About The Lab

Raah is a media research lab based in the Film and Moving Image Studies Department at Concordia. It aims to examine the intersection of migratory processes and media practices. Taking our cue from the evocations offered by the Persian word raah – which can mean ways or passage, and its underlying resonances of fellow-traveler, or companion, Raah aims to investigate the many methodological pathways open to researchers in migration and media studies.

Raah's project is a community-driven model, which hopes to bring together scholars, activists and community partners in a single space, becoming the first institutional hub in Canada for the study of media and migration. Raah aims to host both theoretical and practice-based research, as well as community-facing projects, in order to investigate the questions of immigration, hospitality, marginalization and their mediatized forms.

• “Who Does Montreal Belong To?” – A Community Conversation

  Tuesday, June 24 As part of our community partner Brique par Brique's annual Monsoon Festival, we were invited to facilitate a discussion for their Community Conversations series. Who Does Montreal Belong to? Montreal is a city built through layers of migration, solidarity and resistance, the labour of its vibrant, diverse communities forming the weave of its […]

  2025-06-27
• Queer Cinema for Palestine 2025 – No Pride in Genocide

  Wednesday, June 25 We co-presented Cinema Politica's Queer Cinema for Palestine 2025 showcase - No Pride in Genocide. Part of a global film event co-organized by Queer Cinema for Palestine and PACBI, with 100+ partners worldwide, this year’s program featured eight queer short films by Palestinian and allied SWANA-region filmmakers, each paired with a pre-recorded […]

  2025-06-27
• Palestine Everywhere Screening #3: A Collection of Shorts

  The screening series 'Palestine Everywhere- Looking at Palestinian Migration through Concordia’s Film Collection' is born from a desire to activate the vast collection of film about Palestine present in the film collections house within Concordia University. These films are often used as teaching material in a variety of courses offered by the university, but they are seldom […]

  2025-04-02
• The Hour of the Furnaces: Part 1 (1968) Screening

  Tuesday, March 25 ⟡ Come join us as we watch Colectivo Cine Liberación's film at the center of Latin America's revolutionary cinemas, The Hour of the Furnaces: Part 1 - Neocolonialism and Dominance (1968), in 16mm print on Tuesday, March 25! ⟡ 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗛𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗰𝗲𝘀: 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝟭 - 𝗡𝗲𝗼𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗺 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗩𝗶𝗼𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 (𝟭𝟵𝟲𝟴) 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗼 𝗚𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗼, […]

  2025-03-11