George C. Stoney Movies

PSA about the history of Syphilis and the medical treatments used to combat it that's meant to raise the public awareness of the dangers of this...

A young boy has developed an ability to see through walls, much to the consternation of his stuffy Victorian parents.

The film was commissioned by the Environmental Defense Fund, an organization founded by Dennis Puleston and others, to raise public awareness of...

The Shepherd of the Night Flock is a documentary about a jazz ministry at St. Peter's Lutheran Church in Manhattan which was led by Father John...

Documentary about the blacklisted folk group The Weavers, and the events leading up to their triumphant return to Carnegie Hall.

Tenants of public housing in Ottawa challenge the process of managing public housing projects in meetings with federal, provincial and municipal...

This short film was an experiment in using video recordings and closed circuit television to stimulate social action in a poor Montreal...

Students seeking greater control over the hiring of faculty occupy the offices of the Political Science Department at McGill University. The film...

A training film showing police officers how to deal with persons who are mentally ill.

Ex-fisherman Billy Crane in Brampton, Ontario, at an industrial job with regular hours. Here he tells why he left Fogo Island and says he has no...

This documentary short is the first film made by an all-Aboriginal film crew, training under the NFB's Challenge for Change Program. It was shot at...

Two charming seniors consider the pros and cons of entering a "home". Do old-age institutions fit the needs of those they are designed to help?

The territory of Akwesasne straddles the Canada-U.S. border. When Canadian authorities prohibited the duty-free cross-border passage of personal...

George Stoney investigates the living conditions, both good and bad, in the rural, segregated South.

A documentary on the iconic song "We Shall Overcome" and its important legacy in the American Civil Rights movement, echoing all over the world as a...

Chicken farmer John Lloyd learns the importance of blood tests when he gives his pregnant wife a dose of the clap after a one-night fling with a...

The history of American transportation from the horse and buggys of yesteryear to the progression of the motor car.

People on welfare are rarely heard. What do they go through? How do they feel? How do concerned social and welfare workers feel about the welfare...

American documentary film-maker George C. Stoney visits the Aran Islands to try and unravel some of the myths surrounding a film that had engrossed...

This film deals with the problems affecting the remote communities of the Labrador coast--particularly the relocation of families in more populated...