Mary Sexton Movies

  • 2009
    Diverted

    Diverted

    Diverted

    6.82009HD

    On September 11th, 2001, 38 planes headed to New York City were diverted to Gander, Newfoundland, Canada. A town of 9,000 took in 7,000 passengers...

    Diverted
  • 2004
    Hospital City

    Hospital City

    Hospital City

    02004HD

    As debate in Canada and the world rages over health care, Hospital City offers a moving, human portrait of the people whom the issues touch most...

    Hospital City
  • 2004
    Bloomsday Cabaret

    Bloomsday Cabaret

    Bloomsday Cabaret

    02004HD

    An exploration of music in the life, and writing, of James Joyce. Two Newfoundland actors, a Toronto opera singer and a New York Joycean scholar...

    Bloomsday Cabaret
  • 2024
    Skeet

    Skeet

    Skeet

    02024HD

    After being released from prison, Billy Skinner returns to his low-income neighbourhood feeling like a fish out of water; the area has changed...

    Skeet
  • 2001
    Salvation

    Salvation

    Salvation

    02001HD

    This documentary portrays the front-line street workers who serve the needy under the umbrella of the Salvation Army. Shot in Toronto at...

    Salvation
  • 2012
    Beat Down

    Beat Down

    Beat Down

    02012HD

    Beat Down is an irreverent comedy about wrestling, family and following your dreams no matter how painful that can sometimes be. Fran Whiteway...

    Beat Down
  • 1999
    Misery Harbour

    Misery Harbour

    Misery Harbour

    4.3331999HD

    A young writer named Espen Arnakke tells the story of his escape from the small Danish town of Jante. Espen boards a ship headed to Newfoundland, but...

    Misery Harbour
  • 2011
    Kathy

    Kathy

    Kathy

    02011HD

    Kathy is a portrait of the most fascinating creature of all: the adult in training, the object of everyone's first affection, the teenage girl.

    Kathy
  • 1992
    Secret Nation

    Secret Nation

    Secret Nation

    5.21992HD

    A graduate history student returns to her native Newfoundland, searching for proof of a conspiracy surrounding the referendum that saw Newfoundland...

    Secret Nation
  • 2013
    Hold Fast

    Hold Fast

    Hold Fast

    5.42013HD

    Two teenage boys escape an unhappy home, embarking on a perilous journey of self-discovery that takes them deep into the Newfoundland wilderness.

    Hold Fast
  • 2007
    To Think like a Composer

    To Think like a Composer

    To Think like a Composer

    02007HD

    Directed by Michael Ostroff (Pegi Nicol: Something Dancing About Her (2004)) and produced by Mary Sexton (Gemini Award Winning Tommy... A Family...

    To Think like a Composer
  • 2000
    Violet

    Violet

    Violet

    2.3332000HD

    It seems like everyone in Violet’s family dies at age 55. Her mother did, her father did, and as this movie opens Violet, played by Mary Walsh,...

    Violet
  • 1998
    Rain, Drizzle, and Fog

    Rain, Drizzle, and Fog

    Rain, Drizzle, and Fog

    01998HD

    St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, is North America's most easterly landfall. For half a millennium, its perfect harbour has provided a safe...

    Rain, Drizzle, and Fog
  • 2019
    Ghost Artist

    Ghost Artist

    Ghost Artist

    02019HD

    A maverick artist is rediscovered in Paris when his taboo-busting 1967 film resurfaces in the art world. Robert Cordier’s movie about medicine...

    Ghost Artist
  • 1999
    Return to Mayalan

    Return to Mayalan

    Return to Mayalan

    01999HD

    Return to Mayalan is an hour long film about the return of Guatemala's refugees to their homeland after years of exile in Mexico. The film's focus is...

    Return to Mayalan