John Greyson Movies

  • 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
  • 2014
    Gazonto

    Gazonto

    Gazonto

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    Gazonto, the fun new online video game -- bringing the Gaza war home to Hogtown! You can recreate the 2014 Israeli assault, bomb by bomb -- but hey,...

    Gazonto
  • 1980
    He's a Growing Boy, She's Turning Forty

    He's a Growing Boy, She's Turning Forty

    He's a Growing Boy, She's Turning Forty

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    Two main characters, a young gay man, and his female (heterosexual) boss exchange stories about their personal problems, (his difficulties about...

    He's a Growing Boy, She's Turning Forty
  • 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
  • 2021
    International Dawn Chorus Day

    International Dawn Chorus Day

    International Dawn Chorus Day

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    Birds from six continents on a zoom call gossip about the deaths of Egyptian filmmaker Shady Habash and Egyptian queer activist Sarah Hegazi.

    International Dawn Chorus Day
  • 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
  • 1985
    Norman McLaren and Claude Jutra Safer Sex Short

    Norman McLaren and Claude Jutra Safer Sex Short

    Norman McLaren and Claude Jutra Safer Sex Short

    01985HD

    So is this what the kids of today are into? Well, as long as it’s safe.

    Norman McLaren and Claude Jutra Safer Sex Short
  • 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
  • 1989
    The Great AZT Debate

    The Great AZT Debate

    The Great AZT Debate

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    AIDS activists discuss the merits and harms of AZT, one of the first drugs approved to treat HIV.

    The Great AZT Debate
  • 1985
    The Jungle Boy

    The Jungle Boy

    The Jungle Boy

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    While a TV journalist examines the contradictory homo-eroticism and imperialism of a film version of Rudyard Kipling's Jungle Book, her husband...

    The Jungle Boy
  • 1985
    Say Cheese for a Trans-Canadian Look

    Say Cheese for a Trans-Canadian Look

    Say Cheese for a Trans-Canadian Look

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    Luc Bourdon, Marc Paradis and Simon B. Robert are curators for a selection of Canadian video to be presented within the context of the 13th...

    Say Cheese for a Trans-Canadian Look
  • 2022
    Mariposa

    Mariposa

    Mariposa

    02022HD

    In 2021, aspiring chef Phelokazi Ndlwana was stabbed to death because she fought back against her rapist. She was targeted specifically because she...

    Mariposa
  • 2013
    Prison Arabic in 50 Days

    Prison Arabic in 50 Days

    Prison Arabic in 50 Days

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    On Aug 16, 2013, Canadian filmmaker John Greyson and Palestinian-Canadian doctor Tarek Loubani were detained without charges in Cairo's Tora Prison....

    Prison Arabic in 50 Days
  • 1991
    The Making of Monsters

    The Making of Monsters

    The Making of Monsters

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    Experimental musical based on a factual incident, the beating to death of a homosexual man in Toronto, 1985, by five teenagers.

    The Making of Monsters
  • 1986
    A Moffie Called Simon

    A Moffie Called Simon

    A Moffie Called Simon

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    A collage of found footage from different media presenting the case of Simon Nkodi, a black gay activist and student leader in South Africa, who had...

    A Moffie Called Simon
  • 1980
    The First Draft

    The First Draft

    The First Draft

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    Canada resurrects the compulsory draft, but refuses to allow gays to enlist. Taking the form of a fictional community-access documentary, The First...

    The First Draft
  • 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
  • 1985
    Kipling Meets the Cowboys

    Kipling Meets the Cowboys

    Kipling Meets the Cowboys

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    Kipling is touring North America, hoping to recruit boy scouts, and he is trailed undercover by a CIA-TV reporter. Meanwhile, a travel agent,...

    Kipling Meets the Cowboys
  • 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
  • 2020
    Prurient

    Prurient

    Prurient

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    A poem about sex work in the age of COVID to the music of Handel. Let me weep over my cruel fate, and let me sigh for liberty.

    Prurient