ABOUT DIVINE INTERVENTIONS

Divine Interventions: Documentary, Spirituality and Social Justice

is a Cinema Politica program that features documentary
screenings with on-site and online discussions about religion,
pluralism, spirituality and social justice. The events will take
place at various locations across Canada between October 2014
and March 2015.
Divine Interventions examines the ways in which spirituality,
religion, and secularism can foster or inhibit a culture of
pluralism, civic participation, and social engagement across
cultural, religious, and ethnic borders.

DIVINE
INTERVENTIONS
Documentary, Spirituality and Social Justice

Initially funded by the Inspirit Foundation and organized in

collaboration with the Documentary Organization of Canada,
Divine Interventions was launched in 2013. The series is back
for a second round of provocative doc screenings and devoted
dialogue, this time with additional support from Canada
Council for the Arts and the Quebec Arts Council. We are
thrilled to bring this popular program back to screens and
scenes across Canada and beyond.

learn more at divinedocs.com

Film Screenings and Discussions
Fall 2014 Winter 2015

SPIRITED RESISTANCE
AND DEVOTED DIALOGUE

THE PROGRAM

Cinema Politicas Divine Interventions program

of film screenings and discussions seeks to foster
a plurality of perspectives on the dynamic topic
of spirituality and social justice.

Each year we launch Divine Interventions with a new batch of

incredibly powerful, moving and inspiring films. This years roster
screens between October 2014 and March 2015 and includes the
following exemplary works:
AYITI TOMA, THE LAND OF THE LIVING
(AYITI TOMA, AU PAYS DES VIVANTS)

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Joseph Hillel, Canada, 2013

Traditional Haitian voodoo practices still flourish amidst
the islands political and economic instability.

GENTLY WHISPERING THE CIRCLE BACK

& UPROOTED GENERATION
Gently: Beth Wishart MacKenzie, Canada, 2013, Uprooted: Ral Junior Leblanc, Canada, 2013
Indigenous communities across Canada revive lost communal and spiritual traditions as a
means of healing the cultural and personal scars left by the residential school system.

LET THE FIRE BURN

Jason Osder, USA, 2013
A mesmerizing reworking of the archives
reveals the tragic historical drama that
played out in 1985 between the black
liberation group MOVE and the Philadelphia
Police Department. Let The Fire Burn offers
a potent lesson in spiritual acceptance,
pluralism and equality.

HUICHOLES: THE LAST PEYOTE GUARDIANS

Hernn Vilchez, MexicoArgentina, 2014
The spiritual traditions of a Mexican indigenous tribe are
threatened by Canadian and Mexican mining developments.

I AM FEMEN

ABOUT DOC

Alain Margot, Switzerland, 2014

Feminist activists from Ukraine clash with
religiously validated cultural institutions.

The Documentary Organization of

Canada (DOC) is the collective
voice of independent documentary
makers across Canada. DOC is the
premiere organization for Canadian
documentary advocacy, analyzing
policy, conducting insightful
research and speaking up at all levels
of government to help Canadian
documentary flourish.

ABOUT CINEMA POLITICA

HAVE YOU SEEN THE ARANA
Sunanda Bhat, India, 2012
A traditional healers concern over the
disappearance of medicinal plants from
the rainforest frames this beautifully
photographed intersection of spiritual
practices and environmental conservation.

CALL ME KUCHU
Katherine Fairfax Wright & Malika Zouhali-Worrall,
United StatesUganda, 2012
A poignant look at LGBTQ activists who
courageously fight state-sanctioned
persecution in Uganda, a country where
American evangelicals have political and
cultural influence.

Cinema Politica is a Montrealbased media arts, non-profit network

of community and campus locals
that screen independent political
film and video by Canadian and
international artists throughout
Canada and abroad. We believe in
the power of art to not only entertain
but to engage, inform, inspire,
and provoke social change. Cinema
Politica is the largest volunteerrun, community and campus-based
documentary-screening network
in the world. All screenings are
by donation.

cinemapolitica.org

docorg.ca
ABOUT INSPIRIT
Inspirit is a national, grant-making
organization that supports young
people (aged 18 to 30) in building
a more inclusive and pluralist Canada.
One way we do this is by funding
projects that foster engagement and
exchange between young people
of different spiritual, religious and
secular beliefs.

inspiritfoundation.org