Ron Alexander Movies

On Christmas Eve, snowplow driver Leo races to clear the streets of Montreal and complete his holiday shopping in time for midnight Mass. The feature...

Two ballet dancers perform a dance enhanced with surreal after-image visuals.

Canadian concert pianist Glenn Gould enjoys a respite at his lakeside cottage. It is an aspect of Gould previously known only to the collie pacing...

In the fall of 1964, just over a year before his death, Buster Keaton traveled to Canada to make The Railrodder, a short subject that now enjoys a...

This short documentary (the second of two parts) follows Glenn Gould to New York City. There, we see the renowned Canadian concert pianist kidding...

At the instigation of the filmmakers, the young men of the Ile-aux-Coudres in the middle of the St-Lawrence River try as a memorial to their...

This short film portrays the story of singer Paul Anka, who rose from obscurity to become the idol of millions of adolescent fans around the world....

A boy's carved boat travels through the Canadian wilderness until it reaches the ocean.

This film observes, in a Montréal public school, the teaching of English to immigrant children. To thousands of children arriving in Canada...

Pioneers struggle to establish a town in the harsh unsettled wilderness of northern Quebec during the depression.

In this short film, a young man, a girl and a dog attempt to fly with wings more symbolic than practical.

This feature documentary about education explores the mid-century state of learning in the classrooms of North America. New approaches to learning...

An engineer from Paris flies to Montreal, partly on business, partly in search of parents displaced by World War II, and partly because of the...

A young, unmarried teenager finds herself pregnant. The film mirrors the state of her mind as she worries about the possible positive and negative...

A teenage boy rebels against parental authority and must face a harsh reality when he tries to live on his own.

On your marks. Follow cyclists from 13 countries as they cover 2.400 km of Gaspé countryside in 12 days-a course longer than those of Italy,...

Filmed in 1964, this feature-length documentary by Jacques Godbout explores the world of delinquency through the stories of eight young people who...

Troubled youth Eddie McGeer, on a whim, steals a motorcycle and takes it on a short joy ride with his girlfriend Marie before they ditch it when they...

A young Jesuit missionary reflects on his life and his faith while awaiting his execution at the hands of the Native Americans he came to convert.

A view from a helicopter of the ten Canadian provinces in 1966. The result is a big, beautiful and engrossing bird's-eye portrait of the country....