When a group of students at Columbia University in New York City launch a movement protesting the war in Gaza, they spark a nationwide uprising in solidarity with the people of Gaza.
In the stark winter landscape of Canada’s Pacific coast, a dedicated wildlife rehabilitation team treats bald eagles suffering from lead poisoning after ingesting hunters’ ammunition in animal remains.
Through cinematic landscapes and testimony from survivors, journalists, and witnesses, The Sandbox explores modern border control, where surveillance, AI, and militarization decide who lives and who dies.
This film takes us back to the origins of two major revolutions: the rapid expansion of Hydro-Québec with the construction of the La Grande complex, and the awakening of the Indigenous nations of Northern Quebec.