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 !

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 lives in Berlin, where he is a renowned painter, living in exile by choice.

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SEEING THROUGH THE DARKNESS

93 min, Documentary, Canada, 2024

Seeing Through the Darkness is an anti-war polyphonic tale exploring the unique and humane perspectives of five individuals blinded by global conflicts.

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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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UNDER THE SAME SUN

97 min, documentary, Canada, 2020.

The conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan as seen through the eyes of the inhabitants of the Caucasus.

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NIN E TEPUEIAN – MY CRY

82 min., Documentary Quebec, Canada, 2019

NIN E TEPUEIAN – MY CRY is a documentary tracks the journey of Innu poet, actress and activist, Natasha Kanapé Fontaine, at a pivotal time in her career as a committed artist.

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IMAGINARY TALES – SPIRA

71 minutes, documentary, Canada, 2018

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A MOON OF NICKEL AND ICE

110 min, Documentary, Quebec, Canada, 2017

An intimate portrayal of the closed-off Russian city of Norilsk through the eyes of its youth, mine workers and truth seekers.

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BRAS DE FER – SPIRA

77 min, documentary, Quebec, Canada, 2017

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TRACING ARTHUR

75min, Documentary, Quebec, Canada, 2015

Portrait of Quebecois drawer and cartoonist André Montpetit.

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LETTERS TO THE PRIME MINISTER – SPIRA

20 min 50, documentary, Canada, 2016

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AN AMERICAN, PORTRAIT OF RAYMOND LUC LEVASSEUR

99 min, Documentary, Quebec, Canada, 2015

The fife and work of a Franco-American some called a political prisoner, others a domestic terrorist.

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THE BLACK CASE

13 min, short film, Quebec, Canada, 2014

An eight year old girl experience a series of traumatic events while quarantined in the infirmary of a residential school for Native children in Canada.

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RED SQUARE ON A BLACKBOARD

110 min, Documentary, Quebec, Canada, 2013

Red square on a blackboard takes us into the heart of the 2012 student crisis to experience from the inside one of the most important social movements in Quebec history.

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AUJOURD’HUI POUR MOI DEMAIN POUR TOI

97 min, Documentary, Quebec, Canada, 2013

We discover the Red mountain college a collective of graphic design students that was formed during and for the Quebec student strike.

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PAX AMERICANA AND THE WEAPONIZATION OF SPACE

85 min., documentary, Canada, France, 2009

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THE LEGACY OF THE OKA TRAPPISTS

52 min, Documentary, Quebec, Canada, 2008

Having been established in their magnificent abbey at Oka, Québec, for over 125 years, the Trappist monks now prepare to leave.

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TREE WITH SEVERED BRANCHES

80 min, documentary, Quebec, Canada, 2005

In Moscow, two elderly men who lived under the Soviet regime adapt to their new sociopolitical reality by creating an imaginary world through art.​

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SPIRA COLLECTION

A collaboration between Spira and Les Films du 3 Mars. Five documentaries are now available on our digital platform, individually or as a bundle, as a rental or as a subscriber’s feature!

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THIS LAND IS THEIR LAND

49 min, documentary, Québec, Canada, 1995

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