On Demand Ariel Nasr’s THE MOSQUE: A COMMUNITY’S STRUGGLE Cinema Politica Network · January 19, 2021 As we commemorate the fourth anniversary of the Quebec City mosque shooting, we can turn to documentary film as a powerful medium of remembrance and dialogue. THE MOSQUE: A COMMUNITY’S STRUGGLE by filmmaker Ariel Nasr offers a vital glimpse at the resilience of a Muslim community in Ste-Foy, Québec in the aftermath of January 29th, 2017 when a white man entered a mosque in Ste-Foy in the midst of evening prayers and killed six people, injuring and paralyzing others. Premiered in January 2020 in Quebec City and Montreal, Nasr’s film poses urgent questions about Islamophobia and the government’s continued denial of systemic racism in Quebec. As Quebec Premier Francois Legault continues to issue public statements denying the issue of system racism in the province, THE MOSQUE reignites essential conversation around the politicization of community trauma. Since Bill 21 and Bill 9 came into force in Quebec, the repressive nature of the Coalition Avenir du Quebec’s version of secularism (laïcité) has shown to disproportionately target Muslims, alongside Sikh and Jewish communities. The legacy of the Quebec City mosque shooting is situated within a broader picture of Islamophobia and growing streams of far-right nationalism that reach across North America. The shock of the massacre is compounded by the continued denial of the severity of organized, armed Read More
Distribution · On Demand Land and Memory: From Gitksan Nation to Eastern Anatolia Cinema Politica Network · January 5, 2021 Our On Demand titles this month feature two stories of displacement, settlement and generational memory in Nettie Wild's BLOCKADE and Hale Güzin Kızılaslan's THE RETURN. Read More
Network Announcements · On Demand CP ON DEMAND: Top 10 For 2020 Cinema Politica Network · December 9, 2020 Cinema Politica continues to bring you inspiring independent documentaries available through CP On Demand, and we’ve compiled a brief list of our top screened films this year from our streaming platforms! Read More
Distribution · Special Events Online Premiere of Phillip Pike’s OUR DANCE OF REVOLUTION Cinema Politica Network · December 7, 2020 Cinema Politica is proud to present an exclusive online premiere of OUR DANCE OF REVOLUTION by director Phillip Pike, essential viewing on queer Black history and organizing in Canada. Read More
Special Events Discussion on Gentrification with Lulu Wei Cinema Politica Network · November 25, 2020 Cinema Politica Concordia hosted a discussion on gentrification and displacement, urban redevelopment, and affordable housing with Lulu Wei, the director of THERE’S NO PLACE LIKE THIS PLACE, ANYPLACE. Read More
