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1 itemInvoking Justice
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Directed by Deepa Dhanraj • 2011 • India • 85’
In Southern India, family disputes are settled by Jamaats—all male bodies which apply Islamic Sharia law to cases without allowing women to be present, even to defend themselves. Recognizing this fundamental inequity, a group of women in 2004 establ...
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Carrie M. Best: Champion for Human Rights
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Directed by Sylvia D. Hamilton • 2017 • Canada • 60'
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 s...
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Documenting Displacement: Four Palestinian Films
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Zionism strives for a full erasure of Palestine, including the eradication of Palestinian art. As global institutions continue to silence the genocide of Palestinians (e.g. last October, Netflix discontinued most of its Palestinian film catalog), it becomes increasingly urgent to spotlight works ...
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Migrant Dreams
Directed by Min Sook Lee ∙ 2016 ∙ Canada ∙ 88'
MIGRANT DREAMS tells the undertold story of migrant agricultural workers struggling against Canada’s Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP) that treats foreign workers as modern-day indentured labourers and ties low-wage migrants to one employer. M...
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3000 Nights
Directed by Mai Masri ∙ Palestine, France, Jordan, Lebanon ∙ 2015 ∙ 103'
Inspired by a true story and shot in a real prison by acclaimed Palestinian filmmaker Mai Masri, 3000 NIGHTS traces a young mother’s journey of hope, resilience and survival against all odds. Accused of helping a teenage bo...
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Notes on Displacement
Directed by Khaled Jarrar • 2022 • Germany, Palestine, Qatar • 74’
The news is full of images of overcrowded boats and vast tent camps. But how much do we really know about what refugees are going through? Notes on Displacement takes a deep dive by following a single family on a grueling journey...
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Zinco
Directed by Serene Husni • 2013 • Canada, Jordan, Palestinian Territory • 21’
ZINCO is an urban chronicle of the construction material used in building Palestinian refugee homes in Al Talbieh Camp in Jordan. By retracing the transformations of habitats from tents of canvas to buildings of reinfo...
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Culture Jam: Hijacking Commercial Culture
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Directed by Jill Sharpe • 2002 • Canada • 57'
A new breed of revolutionary stands poised along our information highways waging war on logos and symbols. They’re “Culture Jammers” and their mission is to artfully reclaim our mental environment and cause a bit of brand damage to corporate mindshar...
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MovieGranny Power
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Directed by Jocelyne Clarke & Magnus Isacsson • 2014 • Canada • 78’
GRANNY POWER is a documentary about a very original activist movement – the Raging Grannies. Spanning 10 years, the film follows several passionate, activist grandmothers and their “gaggles” as they fight for peace, social justi...
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MovieTruxx
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Directed by Harry Sutherland • 1978 • Canada • 19’
October 22nd, 1977. Truxx, a popular gay bar on Montreal’s Stanley Street, was raided by swarms of police officers with ballistic vests and machine guns. That night, 144 people present were arrested (most on the false charge of being “found-ins ...
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MovieThe Fifth Region
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Directed by Aeyliya Husain & Gabriel Nuraki Koperlaqualuk • 2018 • Canada • 46’
The 5th Region is a short narrative film that discusses the lives of Nancy and Joshua who are Inuit but raised in southern Canada. All their lives they struggled with aspects of their identities and now begin to rede...
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MovieMy World Is Upside Down
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Directed by Petra Seliškar • 2016 • Slovenia - Macedonia - Croatia • 74'
A music documentary based on the work of Slovenian artist Frane Milčinski Ježek. His satirical poems and songs from the 1950s and 60s today sound more urgent and topical than ever, and are covered by musicians ranging from ...
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MoviePower
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Directed by Magnus Isacsson • 1995 • Canada • 78'
When Hydro-Québec announced its intention to proceed with the enormous James Bay II hydroelectric project, the 15,000 Cree who live in the region decided to stand up to the giant utility. With unprecedented access to key figures like Cree leader ...
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MovieChoir Boys
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Directed by Magnus Isacsson • 1999 • Canada • 75'
For more than 125 years, meals have been served for a large number of homeless people in the reception centre L‘accueil Bonneau in Montreal, Canada.
A few years ago, a choir of around twenty men was formed from the regular clientele of the centr...
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Lesbiana: A Parallel Revolution
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Directed by Myriam Fougère • 2012 • Canada • 63'
A parallel, lesbian-feminist revolution was born out of the women’s and civil rights movements of the 60’s and 70’s. Filmmaker Myriam Fougère’s takes us on a road trip through the United States and Canada as she revisits the activists of the time ...
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MovieDragged
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Produced by Olivia Di Poi and Hannah B. Moore • 2019 • Canada • 31'
DRAGGED explores the wonderfully weird world of Montreal drag. Meet the kings, queens, and royalty who make up this vibrant community and support your local drag!
All proceeds generated from the streaming of this video are spl...
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MovieThe Return
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Directed by Hale Güzin Kızılaslan • 2015 • Turkey • 20'
Memories and identities had long been eradicated or buried in Eastern Anatolia after the disappearance of its Armenian inhabitants; some managed to survive, but only secretly. THE RETURN tells one such story of confrontation, remembrance an...
