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Higher Learning | KOROMOUSSO: Big Sister

Higher Learning | KOROMOUSSO: Big Sister

A group of women discuss and try to break cultural taboos about female sexuality. They support each other to overcome the trauma of female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) and reclaim ownership of their own bodies.

Higher Learning | To Kill a Tiger

Higher Learning | To Kill a Tiger

We often think of standing up against injustice as a matter of public protest, social media posting, or criticizing opponents. But what happens when pursuing justice includes personal sacrifice, social ostracism and potentially cutting yourself off from your community?

Higher Learning | Waiting for Raif

Higher Learning | Waiting for Raif

Chronicling Ensaf Haidar’s tenacious struggle to have her husband, Raif Badawi, released from a Saudi prison, Waiting for Raif raises important questions about engagement, power and government responsibility.

Higher Learning | Beyond Paper

Higher Learning | Beyond Paper

Oana Suteu Khintirian’s documentary Beyond Paper takes us from the intimacy of family archives to the immensity of universal libraries, showing how paper is integral to every facet of our shared humanity.

Higher Learning | Ever Deadly

Higher Learning | Ever Deadly

Ever Deadly is much more than a glimpse into the personal, artistic and sound world of Inuk musician Tanya Tagaq. Ever Deadly provides insight into government-enforced colonial policies and how they impacted, and continue to impact, Inuit through multiple generations.

Higher Learning | What Is Democracy?

Higher Learning | What Is Democracy?

Perhaps nothing could be more democratic than asking the question “What is democracy?”

Higher Learning | The Secret Order

Higher Learning | The Secret Order

Phil Comeau’s The Secret Order plunges us into the world of the Ordre de Jacques-Cartier (“la Patente”), a francophone Catholic secret society. Rigorously researched, the documentary brilliantly explores a little-known aspect of Acadian history.

Higher Learning | Wintopia

Higher Learning | Wintopia

Wintopia was born of the many tapes, audio files, and letters that acclaimed filmmaker Peter Wintonick left behind after his death in 2013.

Higher Learning | Conviction

Higher Learning | Conviction

Through the stories of criminalized women and activists campaigning for the rights of female inmates, Conviction offers a rare look at the carceral system, as well as alternative solutions to incarceration.

Higher Learning | RUMBLE: The Indians Who Rocked the World

Higher Learning | RUMBLE: The Indians Who Rocked the World

Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World highlights Indigenous contributions to North American popular music, including (but not limited to) rhythm and blues, jazz and rock ‘n’ roll.

Higher Learning | Kímmapiiyipitssini: The Meaning of Empathy

Higher Learning | Kímmapiiyipitssini: The Meaning of Empathy

Kímmapiiyipitssini offers an accurate reflection of the addiction struggles of many of today’s Indigenous communities. Dr. Tailfeathers draws on the resilience of the Blackfoot People as she Indigenizes healthcare and recovery in her community.

Higher Learning | Someone Like Me

Higher Learning | Someone Like Me

Someone Like Me tackles the question: what kind of stories emerge from the collision between queer Africans forcibly dislocated from their nations and their newly adopted Canadian home?