Lia Tarachansky’s documentary, On the Side of the Road : pointing out a nation’s tabboo

Lia Tarachansky is an Israeli-Russian journalist and moviemaker who produced the documentary  ”On the Side of the Road” in 2013. As a former Israel/Palestine correspondent for the Real News Network (RNN), she produced short documentary-style reports exploring the context behind the news. She has directed several documentaries that tackle different aspects of social justice struggles […]

Fall Series Preview with Cinema Politica, and In-Depth with Victoria Lean

Click here to download audio. In this preview of Cinema Politica’s fall series, we speak with Svetla Turnin, executive director of the political activist film series, hosted every Monday evening at Concordia University. We also speak with the director of this Monday night’s film, After The Last River by Victoria Lean. The film follows local activists, […]

Radio Documentary: Community Radio in the Middle East and North Africa

CKUT’s Anna Marchese spoke with several members of the community radio movement in the Middle East and North Africa on various issues from state barriers, to the granting of FM licenses, to journalistic freedom and the future of community radio. She interviewed Francisco Diasio, the Secretary General of AMARC (World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters) […]

LGBT Rights during War in Ukraine

                  Click HERE to download the Mp3 file. What’s Up? On May 14th Montreal had a chance to host a sneak preview of the documentary by a Toronto filmmaker Marusya Bociurkiw called “This Is Gay Propaganda: LGBT Rights and the War in Ukraine” (2015), which focuses on the […]

Presenting “Speaking the Unspoken: A critical examination of McGill’s celebrated employment practices”

[audio https://ia600308.us.archive.org/20/items/SpeakingUnspoken2Mixdown/Speaking%20Unspoken%202_mixdown.mp3] Click here to download audio In solidarity with the 84 people who got arrested at last week’s May Day anti-capitalist protest, 27 of whom were given criminal charges, CKUT presents to you a ~critical auditory adventure~ about McGill’s celebrated employment practices.

We Don’t Need No Don – Organized crime & politics in Jamaica

‘We Don’t Need No Don’ – Organized crime and politics in Jamaica Audio MP3 (25:30, 128kpbs, stereo) On Sunday, May 23rd, 2010, Jamaican Prime Minister Bruce Golding declared a state of emergency over the Jamaican capital Kingston. The following week, a four-day offensive by the Jamaican State’s armed forces left 73 dead, a number many […]