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.
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.
Hind Meddeb · 2024 · 1h16m
In April 2019, the Paris-based filmmaker Hind Meddeb travelled to Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, at a jubilant moment in the country’s history.
JoeBill Muñoz & Lucas Guilkey · 2024 · 1h25m
The Strike tells the story of a generation of California men as they endure decades of solitary confinement and, against all odds, launch the largest hunger strike in US history.
Simon Larochelle · 2024 · 1h9m
Montrealers face a housing crisis, and this quietly effective film personalizes the issue by documenting the director's family's struggle against displacement tactics.
Myriam El Hajj · 2024 · 1h50m
A powerful film that sneaks up on you, combining personal reflection and experience with a wider critique of power and corruption in Lebanon.
Bonni Cohen, Pedro Kos & Jon Shenk · 2024 · 1h34m
Bonni Cohen, Pedro Kos & Jon Shenk · 2024 · 1h34m
An investigation into origins of the climate crisis and anti-environmental policy, revealing the US government’s death grip allegiance to the fossil fuel lobby.
Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Yuval Abraham & Rachel Szor · 2024 · 1h35m
Basel Adra, a Palestinian activist, films his community of Masafer Yatta being destroyed by Israel’s occupation, as he builds an unlikely alliance with a journalist
b.h. Yael · 2024 · 1h38m
b.h. Yael · 2024 · 1h38m
b.h. Yael offers an intimate essay film that reflects on the colonization of Palestine and her family’s story, combining archival images with diary narration.
Julia Loktev · 2024 · 5h24m
A sprawling and illuminating on-the-ground deep-dive into the sociopolitical landscape of Russia in the months leading to the invasion of Ukraine.
Farahnaz Sharif · 2024 · 1h22m
A personal and timely exploration of life for women in Iran, following Farah as her experiences of love and defiance highlight the tension between joy and state oppression
Stephanie Boyd & Miguel Araoz Cartagena · 2024 · 1h17m
Deep in Peru’s Amazon region, the Marañón River is home to a vast network of spirit villages ruled by the Karuara, or “People of the River.”
Rajesh Thind & Satiyesh Manoharajah · 2024 · 47m
Episode One of this series boldly takes up the troubling history of the British Asian community’s fight against the white far-right between 1976 and 1981.
Brett Story & Stephen Maing · 2024 · 1h44m
An inside look at Amazon workers' efforts to unionize JFK8 Warehouse in Staten Island, despite the company's ongoing attempts to stop the growing labor movement.
Maurizio Benazzo & Zaya Ralitza Benazzo · 2024 · 1h43m
This documentary highlights trauma, healing, and resilience through the voices of inspiring individuals resisting Israeli oppression and fighting for a liberated Palestine
Valérie Urréa & Nathalie Masduraud · 2024 · 1h24m
A contemporary take on feminist philosopher Simone de Beauvoir, exploring her seminal work The Second Sex through contemporary gender and queer politics.
Babis Makridis · 2024 · 1h14m
This crucial media literacy film connects the dots between big tech, online profiteering, dataveillance, and right-wing extremism.
Fil Ieropoulos · 2024 · 1h32m
Ten different Athenian drag queens fabulously challenge social conventions while deconstructing gender, queerness and nationalism.
