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Cinema Politica Network is thrilled to launch our long-awaited Bring It Black program, co-curated with Ella Cooper and Henri Pardo. Make sure you register to watch this brilliant, rich collection of films, from documentary to fiction to experimental, one that combines poetics and politics with a creative flair of artistic potency and unwavering voice. #BringItBlack #BlackHistoryMonth

You've got till July 15th to cast you Audience Choice Award vote! Vote for your favourite CP documentary of 2019, with the chance to win a 1 year free subscription to Cinema Politica On Demand, or a copy of Screening Truth to Power - our anthology on documentary activism! Click Below to read about the films up for the award and cast your vote!

It is time to vote for your favourite film of 2019! The year has been off to a challenging start, and with all the urgent political action, the Audience Choice votes have been postponed. Yet, what better time to reflect on some of the most poignant and timely films of 2019, and celebrate the incredible work of independent artists and activists. With films from powerful directors like Sabaah Folayan, Thirza Cuthand, and Astra Taylor, it's a tough decision. But we need your f...eedback! Click below to read about the selection of films, and cast your vote today

If you haven’t seen Sabaah Folayan’s extremely timely and vivid #Documentary Whose Streets?, now is the time. It’s up for the #2019AudienceChoiceAward, AND it’s free on Cinema Politica On Demand Click here to watch the film, and head to the CP website to cast your vote! https://vimeo.com/ondemand/whosestreets

You've got till July 15th to cast you Audience Choice Award vote! Vote for your favourite CP documentary of 2019, with the chance to win a 1 year free subscription to Cinema Politica On Demand, or a copy of Screening Truth to Power - our anthology on documentary activism! Click Below to read about the films up for the award and cast your vote!

It is time to vote for your favourite film of 2019! The year has been off to a challenging start, and with all the urgent political action, the Audience Choice votes have been postponed. Yet, what better time to reflect on some of the most poignant and timely films of 2019, and celebrate the incredible work of independent artists and activists. With films from powerful directors like Sabaah Folayan, Thirza Cuthand, and Astra Taylor, it's a tough decision. But we need your f...eedback! Click below to read about the selection of films, and cast your vote today

Who is Sally? Find out about this upper-class Ethiopian woman, turned revolutionary in the rich and evocative film Finding Sally! It is available in Ontario to stream with Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival until June 6!... Read a review of the film below, and head to the Hot Docs website to get your ticket and start watching

Powerful collection of excellent reads on anti-racism and social justice available online from now until the end of August thanks to the good folk at University of Minnesota Press! #BlackLivesMatter #readingforracialjustice

Who is Sally? Find out about this upper-class Ethiopian woman, turned revolutionary in the rich and evocative film Finding Sally! It is available in Ontario to stream with Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival until June 6!... Read a review of the film below, and head to the Hot Docs website to get your ticket and start watching

We're very excited that our latest distribution title Finding Sally by director Tamara Mariam Dawit is part of the 2020 Hot Docs Festival Online from May 28 until June 6! We have reserved a limited number of tickets for Ontario audiences, so grab your tickets today by clicking on the link below and don't forget to tell your friends! Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival #WomenInFilm #Ethiopia #streaming

As many workers around the world are forced to continue working under great duress & at risk to their lives, Cinema Politica released its first Pandemic Playlist: Vol.1 Labour and Community Get informed, inspired and most importantly, get involved with this carefully curated selection of hard-hitting and inspiring docs by local and international filmmakers! https://www.cinemapolitica.org//cp-pandemic-playlist-vol-1

Start your 60 DAY FREE TRIAL today! Cinema Politica On Demand is so excited to offer you two free months of subscription to our incredible catalogue of films! Click the link below to sign up for FREE from now until May 15 ... http://sqz.co/CPVODoffer1_Facebook

Cinema Politica Concordia is now live! Join the discussion with director Jason DaSilva and disability activists Aimee Louw and Gift Tshuma! Ask your questions to the guests in the comment section

We, at the Cinema Politica Network, have put together a handy playlist of videos to not only fill in the blanks mainstream media leaves open, but to redress many of the inaccuracies, inconsistencies and harms they regularly serve up while reporting about the Wet’suwet’en fight to protect their unceeded lands and territories, Indigenous blockades across so-called Canada in solidarity with Unist’ot’en Camp, and Canada's colonial legacy in general. Check it out! #WetsuwetenStrong #WetsuwetenSolidarity #ShutDownCanada

Cinema Politica Network is thrilled to co-present the premiere of RESTLESS at the Toronto Black Film Festival - TBFFt on February 16! The urgent documentary weaves together the investigation into the disappearance of a young Black man in Brazil, with a debate about the historical and social roots of police brutality Tickets and more info below ... https://torontoblackfilm.com/movie/restless/ See more

Torontonians ! Owen Pallett will be in attendance of the Illusions of Control screening Tomorrow at The Royal Cinema - Toronto for Q&A! He scored the film with the St. Kitts Quartet, and the beautiful soundtrack comes together with the sweeping visuals to make a truly special film. Come to the special screening wednesday February 5 at 8pm.

Stunning documentary Illusions of Control from award winning director Shannon Walsh is screening tomorrow at The Royal Cinema - Toronto ! The film is a meditation on resilience in the face of disaster, following five women around the world confronting crisis and finding ways to live on amidst the rubble. Oscar nominated composer Owen Pallett will be in attendance for Q&A!