On Demand
Brishkay Ahmed · 2018 · 10m
Sometime in the future, the women of Afghanistan rule.
Part of the Documentary Futurism: The Next 150 collection
On Demand
Gabriel Nuraki Koperqualuk & Aeyliya Husain · 2018 · 47m
On Demand
Gabriel Nuraki Koperqualuk & Aeyliya Husain · 2018 · 47m
Two Inuk youth raised in southern Canada explore the complexities of identity and belonging.
Part of the First Peoples, First Screens 2 collection
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
Tom Burke · 2018 · 1h23m
An urgent story reveals the drastic consequences of climate change. Due to rising temperatures, the village of Newtok, Alaska is slowly vanishing into the sea.
On Demand
Bren López Zepeda · 2018 · 7m
A powerful animated short about the strength and courage of immigrants crossing into the United States to find a better life.
Rehad Desai · 2018 · 1h25m
Student activists fight for affordable and decolonized education in South Africa, especially for the traditionally excluded poorer Black populations.
Emily Wright, Tom Laffay & Daniel Bustos · 2018 · 21m
Emily Wright, Tom Laffay & Daniel Bustos · 2018 · 21m
This doc follows Indigenous, Afro-Colombian, and campesinos communities organizing to protect the land & their people, and fighting to keep the state accountable
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.
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Reina Gossett & Sasha Wortzel · 2018 · 14m
When young street queen Marsha Johnson fights back against a routine police raid of a gay bar in 1969, she gives birth to a movement.
