Described as “truly impressive” in The New Yorker, this hybrid archival video describes how World War Two Canadians managed a gutsy transformation of their entire economy, in record time. The video lays out ‘the four markers of emergency mode’ the government hit in order to pull it off, and how to apply them to today.

Investigative journalism piece regarding the bankrolling by two of Canada’s largest public pension funds of the Brazilian President’s scheme to privatize the water of Rio de Janeiro. Includes a written article and a short video.

Book trailer for Naomi Klein’s first book written specifically for teens.

Workers from Montréal’s Dollarama warehouse react to the winner of the 2021 Oscar for Best Picture, and the economic model the film depicts. — Des travailleurs de l’entrepôt de Dollarama à Montréal partagent leurs opinions sur le gagnant de l’Oscar du meilleur film en 2021, et sur le modèle économique que le film dépeint.

The outdoor rink failed one of Montreal’s premiere musicians. But hockey’s loss was hip-hop’s victory.

The video that launched a new Canadian media outlet, and a highly-successful crowdfunding campaign.

Series of short documentaries on the land defence of the Wet’suwet’en Nation against a pipeline their Indigenous government never agreed to.

1: Is This Genocide?
2: Shocking Sunrise Showdown Between Police and Indigenous Land Defenders
3: Hunting Season on the Yin’tah
4: Police Repeatedly Interrupt and Threaten Indigenous Women Holding Ceremony on Pipeline Path

Music video for the lead single from Grammy-winning musician Malika Tirolien’s album ‘RISE’. — Vidéoclip du premier single de l’album “RISE” de la musicienne Malika Tirolien, lauréate d’un Grammy Award.

For over 12 years, Independent Jewish Voices Canada has been standing up for peace and justice in Israel-Palestine, and fighting antisemitism, white supremacy and colonialism at home. — Depuis plus de 12 ans, Voix juives indépendantes Canada défend la paix et la justice en Israël-Palestine et lutte contre l’antisémitisme, la suprématie blanche et le colonialisme chez nous.

Another Covid collaboration music video with renowned Montréal drag queen Crystal Slippers performing Dalida’s ‘Pour ne pas vivre seul’. — Un deuxième vidéoclip réalisé en collaboration avec la célèbre drag queen montréalaise Crystal Slippers interprétant “Pour ne pas vivre seul” de Dalida.

Vidéomontage d’un rassemblement digne et sans précédent pour combattre la prédation policière et le racisme systémique de Minneapolis à Montréal. — Videomontage of an unprecedented and dignified gathering to combat predatory policing and systemic racism from Minneapolis to Montréal.

One of Montreal’s finest drag queens, Crystal Slippers, performs a 1978 Mina classic bringing light to the dark Covid isolation. A contribution to the 2020 Passoverboard Soirée.

Matt Benedetto has invented high heel roller-skates, mittens that you can still flip people off with, and earbuds that also function as a chopstick holders. His inventions, which no one is allowed to buy, don’t attempt to solve the world’s most demanding concerns. Rather, in a clever critique of consumerism, his inventions exclusively address life’s most insignificant challenges.

Member of the small-yet-strong media team of the Gitimt’en Clan of the Wet’suwet’en Nation. Here are a couple examples of videos shot and edited of the nation’s territorial defence during the massive police operation to force construction of the Coastal GasLink pipeline. Includes great footage from other cherished team members.
RCMP Invasion: The First 72 Hours (4 mins)
It’s Time to Take Some Time (3 mins)

Every four years dozens of journalists travel to a small unincorporated township in Dixville Notch, N.H., to tally the first primary votes in the nation, a tradition that began 60 years ago after millionaire Neil Tillotson realized he didn’t want to drive over an hour to the nearest polling location.

FR: Une série de cinq courts vidéos qui revèlent les cinq sources de l’éco-anxiété, et comment les combattre. EN: A series of five short videos revealing the five sources of eco-anxiety and how to fight them.

1: Le future | The Future
2: Les médias | The Media
3: Greenwashing
4: Les leaders | Our Leaders
5: Avoir des enfants | Having Kids

Some of my favourite shots from the last 18 months of documentary shooting…set to a beat.

How a bunch of pixels got famous.

When pipeline company TransCanada attempts to deliver a Canadian court injunction against a decade-old Wet’suwet’en checkpoint, they run into a second, fresh checkpoint set-up by a neighboring clan.

Short video in support of the international campaign to free Honduran political prisoner Edwin Espinal.

Hate no more. Corey Fleischer, charismatic founder of the worldwide #ErasingHate movement, power-washes hate graffiti. Originating in Montreal, he and his anti-hate army now target, locate, and eliminate hate speech anywhere and everywhere in the world.

Snappy explainer on Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s slippery use of the words ‘elites’ and ‘friends’.

EN: Two-part special report on the inauguration of an unelected regime in Honduras. ES: Reportaje especial en dos partes sobre la toma de posesión de un régimen no electo en Honduras.

En Honduras, continúan las protestas por todo el país en contra del supuesto fraude electoral generalizado en la reelección del presidente en funciones Juan Orlando Hernández.

