Having been there during the G20, images of Toronto becoming a war zone—burning cop cars foregrounded by throngs of protestors clashing with riot gear-clad police—are burned into my mind. It…
For Remembrance Day watch Klimov's classic anti-war film COME AND SEE.
To describe the topic of Nordic documentary cinema as unexplored would be an understatement.
A short while back, Bryan Farrell, who also writes for WagingNonviolence, told Slate readers about a short web doc called “Happy World.” A peak inside the bizarre dictatorship currently gripping…
Water is the political motif for a significant number of works and death stalks the corridors of the Venice Biennale.
And here are some artfully assembled videos from ‘occupy’ movements in Canada. Enjoy these, too. More media, testimony, photos and coverage can be found at the Media Coop.
Three beautifully shot Occupy Wall Street videos.
American filmmaker, Leslie Iwerks, has turned her attention to Canada once again in her new film “Pipe Dreams.” In 2009, Iwerks produced two documentaries — “Downstream” and “Dirty Oil” —…
Vancouver’s largest film festival, the Vancouver International Film Festival, is set to begin today. With 300+ films showing over 16 days, and hundreds of volunteers coming together to make it…
Liz Marshall, the director of Water on the Table, is working with photographer Jo-Anne McArthur on a new cross-platform documentary about the price animals pay as subjugated, commodified and oppressed…
Over the past decade, filmmakers across the globe have tackled issues that have come about as a direct consequence of 9/11 and the United States' response to the attacks.
I just came across this, and it is too hilarious to pass up. The engimatic ‘Glove and Boot’ puppeteers have produced a short poke at the evolution of the hipster.…
Yoko Ono has put a 70 minute documentary about Ono and Lennon’s “bed-in” for peace in Montreal online for one weekend. Today is the last day to watch the doc…
Get naked. And bike on the road where the cars dare to roll.
An award-winning 2002 documentary on Gaza from filmmaker James Longley is now available on line.
As the UK deals with the phone hacking scandal, Canada is also pondering the role of its mass media, thanks to a CTV bureau chief publicly expressing his disgust at…
Christian born agains, radical animal rights activists and neo nazis - sound like the USA? Nope, it's the land of lovely cups o' tea, Great Britain.
Kevin Lee Burton talks about his new interactive web project, the politics of storytelling, community and belonging.
‘Pakour’, or FreeRunning, is the acrobatic art of running through cities and overcoming obstacles on the fly — or like a fly, because sometimes it seems like traceurs (slang for…
‘Pakour’, or FreeRunning, is the acrobatic art of running through cities and overcoming obstacles on the fly — or like a fly, because sometimes it seems like traceurs (slang for…
