Sisters in Struggle
Dive into the galvanizing and contagious action of feminist struggles.
32 short days into the year 2026, and aside from the rays of sunlight finally lighting my desk as I write, nothing seems to be getting any better.
What is happening in the United States is absolutely shocking. The boundaries of the unacceptable recede every day, at the same time that the face of fascism reveals itself, with its unpunished violence, its ravaging hatred, and its love for power as inhuman as it is destructive.
If atrocities must be shared and made visible—which is exactly what the people of Minneapolis are urging, with a courage that rekindles humanism and ignites the hot ashes of our shared indignation—at Tënk we have decided to dive into action. The galvanizing and contagious action of feminist struggles.
Sisters in struggle, let us remember that this Earth belongs to us. Bankers may try to divide it up in Davos, psychopaths may release their robot dogs on our children, their prisons may rise taller than their highest skyscrapers, but they always forget that we are here: incorruptible, tenacious, indomitable, and enraged. We are indivisible. Our struggles are intertwined with countless others, past and future. And unlike them, we know how to care for what we inherit, even our anger.
The four films of this special program will help you nourish that righteous anger and—hopefully—inspire you to turn it into action.
Naomie Décarie-Daigneault
Tënk's Artistic Director
It will not end in a nuclear holocaust. It begins in the celebration of the rites of alchemy. The transformation of shit into gold. The illumination of dark chaotic night into light. This is the time of sweet, sweet change for us all.
Isabel from Phoenix Regazza Radio
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Clotheslines
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_Clotheslines_ poetically documents the pragmatic, symbolic and artistic role of laundry in women's lives. The film presents an enduring, vivid account, showing how the creative energies of women have been sapped by mundane tasks, and in turn how such tasks reflect a ritualistic approach to life.
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Ten years ago, lanaire aderemi’s grandmother told her about the Egba Women’s Revolt, a resistance movement against colonial taxation in the late 1940s in Abeokuta, Nigeria. Inspired by this story, lanaire explores archival documents, historical sites and oral testimonies to document the imaginative and revolutionary spirit of Abeokuta women in the 1940s.
Sisters in the Struggle
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This documentary features Black women active in politics as well as in community, labour, and feminist organizing. They share their insights and personal testimonies on the dual legacy of racism and sexism, linking their lived experiences to the ongoing struggle to end systemic discrimination and violence against women and people of colour.
Born in Flames
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A political science fiction film shot as a documentary, _Born in Flames_ takes us to the near future of New York, ten years after the failure of a social revolution. At the call of the Women's Army, several groups of activists finally unite to form a shifting, non-hierarchical network that baffles the FBI. They fought in an explosive atmosphere against a society whose institutions were racist, ...
Clotheslines
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_Clotheslines_ poetically documents the pragmatic, symbolic and artistic role of laundry in women's lives. The film presents an enduring, vivid account, showing how the creative energies of women have been sapped by mundane tasks, and in turn how such tasks reflect a ritualistic approach to life.
record found here
Subscription access
Ten years ago, lanaire aderemi’s grandmother told her about the Egba Women’s Revolt, a resistance movement against colonial taxation in the late 1940s in Abeokuta, Nigeria. Inspired by this story, lanaire explores archival documents, historical sites and oral testimonies to document the imaginative and revolutionary spirit of Abeokuta women in the 1940s.
Sisters in the Struggle
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This documentary features Black women active in politics as well as in community, labour, and feminist organizing. They share their insights and personal testimonies on the dual legacy of racism and sexism, linking their lived experiences to the ongoing struggle to end systemic discrimination and violence against women and people of colour.
Born in Flames
Subscription access
A political science fiction film shot as a documentary, _Born in Flames_ takes us to the near future of New York, ten years after the failure of a social revolution. At the call of the Women's Army, several groups of activists finally unite to form a shifting, non-hierarchical network that baffles the FBI. They fought in an explosive atmosphere against a society whose institutions were racist, ...
