History & Politics
Les Films du 3 Mars (F3M) invites you to discover thematic cinema about History & Politics. From fiction to documentaries, long and short, enjoy the best of Québécois and Canadian filmmaking !
IN THE FOREST
123 min, Documentary, Canada, 2025
A documentary essay exploring the relationships between humans, animals, and the forest, revealing a complex world where protection and exploitation collide. Blending realism, political engagement, and a dreamlike approach, the film calls for a rethinking of our relationship with the living world.
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SHIFTING BASELINES
100 min, Documentary, Canada, 2025
Where the Rio Grande meets the sea, the rockets of SpaceX are launched; astronomers gaze skyward, hawkers shill their wares and environmentalists survey the damage. Welcome to Boca Chica, USA.
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AMONG MOUNTAINS AND STREAMS
98 min, Documentary, Canada, 2024
In a mysterious forest, far from the borders of the China they’ve left behind, the painter Meng Huang and writer Ma Jian talk about exile, political opposition and artistic creation as a response to oppression and lies. Ma Jian lives in London. He is a dissident and a prominent writer translated into numerous languages. Since 2011, he has been unable to return to China, where all of his books are banned. Meng Huang is a renowned painter who lives in Berlin.
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SEEING THROUGH THE DARKNESS
93 min, Documentary, Canada, 2024
Carried by an immersive sonic universe, this film offers a sensitive journey through memory, perception, and resistance. It invites us to listen differently to lives transformed by war.
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SIMPLY JOHANNE
75 min, Documentary, Canada, 2024
A contemporary tribute to trailblazer Johanne Harrelle: artist, actress and one of North America’s first Black models.
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ZO REKEN
86 min., Documentary, Québec, Canada, 2021
In Port-au-Prince, a humanitarian aid organization’s 4×4 vehicle has been hacked: its Haitian passengers now use it to talk about neocolonialism and to denounce the promises of the international community that were made and never kept. Outside, barricades are erected, and the people cry out in anger.
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