en: Ce film nous fait découvrir un projet exceptionnel de développement durable qui consiste en la construction de lacs artificiels sur tout le territoire haïtien. Véritables pôles d’espérance, ces lacs ont des répercussions tangibles dans les domaines agricole et alimentaire mais aussi sanitaire, éducatif et environnemental. A l’heure...

en: DÉCHETS INC (titre de travail) débute par un constat surprenant : les Québécois sont parmi les champions producteurs de déchets dans le monde. Comment en sommes-nous arrivés là ? Combien nous coûte la gestion de cette surproduction de déchets ? Est-il possible de se sortir de cette spirale du gaspillage ? Pour répondre à...

en: Il avait fait de l’indépendance du Québec le combat de sa vie et des déclarations incendiaires sa marque de commerce. Cinéaste et écrivain, il exprimait dans ses films et ses écrits toute la révolte qui l’animait. Grossier et manichéen pour certains, inspirant et courageux pour d’autres : Pierre Falardeau ne laissait...

Two lawyers, Terry Collingsworth of the International Labor Rights Fund in Washington and Daniel Kovalick who works with the United Steel Workers of America in Pittsburgh accuse the American giant Coca-Cola of involvement in the kidnapping, torture, and murder of workers and union leaders at its bottling plants in Colombia andTurkey, as well as questionable practices In India. These two long-standing...

Despite the economic crisis, the Canadian Banking system remains one of the sturdiest in the world. However, this comes with a price: the 6 chartered « Big Banks » in Canada constitute a form of monopoly controlling nearly 90% of all assets in the system.
Yet, there is an alternative to this monopoly of the « Chartered 6 »: one of the more surprising aspects of our financial...

At 19, Nadia Zouaoui was forced by her parents into an arranged marriage with an Algerian living in Montreal. The man, who was twice her age, chose Nadia from a photograph. After 18 years away, Nadia goes back to Kabylia to see if life has changed in her native land.
Nadia’s Journey travels behind the tourist facade and into a land of shadows. The documentary delves into the complex reality...

 
Some phone calls can turn your life upside down. That's what happened to filmmaker German Gutiérrez when he got a call from Colombia informing him there had just been an assassination attempt on his older brother Oscar, a political activist hated by the establishment but adored by the disenfranchised. In this film, German Gutiérrez, who has been living in Montreal for the...

In the St-Michel district of Montreal, at the Joseph-François-Perrault public High School, youth coming from all corners of the Earth receive there the gift of music. Most of them would never have had access to music in any other context. This project grants them a feeling of belonging and a motivation that carry them through their difficult teen years. Many successful Quebec musicians...

A PRODUCT OF THE NATIONAL FILM BOARD OF CANADA. A struggle for control of the world food market is waging, and the battle promises to escalate in the 21st century. Beef Inc. examines how a handful of companies have come to dominate beef production and distribution in North America.
As traditional farming falls victim to agri-business, small producers and consumers are paying the price. What has...

PRODUCING AGENCY : NATIONAL FILM BOARD OF CANADA. Despite the overflowing prisons and billions of dollars spent by governments, drug trafficking is a bigger problem than ever. In an unending spiral, increasingly effective repression only makes drugs scarcer, thus driving up the cost, which in turn increases criminality and makes life less safe for ordinary citizens. After so many years of this...