Illusions of Control (Shannon Walsh, 2019)
EARTH KEEPERS
THE ARCHIVETTES
WATER ON THE TABLE Screening
Portia White: Think on Me
Shadows of Liberty
Based on Ben Bagdikian’s critically acclaimed book The Media Monopoly, SHADOWS OF LIBERTY by Quebec filmmaker Jean-Philippe Tremblay takes an intrepid journey through the darker corridors of the American media landscape, where global media conglomerates exercise extraordinary political, social, and economic power. The overwhelming collective power of these firms raises troubling questions about democracy. Unravelling […]
Ana Square
For already 40 years, without a single day of rest, Ana has been coming in front of the city church to sell the religious calendars and rosaries; in sun, in snow, in rain, on Sundays and holidays. She is receiving a regular pension and she doesn’t belong to the lowest stratum of society, but she […]
Carrie M. Best: Champion for Human Rights
Carrie M. Best was a Nova Scotian journalist, author, broadcaster and human rights activist. Born and raised in New Glasgow, she became a tireless advocate for human rights in Nova Scotia and throughout Canada. She created “The Clarion”, the second newspaper published by African Nova Scotians, helped to establish the Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission, […]
We Might Have Been Heroes
In the year 2020, all untapped minerals in the bowels of the earth were diluted and transformed into poisonous gases by the Aqua Regia Storm. Expelled through every open pit mine on the planet, the gas leak killed around 80 percent of the total world population in less than a month. Fifty years after, located […]
Cinema Politica Network: COVID-19 Update
As we watch the COVID-19 pandemic unfold on a global scale, we urge our locals to suspend their screening activities in accordance with the public health recommendations of their area.
Club Native
Club Native is a candid and deeply moving look at the pain, confusion and frustration suffered by many First Nations people as they struggle for the most important right of all: the right to belong. On the Mohawk reserve of Kahnawake, located just outside the city of Montreal, Canada, there are two firm but unspoken […]
We Can’t Make the Same Mistake Twice
In 2007, the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada and the Assembly of First Nations filed a complaint against Indian Affairs and Northern Development Canada, accusing it of discrimination. They argued that the family and child support services made available to First Nations children on reserves and in Yukon were underfunded and […]
Pressure Point: Inside the Montreal Blockade
Opération SalAMI was a civil disobedience action in May 1998. On this occasion, several hundred people surrounded the Sheraton Center in downtown Montreal for five hours, delaying the opening of the most important annual meeting of North America’s commercial, financial, political and academic elite dealing with globalization. The protestors were part of a citizen’s network […]
No Easy Walk to Freedom
In 2001, the Naz Foundation, an HIV/AIDS non-governmental organization in Delhi, filed a petition against section 377, an 1861 British colonial law that criminalizes “carnal intercourse against the order of nature.” In 2009, the Delhi High Court struck down section 377 in a precedent-setting ruling celebrated by activists, human rights and legal experts worldwide. Citing […]
