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Image credit: The Invisible Hippo of Grief: An Adoption Story, by Donna Szoke (2026)
Escorpiônikas—countermanifesto
Matheus Mello, Bruna Kury, Nisha Platzer
2025, 12:42 minutes, colour
tapecode 2191.00
Escorpiônikas is a daring exploration of resistance and defiance that spans three continents, weaving together the lives of those who stand at the intersections of gender, race, and sexuality. The film follows a collective of trans women, sex workers, and racialized and gender-dissident voices as they challenge the… ⊕
In 1972, visual artist/filmmaker Peter Dudar and dancer/ choreographer Lily Eng formed a multimedia partnership named MISSING ASSOCIATES. INVENT A NEW VOCABULARY. START FROM ZERO. OBSERVE AND INCORPORATE INVOLUNTARY MOVEMENT. MISSING ASSOCIATES [NOTES 1972] MISSING ASSOCIATES started the first wave of performance art and… ⊕
The Legacy of Resistance: Activism in the Global Response to AIDS
2025, 28:00 minutes, colour
tapecode 2197.00
The Legacy of Resistance is a 28-minute documentary film that explores the history of the global AIDS response through key moments in time—focusing on seven International AIDS Conferences. It is bookended by the IAC conferences held in Montréal, Québec, Canada, in 1989 and 2022. The Legacy of Resistance… ⊕
Play It Loud! How Toronto Got Soul
Andrew Munger, Graeme Mathieson
2025, 83:52 minutes, colour
tapecode 754.01
Play it Loud! is a feature documentary that tells the little-known story of how Jamaican music became a critical and unlikely part of Canadian culture. The film reveals a social and cultural migration that made Canada a mecca for Jamaican music, recognized around the world, but little heralded at home. This story is told… ⊕
Experimental montage following the city of Vancouver from sunrise to sunset. Showing people, animals, life, scenery.