Cinema Politica is proud to present, as its first instalment of this year’s Divine Interventions series, Hernan Vilchez’s beautifully photographed account of Mexico’s Wixarika tribes ongoing struggles to preserve their ancestral territories from exploitation and destruction by Canadian and Mexican…
Susan Avingaq and Marie-Helene Cousineau’s pensive and beautifully photographed treatment of the Inuit suicide epidemic gives voice to a community often silenced by geographic remoteness and mainstream media’ ignorance. The directors will be present for a post-screening Q&A. This screening…
Cinema Politica is proud to present this partially-animated documentary on the role of the city of Suez during the Egyptian Spring uprising that ended Mubarak’s reign in 2011. Director Ahmed Nour will be present for the post-screening Q&A. This screening…
In keeping with Grad/Aperture’s new tradition that dissertation defence reports should be written by a friend or former student of the defendee, read all about (Dr.) Andrée Lafontaine’s successful defence, summarized in glorious and loving detail by our own Papagena…
Göran Hugo Olsson’s archival documentary about the anti-colonial liberation struggles across Africa in the 1950s-1970s frames itself as a reading of Frantz Fanon’s seminal The Wretched of the Earth. The director will be present for a post-screening Q&A. Concerning Violence will…
Cinema Politica is proud to present this moving and brave film about an offshore abortion clinic that provides its services by sailing countries where abortion is illegal or inaccessible. Dr. Rebecca Gomperts’ novel challenge to impeded reproductive rights from around…
Cinema Politica is proud to present Arman T. Riahi and Arash Riahi’s cross-media portrait of non-violent resistance and protest movements from around the world. From The Yes Men’s parodic stunts, to Femen’s provocative disruptions, to Occupy’s non-hierarchical demonstrations, this survey of…
Cinema Politica is proud to present Juan Manuel Biaiñ’s examination of the tension between personal privacy and public security in an age of digital surveillance. Article 12 will screen in H-110 on Monday, October 20 at 7pm. Admission is by PWYC…
Harold Crook’s film looks at the repercussions of offshore tax havens, used by multinational and the super-rich corporations to “protect” their earnings from being taxed by the countries wherein they do business. Although the practice is currently legal, this inflammatory documentary…
Cinema Politica is thrilled to present this courageous documentary about The Gulabi Gang (literally, “The Pink Gang”), a group of tireless women advocating for women’s rights and against gender violence in impoverished parts of rural India, despite the challenges posed…
For the next week, The Kabir Centre’s 4th Annual Film Festival is presenting south Asian films, many of which are screening at Concordia: PLAYING THIS WEEKEND: AT CONCORDIA: October 4th: Lakshmi, Nagesh Kukunoor, 2014, India, 109 minutes, Hindi Where: J.A. De Sève, LB-125,…
Grad/Aperture is proud to report that Dru Jefferies passed his Thesis Defence on 1 October 2014, thereby making him the first person to ever complete Concordia’s PhD program in Film and Moving Image Studies. Moreover, Dru’s thesis was accepted without any required…