CINEMA POLITICA is a media arts non-profit network of community and campus locals that screens independent political films and videos by Canadian and international artists throughout Canada and abroad. We believe in the power of art to engage, inform, and inspire. Cinema Politica supports artists who dare to devote their time, passion, and resources to the creation of innovative political cinema. We are committed to supporting independent political documentary, as well as other genres such as fiction, docudrama, hybrid projects, etc., which confront and challenge conventional narratives. At each local screening, audiences encounter under-represented characters and diverse and compelling stories from the margins. We hope these stories will provoke social change in different forms, whether manifested in small regional communities or diverse urban populations. Cinema Politica is the largest volunteerrun, community, and campus-based screening network in the world.