Fifteen high-schoolers from villages accross Nunavik gathered in Kuujjuarapik for the 5th Annual Pigunnaniq Music Festival. This video captures a fraction of the magic that took place.

FR: Une vidéolettre d’amour au terrain de basket au Parc Jarry à Montréal, où Jesse joue basket.
EN: A video love letter to Montréal’s renowned Parc Jarry basketball court, Jesse’s home court.

The lead writer for ‘Assassin’s Creed: Origins’, one of the most highly-anticipated video games in recent memory, is an improv comedian and theatre director. Alain Mercieca describes how his unique Montreal work marriage came to be.

“We need more people to be free, that’s the kind of message I’m trying to send.” Eight-year-old star enjoying the full support of their “awesome” parents shares some of their philosophy on life.

ES: Morazán, Cáceres y la verdadera independencia. Félix Molina, periodista destacado en Resistencia The Film, cierre el mes de la patria en Honduras con contexto y analisis. — EN: From Morazán to Berta Cáceres, award-winning journalist Félix Molina closes Honduras’ ‘Independence Month’ with a monologue on what true independence might look like for the Central American republic.

Video piece on this unique ‘aerial action’ featuring Naomi Klein and Bianca Mugyenyi. Made with my colleagues at Makila Coopérative Multimédia.

A short mash-up and animation piece satirizing the reaction of certain Canadian politicians and pundits to the Leap Manifesto.

Days after suffering a double attempt on his life, award-winning journalist Félix Molina gets back to work covering the case of assassinated indigenous leader Berta Cáceres.

Días después de sufrir un doble atentado, el destacado periodista Félix Molina vuelve a trabajar el caso de la asesinada lideresa indígena Berta Cáceres.

In the absence of a trustworthy process, those who took power by force in 2009 will be staying in power.

Homes, churches, schools and crops all destroyed as the coup government continues to side with wealthy plantation owners over the country’s organized farmers.

La comunidad campesina de Rigores, en el valle Aguán, se ha convertido en el ejemplo más reciente de un desalojo llevado a cabo por las autoridades hondureñas. Destruyeron las escuelas, la iglesia, los cultivos y dejaron a más de cien families sin hogar.

The Honduran capital of Tegucigalpa becomes the latest in roughly 80 cities around the world to hold a SlutWalk, a growing global movement against the blaming of victims for sexual violence committed against them.

Pennsylvanians set to take on government, industry and Karl Rove over one of world’s largest natural gas deposits.

Community organizer Alex Hundert ‘coerced into unprecedented gag clause’, making him the only person in Canada who is legally barred from speaking to the media. This interview with Hundert was filmed before the ban went into effect.

Honduran farmers take palm oil plantations from agribusiness that supported the 2009 military coup.

A photographer, a migrant rights organizer, a nurse and a media activist, all arrested at the G-20, explain their lack of faith in the official inquiry process.

Café Guancasco, favorite band of the coup resistance movement, has midday concert attacked by police and military.

Arizona politicians stoking white community’s fear of immigrants to get votes in November elections.

Toronto’s Parkdale neighborhood condemns G-20 related mass arrest inside the community. Lawyer and neighbor Riali Johanesson, herself detained while trying to speak to an arrested client, takes us through the day.

Ten years later, evidence has emerged that the conviction of the ‘Cuban 5’ by a Miami court was influenced by journalists on the State Department payroll.

Second-grader joins national movement that’s declaring ‘immigrant rights are civil rights’.

Billionaire invites Clinton, Greenspan and Obama’s ‘Debt Czars’ to conference launching his latest campaign to cut health and social security benefits.

Strike gets ugly as nickel miners in Sudbury respond to ‘race-baiting’ allegations in dispute with Brazilian multinational.

Government installed in 2009 coup has mobilized thousands of soldiers for negotiations with a peasant plantation occupation.

Coup regime’s claims of more than 60% participation in free and fair election revealed as fraud, but embraced by the West.

El Tribunal Supremo Electoral reporta cifras que van en contra de su propio conteo.

Honduran coup government continues repressive tactics on election day. Report from San Pedro Sula.

El régimen de facto sigue reprimiendo al movimiento en contra del golpe de estado, aún en medio de su ‘celebracíon democrática’. Reportaje desde San Pedro Sula, Honduras.

What compels the world’s second largest mining company, Brazil’s Vale, to use such hard-handed tactics to cut miners’ benefits in Canada?

Assassination of anti-mining resistance leader Marcelo Rivera part of terror campaign against activists opposing Canadian gold mining company.

Governments of the Global North using the G-20 to shut the UN General Assembly out of the response to the global economic crisis, as governments of the Global South question the pillars of the world economy.

US President Obama arrives at his first Summit of the Americas declaring his intention to ‘look forward’, while many in Latin America forced to live the past every day.

Popular journalist leads former guerrilla army to left’s first presidential victory in country’s history.

Gen. Keane’s role in blocking US troop withdrawal from Iraq is a perfect example of the ‘military-industrial complex’ in action.