- Abortion: Stories from North and South
Resource Type: Film/Video
First Published: 1984
Singer's film allows us to see abortions as a global phenomenon which transcends race, religion and boundary. Women from various parts of the world share their experiences. From Ireland where contraception and abortion are illegal, to urban Peru where backstreet abortions are commonplace to Japan where women bound by ancient traditions of formality, deference and silence cannot share their experience of abortion. One of the striking points of the film is that abortion continues to be practiced despite moral and legal constraints. This film is a testimony to the courage and determination of women.
Also available in French: L'Avortement - Histoire secrète.
- Alive in the Nuclear Age
Resource Type: Film/Video
First Published: 1990
- Alternative Energy
Resource Type: Film/Video
First Published: 1984
- America: From Freedom to Fascism
Resource Type: Film/Video
First Published: 2006
An attack on the erosion of civil liberties in the United States.
- Armed on Our Own Ground
Resource Type: Film/Video
First Published: 1977
- Avenge But One of My Two Eyes
Resource Type: Film/Video
First Published: 2006
Israeli director Avi Mograbi documents what he calls the "culture of death" in the psychology of Israel the occupier.
- Banking on South Africa
Resource Type: Film/Video
First Published: 1977
- Battered and Blamed
Resource Type: Film/Video
First Published: 1983
- The Battle of Beech Hall
Resource Type: Film/Video
First Published: 1982
- Be a Good Boy Now
Resource Type: Film/Video
- Between the Lines
Resource Type: Film/Video
First Published: 1984
- Beyond The Image: A Guide to films about Women and Change
Resource Type: Film/Video
First Published: 1986
- Bleecker Street
Resource Type: Film/Video
First Published: 1982
- Bleeker Street
Resource Type: Film/Video
First Published: 1977
Documentary of the efforts of the residents of Bleeker St. to save their homes.
- Burma VJ: Reporting From a Closed Country
Resource Type: Film/Video
Anders Østergaard's award-winning documentary assembles footage smuggled out of Burma/Myanmar by an underground journalist group known as Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB). The film explores how DVB members regularly put their lives at risk to reveal the realities of living under a brutal military occupation despite the government crackdown on free media and internet.
- Bus Driver
Resource Type: Film/Video
First Published: 2009
Follows Karnel Basi, a public transit driver in South Vancouver, along his regular route through the downtown east side to the heart of the city and back again. Along the way he picks up a variety of passengers, struggles to stay on schedule and keep his bus safe.
- Captain Planet
Resource Type: Film/Video
First Published: 1992
- Chomsky on mass media
Resource Type: Film/Video
First Published: 1990
- Concerend Aboriginal Women occupy Department of Indian Affairs
Resource Type: Film/Video
First Published: 1983
- Concerned Aboriginal Women occupy Department of Indian Affairs
Resource Type: Film/Video
First Published: 1982
- The Conspiracy or How the Transnationals Do It
Resource Type: Film/Video
First Published: 1978
- Control Room
Resource Type: Film/Video
First Published: 2004
Shows the coverage of the 2003 Iraqi war from the perspective of Al Jazeera, the Arab world's most popular news outlet.
- The Corporation
Resource Type: Film/Video
First Published: 2004
- Crime, Prison and Alternatives
Resource Type: Film/Video
First Published: 1978
- Dear John
Resource Type: Film/Video
First Published: 2009
Chronicles the closure of the Welland Canal, Ontario's oldest and leading industrial employer: John Deere Welland Works. The film explores what Welland has in store for its future, while helping those that worked at the plant tell their story.
- Defamation
Resource Type: Film/Video
First Published: 2009
An expose of the Anti-Defamation League and the way it uses the memory of the Holocaust to silence criticism of Israel.
- Dialogue on racism
Resource Type: Film/Video
First Published: 1990
- Doctors with Borders
Resource Type: Film/Video
First Published: 2005
The story of four foreign trained doctors who are struggling to become licensed to practise medicine in Ontario.
- Don't Agonize, Organize
Resource Type: Film/Video
First Published: 1983
- Down on the Farm
Resource Type: Film/Video
First Published: 1976
Four days in the life of National Farmers' Union organizer, Don Kossick.
- Down on the Farm
Resource Type: Film/Video
First Published: 1983
- Downside Adjustments
Resource Type: Film/Video
First Published: 1983
- Dr. Makdisi on a One State Solution
Resource Type: Film/Video
First Published: 2007
A video clip featuring Dr. Saree Makdisi presenting the case for a one-state solution in Israel-Palestine - a democratic secular state.
- The End of Suburbia
Oil Depletion and the Collapse of the American Dream
Resource Type: Film/Video
First Published: 2004
Documentary about the Peak Oil theory and its implications for the America way of life.
