Cinema Politica (CP) is a non-profit media arts organization based in Montreal with nearly 100 screening locations all over the world (as of September 2011).Each chapter ("local") screens independent political documentaries for free or by donation to audiences, with guest filmmakers and speakers often invited to participate."[1] Cinema Politica started in Montreal at Concordia University in 2003 as an incorporated non-profit network and organization with several chapters throughout Canada and abroad.[3] Cinema Politica states that its mandate is to support "alternative, independent, and radical political film and video, and the artists who dare to devote time, passion and resources to telling stories from the margins.We program works that feature under-represented characters and tell stories which confront and challenge conventional fiction and documentary narratives.
CINEMA POLITICA is an international network of nearly 100 locals screening documentary films
