John Greyson Movies

  • 2003
    Proteus

    Proteus

    Proteus

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    An exquisite period piece that skillfully explores the intersections of sex, race and politics takes place in 18th century South Africa, telling the...

    Proteus
  • 2000
    The Law of Enclosures

    The Law of Enclosures

    The Law of Enclosures

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    Story of the same couple, first in their teenage years and then in their twilight years, paradoxically set in the same time during the backdrop of...

    The Law of Enclosures
  • 1987
    Black and Light

    Black and Light

    Black and Light

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    The two central characters are breaking up. Moira flees to Paris; Stan goes up north with gay writer friend, Timothy. Moira returns and joins Stan...

    Black and Light
  • 1986
    Moscow Does Not Believe in Queers

    Moscow Does Not Believe in Queers

    Moscow Does Not Believe in Queers

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    Documentary about the ten days the director spent in Moscow, during the 1986 Moscow Youth Festival, as kind of a gay delegate.

    Moscow Does Not Believe in Queers
  • 1985
    No Voice Over

    No Voice Over

    No Voice Over

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    No Voice Over is a story of communication and affection, focusing on the close ties between three women artists as they correspond via audio and...

    No Voice Over
  • 1997
    Lilies

    Lilies

    Lilies

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    1952: Bishop Bilodeau visits a prison to hear the confession of Simon, a boyhood friend jailed for murder 40 years ago. However, once there, Bilodeau...

    Lilies
  • 1993
    Zero Patience

    Zero Patience

    Zero Patience

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    The ghost of "patient zero", who allegedly first brought AIDS to North America - materialises and tries to contact old friends. Meanwhile, the...

    Zero Patience
  • 1997
    Uncut

    Uncut

    Uncut

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    Circumcision and artistic freedom concern three homosexuals, denied communication during a surreal jail stay.

    Uncut
  • 2017
    Pink:Diss

    Pink:Diss

    Pink:Diss

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    The colour pink has been ascribed many meanings, from a reflection of the feminine to a symbol of reclaimed humanity by LGBTQ2S communities. In his...

    Pink:Diss
  • 1987
    The ADS Epidemic

    The ADS Epidemic

    The ADS Epidemic

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    A short remake of Luchino Visconti's Death in Venice where instead of a cholera epidemic it's the "Acquired Dread of Sex" (ADS) epidemic.

    The ADS Epidemic
  • 2006
    On Message

    On Message

    On Message

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    An analog animation using the same set of drawings to tell four different versions of the same story. The emotional fallout of two witnesses to a...

    On Message
  • 2025
    Door Prize

    Door Prize

    Door Prize

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    Mars Brito, a trans bike courier, is killed by an SUV. Is he the victim of an accidental 'door prize', or is this murder? His case becomes a...

    Door Prize
  • 2015
    Masculinity/Femininity

    Masculinity/Femininity

    Masculinity/Femininity

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    Masculinity/Femininity is an experimental film project interrogating normative notions of gender, sexuality and performance. Shot primarily on Super...

    Masculinity/Femininity
  • 1988
    Urinal

    Urinal

    Urinal

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    A mystery man brings together a group of dead, gay artists to investigate a police response to the dilema of wash-room sex in Toronto. The artists...

    Urinal
  • 2023
    Death Mask

    Death Mask

    Death Mask

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    This experimental opera reenacts the lesser known history of Chinese medical student Li Shiu Tong, and his lover Magnus Hirschfeld, a much older...

    Death Mask
  • 2008
    14.3 Seconds

    14.3 Seconds

    14.3 Seconds

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    When the Iraq Film Archives were destroyed by US bombs during the 2003 war, a journalist rescued eight scraps of celluloid from the wreckage,...

    14.3 Seconds
  • 2009
    Fig Trees

    Fig Trees

    Fig Trees

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    FIG TREES is a documentary opera about AIDS activists Tim McCaskell of Toronto and Zackie Achmat of Capetown as they fight for access to treatment...

    Fig Trees
  • 2023
    The Floating Man

    The Floating Man

    The Floating Man

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    This intimate documentary unpacks Michael V. Smith's journey as a self-described sissy with a body he found humiliating as he developed his art to...

    The Floating Man
  • 1981
    Dangling by Their Mouths

    Dangling by Their Mouths

    Dangling by Their Mouths

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    A 60 minute tape that tells in flash-form the story of a European critic and her relationship to three people; her lesbian lover who died of cancer,...

    Dangling by Their Mouths
  • 1989
    The Pink Pimpernel

    The Pink Pimpernel

    The Pink Pimpernel

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    An intertextual essay retelling the reactionary French Revolution thriller The Scarlet Pimpernel and featuring Percy as an apolitical dandy and his...

    The Pink Pimpernel