- Energy: Who Cares? Who Loses?
Resource Type: Film/Video
First Published: 1977
- Everybody Dreams
Resource Type: Film/Video
First Published: 1976
Study of an immigrant family's life as homesteaders in P.E.I. and its opposition to encroaching corporate demands.
- Family Violence: Cycle of Fear
Resource Type: Film/Video
First Published: 1983
- Favela Rising
Resource Type: Film/Video
First Published: 2006
The story of Anderson Sa, and his quest to create a non-violent cultural movement known as Afro-reggae.
- Film Resources: Lutheran Church of America - Canada
Resource Type: Film/Video
First Published: 1981
- Follow the Dirt Road
An Introduction to Intential Communities in the 1990s
Resource Type: Film/Video
Portrays the successes and struggles of communal life in the United States in the 1990s.
- Forget It Jack
Resource Type: Film/Video
First Published: 1974
Film documenting the reasons for a strike at the Norfolk General Hospital in Simcoe, Ontario,
- The Future of Food
Resource Type: Film/Video
First Published: 2004
Explores the radical changes in our diet and our food in the last half century.
- GaybleVision
Resource Type: Film/Video
First Published: 1986
- Gayblevision (Gay TV)
Resource Type: Film/Video
First Published: 1981
- Good Day Care
Resource Type: Film/Video
First Published: 1978
- Grassy Narrows
Resource Type: Film/Video
First Published: 1983
- The Grave Of An Unknown Salvadoran Soldier
Resource Type: Film/Video
First Published: 1982
- Guideposts for a Sustainable Future
Tools for Environmental Recovery - videotape
Resource Type: Film/Video
First Published: 1990
- Hands Across Polluted Waters
Resource Type: Film/Video
First Published: 1975
Chronicle of the visit or representatives from White Dog and Grassy Narrows Reserves to Minimata and Miigaata in Japan.
- Harlan County USA
Resource Type: Film/Video
First Published: 1976
A documentary film about the miners' strike in Harlan County, Kentucky in 1973.
- Herbicide Trials
Resource Type: Film/Video
First Published: 1986
- HERstory: Jeritan
Resource Type: Film/Video
First Published: 2009
A story of Indonesian female migrant workers who left their homes to work as domestic helpers in Macao, China, a community consisting of mainly Chinese as well as a city of casinos and entertainment parlours.
- Hold the Line
Resource Type: Film/Video
First Published: 2009
A restrained story-telling of the 2009 CUPE strike in Windsor, Ontario. Excellent shots of Windsor backed by a moody soundtrack, this film tells the story of the Windsor CUPE strike from the workers' point of view.
- Human Rights videotapes
Resource Type: Film/Video
First Published: 1992
- I Remember Too
Resource Type: Film/Video
First Published: 1977
Three Chilean children's stories about the "old country".
- I Was Born Here
Resource Type: Film/Video
First Published: 1976
An old Dene Indian reflects on his land, his people and his values.
- I Was Born Here
Resource Type: Film/Video
First Published: 1977
- An Injury to One Is An Injury to All: The History of Trade Unionism in South Africa
The History of Trade Unionism in South Africa
Resource Type: Film/Video
First Published: 1978
- Invisible Force: Women Workers in Pakistan
Resource Type: Film/Video
First Published: 2007
Millions of women workers in Pakistan remain unaccounted for in official figures. Even those who are in the formal workforce face problems like lower wages for the same work as men and sexual harrasment.
- Iraq for Sale
The War Profiteers
Resource Type: Film/Video
First Published: 2006
A film about what happens to everyday Americans when corporations go to war which uncovers the connections between private corporations making a killing in Iraq and the decision makers who allow them to do so.
- Just Another Cog in the Machine
Resource Type: Film/Video
First Published: 2009
Using wordplay & a photocopier to promote starting a union.
- Justice for All?
Resource Type: Film/Video
First Published: 2009
An informative short on how Legal Aid fails low-income workers in BC.
- Land: The Threatened Resources
Resource Type: Film/Video
First Published: 1977
- Lobbying for Lives
Lessons from the Front
Resource Type: Film/Video
First Published: 1989
- Manufactured Landscapes
Resource Type: Film/Video
First Published: 2006
Massive projects of modern civilization that have devastating impacts on the surrounding environment.
- Manufacturing Consent
Resource Type: Film/Video
First Published: 1992
A film about Noam Chomsky's ideas about the media, ideology, propaganda, and elite control of society's institutions.
- Matewan
Resource Type: Film/Video
First Published: 1987
A film based on events in Matewan, West Virginia in 1920.
- Le Mepris N'Aura Qu'un Temps (Hell no Longer)
Resource Type: Film/Video
First Published: 1969
A documentary of a construction worker's home life, life on the job, and unemployed.
