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Social Justice

Explore stories about marginalized groups and the pursuit of a more fair society.

A woman holds up a sign that reads 'Democracy without cliteracy? Phallusy.' The image is a still from The Dilemma of Desire.

Orla Smith / November 2, 2020

Raindance Review: The Dilemma of Desire will change the way you think about sex

Maria Finitzo’s documentary The Dilemma of Desire uses Sophia Wallace’s art as a jumping off point to explore how patriarchy has shaped women’s relationship to sexual desire.

Alex Heeney / October 22, 2020

ImagineNative 2020 highlights great Indigenous films

The 2020 ImagineNative Film Festival is entirely online this year, and highlights include: Monkey Beach, Inconvenient Indian, and shorts like Lichen and Becoming Nakuset.

An image collage of stills from groups of characters in Mangrove and Ultraviolence.

Orla Smith / October 21, 2020

Mangrove and Ultraviolence are two angles on UK police brutality

Films about police brutality in the UK are sorely lacking, but this year’s London Film Festival gave us two: Ken Fero’s mishandled Ultraviolence and Steve McQueen’s brilliant Mangrove.

A still from Beans, featuring young actress Kiawentiio as Beans and Rainbow Dickerson as her mother, Lily.

Alex Heeney / September 23, 2020

TIFF Review: Beans offers a child’s eye view of the Oka crisis

Tracey Deer’s Beans is a deeply flawed but incredibly moving about a 12-year-old Mohawk girl’s political awakening during the Oka crisis.

A still from The New Corporation.

B. P. Flanagan / September 20, 2020

TIFF Review: The New Corporation: The Unfortunately Necessary Sequel is less than necessary

Jennifer Abbott and Joel Bakan’s The New Corporation is a documentary sequel to The Corporation that’s not as radical as it thinks it is.

Aida stares at the camera in Quo Vadis, Aida?

Orla Smith / September 16, 2020

TIFF Review: Bosnian genocide drama Quo Vadis, Aida? grapples with complicity

Jasmila Žbanic’s Quo Vadis, Aida?, a harrowing drama about the 1995 Bosnian genocide, is one of the best films of TIFF 2020. Find out why…

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