A powerful film that sneaks up on you, combining personal reflection and experience with a wider critique of power and corruption in Lebanon.
On Demand
A short manifesto of collective resistance to police oppression in the wake of the historic 1977 raid on the Montreal gay bar Truxx.
George Kurian · 2015 · 55m
This film travels land and sea with Syrian refugees who give a firsthand account of harrowing journeys to new countries and their feats of struggle and hope.
Part of the Nations and Migrations collection
On Demand
Dean Spade · 2015 · 56m
Queer activists fight against the Israeli pinkwashing propaganda in their community and provide a strategic primer on intersectional social justice activism.
Alex Williams · 2015 · 51m
Through Elders stories of resistance and survival, THE PASS SYSTEM illuminates a shocking period in Canada’s history when it embraced racial segregation.
Leena Manimekalai · 2015 · 1h10m
A powerful documentary feature on enforced disappearances in Sri Lanka following seven characters from the families of the disappeared.
Wayne Wapeemukwa · 2015 · 10m
A powerful dance used to illustrate the life of a First Nations sex worker.
Part of the First Peoples, First Screens 1 collection
Costa Boutsikaris · 2015 · 1h32m
The innovative folks in this uplifting doc remind us that using eco-design to shift from destructive to regenerative impact is only a branch or vegetable away.
Mina Shum · 2015 · 1h21m
A chronicle of a troubled chapter in Concordia University’s history where black students occupy the Hall building to protest institutionalized racism.
Part of the FemDoc: Women & Documentary collection
Caroline Monnet · 2015 · 4m
A journey by canoe into the city creates a dynamic connection between natural and urban spaces and celebrates the fierce resourcefulness of Indigenous people.
Part of the First Peoples, First Screens 1 collection
Sandra Bastašić & Damian Nenadić · 2015 · 30m
What happens when 11 world-renowned avant-garde artists are invited to a luxurious resort in the Adriatic where they can do nothing but rest?
Susan Avingaq & Marie-Hélène Cousineau · 2014 · 1h16m
A quiet meditation on the devastation of Inuit suicide, SOL confronts the legacy of colonization and urgently demands justice for Canada's Indigenous Peoples.
Part of the FemDoc: Women & Documentary collection
Alexandre Gingras · 2014 · 23m
Alexandre Gingras · 2014 · 23m
A political video remix on the references to offshore accounts in the arts and a call to public mobilization against the complacency of current legislation.
Roy Dib · 2014 · 19m
In this film on love and place, a Lebanese gay couple decides to take a road trip to Ramallah.
Part of the Queer for Palestine collection
Damon Gameau · 2014 · 1h30m
Damon Gameau embarks on a unique experiment, consuming only foods that are commonly perceived as ‘healthy’.
Lyric R. Cabral & David Felix Sutcliffe · 2014 · 1h33m
A tale fit for a spy novel, this dramatic doc follows an FBI agent as he carries out dubious government orders in America’s domestic War on Terror.
Rosie Dransfeld · 2014 · 58m
41-year old Chris Hoard has spent half of his life behind bars. But now, the charismatic and streetwise ex-convict wants to ‘do the right thing'.
Patricio Henriquez · 2014 · 1h39m
Patricio Henriquez · 2014 · 1h39m
This feature documentary recounts the incredible odyssey of 22 men from China’s persecuted Uyghur minority who were detained in Guantánamo as terrorists.