- Los Mexicanos: The Struggle for Justice of Patricia Perez
Resource Type: Film/Video
First Published: 2009
Every year, some 4000 migrant foreign workers coming mostly from Mexico, labour in Quebec farms to plant and pick our vegetables. In the summer of 2006, Patricia Perez a pro-union militant speaking for the UFCW, launches a major drive to organize the workers in several farms south of Montreal.
- A New Way to Solve Problems: Do It Like Zidane
Resource Type: Film/Video
First Published: 2006
A short video illustrating how to deal with conflict using the Zidane method.
- No Fixed Address
Resource Type: Film/Video
First Published: 1978
- Northland
Resource Type: Film/Video
First Published: 2007
A touching look back at the director's father, Albert Steiner, and his life as a miner. Detailing his death, caused by working in the mine and the reality of getting compensation from mining companies at that time.
- Occupation 101
Voices of the Silenced Majority
Resource Type: Film/Video
First Published: 2007
A thought-provoking and powerful documentary film on the current and historical root causes of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
- Our children our future
Resource Type: Film/Video
First Published: 1983
- Our Children Our Future.
Resource Type: Film/Video
First Published: 1982
- Out of Control
Resource Type: Film/Video
First Published: 1976
A film that exposes the Trudeau Anti-Inflation Bill as an attack on Canadian workers.
- Painting Red Square
Resource Type: Film/Video
First Published: 2009
7000 kilometres from Moscow, there's another Red Square. Witness the struggle of the labour-left in Whitehorse, Yukon to find a friendly watering hole where they can share a glass with their comrades and debate which shade of red is best.
- Parallel Institute Video-Tapes
Resource Type: Film/Video
First Published: 1976
Training tapes designed to teach organizations the practical and political skills of organizing.
- Parallel Institute Video-Tapes
Resource Type: Film/Video
First Published: 1976
Training tapes to teach poor and working class organizations the basic practical and political skills of organizing.
- The People Farm
Resource Type: Film/Video
First Published: 1976
Insight into growth stimulation of handicapped adults.
- A Picture of Health
Broadcasting The Health Care Blues
Resource Type: Film/Video
This program describes the fight of front line workers in the health system for quality health care services and the right to care.
- Poor No More
Resource Type: Film/Video
First Published: 2009
In the present economic crisis, many Canadians are destititute and many others are on the brink. Against this climate, a couple of Canadians go on a road trip to Ireland and Sweden, with comedian Mary Walsh as their guide, and get a chance to see how other countries have helped people like themselves.
- Primer on a Society to be Transformed
Resource Type: Film/Video
First Published: 1978
- The Question Of War - How Will We Answer Our Children?
Resource Type: Film/Video
First Published: 1982
- The Ramallah Concert
Resource Type: Film/Video
First Published: 2005 Published: 2006
This concert by the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra took place in August of 2005 in the Palestinian Territory in the city of Ramallah and includes repertoire that Daniel Barenboim is famous for, such as Beethoven's 5th Symphony, Mozart's Sinfonia Concertante for Violin & Viola and the ""Nimrod"" variation from Elgar's ""Enigma Variations."" Also includes a feature-length documentary: ""Knowledge is the Beginning"", which was filmed over a six-year period and tells the story of Barenboim's development of the orchestra through interviews, rehearsal and concert excerpts.
- Rape
Resource Type: Film/Video
First Published: 1978
- The Rev. Keith Whitney: Interviewed by Nancy Edwards in Toronto
Resource Type: Film/Video
First Published: 1978
- Right to Fight
Resource Type: Film/Video
First Published: 1982
- A Right to Live, Development Education Centre
Resource Type: Film/Video
First Published: 1977
- Rising up strong
Resource Type: Film/Video
First Published: 1983
- School Zone
Resource Type: Film/Video
First Published: 2008
Humourous video that explores the benefits and protection the Ontario Secondary School Teachers' Federation has gained for members through advocacy and collective bargaining.
- Seeds of Peace
Resource Type: Film/Video
First Published: 2009
Jawdat Talousy worked in a Jewish Settlement located on the West Bank. He was fired because he established a labour committee in order to get equal labour rights as Israeli co-workers.
- 6 Floors to Hell
Resource Type: Film/Video
First Published: 2008
On the outskirts of Tel Aviv, in an underground world, live hundreds of Palestinian workers sleep in this hell in order to find a day's work in Israel and bring money home to their families in the West Bank.
- Six Weeks of Solidarity
Resource Type: Film/Video
First Published: 1995
A look at the 1919 Winnipeg General Strike, 75 years later.
- So Far From Home: Chileans In Exile
Resource Type: Film/Video
First Published: 1982
- A Society to be Transformed
Resource Type: Film/Video
First Published: 1977
- Some Black Women
Resource Type: Film/Video
- Somewhere Between
Resource Type: Film/Video
First Published: 1983
- Speaking Our Peace
Resource Type: Film/Video
First Published: 1986
- SPEC - Nuclear Debates
Resource Type: Film/Video
First Published: 1978
- Starting From Nina: The Politics of Learning
Resource Type: Film/Video
First Published: 1978
- Tales of Tomorrow: Our Elders
Resource Type: Film/Video
First Published: 1983
- Tales of Wesakechak
Resource Type: Film/Video
First Published: 1986
- Tanaka-san will not do Calisthenics
Resource Type: Film/Video
First Published: 2008
Filmed in Japan, this film follows Tanaka-san who was let go from his job at Oki Electric Manufacturing Company 25 years ago when he refused to conform to militaristic working expectations. Tanaka-san sings in front of his old office each day.
- This isn't Wonderland:
Women in focus
Resource Type: Film/Video
First Published: 1983
- Three Brothers In Blood
Resource Type: Film/Video
First Published: 2006
- The Turnaround Decade Toward Sustainable Development
Resource Type: Film/Video
First Published: 1989
- 24 Days in Brooks
Resource Type: Film/Video
First Published: 2007
Centred on the 24-day Lakeside Packers strike, this film is a nuanced portrait of people working together for change. They are people like Peter Jany Khwai, who escaped war in Sudan and Edil Hassan, a devout Muslim born in Somalia.
- Two Video Tapes For Use With Immigrant Women
Resource Type: Film/Video
First Published: 1981
- Unions (a film)
Resource Type: Film/Video
First Published: 1980
- Vancouver People's Law School
Resource Type: Film/Video
First Published: 1976
Video tapes made by local lawyers who explain laws and legal procedures.
- Vincenzo Pietropaolo: Witness to the Harvest Pilgrims
Resource Type: Film/Video
First Published: 2009
Vincenzo Pietropaolo has documented the story of Mexican migrant workers over a number of years. This is a brief look into that story.
- Wages for Housework Video Tape
Resource Type: Film/Video
First Published: 1976
A video record of the development of the wages for housework debate.
- Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price
Resource Type: Film/Video
First Published: 2005
A documentary film about the largest company on earth, featuring the stories and everyday lives of families and communities struggling to survive in a Wal-Mart world.
- Walmart: The High Cost of Low Price
Resource Type: Film/Video
First Published: 2005
A documentary about Wal-Mart.
- The Water Front
Resource Type: Film/Video
First Published: 2007
A documentary about water privatization. Residents of Highland Park, Michigan, known as the birthplace of the auto-industry, have received water bills as high as $10,000; they have had their water turned off, their homes foreclosed, and are struggling to keep water, a basic human right, from becoming privatized. The Water Front is the story of an American city in crisis but it is not just about water. The story touches on the very essence of our democratic system and is an unnerving indication of what is in store for residents around the world facing their own water struggles.
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- We Just Won't Take It
Resource Type: Film/Video
First Published: 1976
Film expressing the opposition of the U.A.W. to wage controls.
- We Still Have A Heart
Resource Type: Film/Video
First Published: 1977
- Who Killed Chea Vichea?
Resource Type: Film/Video
First Published: 2009
Chea Vichea served as president of Cambodia's garment workers' union until he was gunned down on the street in 2004. Filmed over four years, it explores motives for Vichea's assassination and unravels a police plot that framed two men, who were sentenced to 20 years in prison.
- The Willmar 8
Resource Type: Film/Video
First Published: 1981
Eight female employees of the Citizens National Bank in Willmar Minnesota, USA went on strike on December 16, 1977 over charges of sex discrimination. The tellers and bookkeepers were protesting unequal pay and unequal opportunities for advancement.
- Winding Down
Resource Type: Film/Video
First Published: 1983
- Witch Hunt
Resource Type: Film/Video
A documentary about unfounded allegations of satanic abuse of children.
- Women's Work
Resource Type: Film/Video
First Published: 1977
- The World According to Monsanto
Resource Type: Film/Video
First Published: 2008
Distributed and Produced by Image & Compagnie – ARTE France – Productions Thalie – National Film Board of Canada.
- You Got to Move
Resource Type: Film/Video
A documentary that follows people from communities in the Southern United States in their various processes of becoming involved in social change.
- You, Me & the SPP: Trading Democracy for Corporate Rule
Resource Type: Film/Video
First Published: 2009
What do secrecy, police provocateurs, an assault on democracy and infringements on citizens' rights have in common? The Security and Prosperity Partnership.
- You might think you're superior but I think I'm equal
Resource Type: Film/Video
First Published: 1982
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