John Greyson Movies
- 1988
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...
- 1985
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...
- 1980
He's a Growing Boy, She's Turning Forty
He's a Growing Boy, She's Turning Forty01980HD
Two main characters, a young gay man, and his female (heterosexual) boss exchange stories about their personal problems, (his difficulties about...
- 1986
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...
- 1985
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...
- 1989
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...
- 1987
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...
- 1985
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,...
- 2010
Captifs d'amour
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Irony abounds in this split screen depiction of unjustified imprisonment. Greyson traces Jean Genet’s “Un Chant d’Amour”,...
- 2008
Rex vs. Singh
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In 1915, two Sikh mill-workers, Dalip Singh and Naina Singh, were entrapped by undercover cops and accused of sodomy. Their story becomes a...
- 2013
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....
- 2022
Mariposa
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In 2021, aspiring chef Phelokazi Ndlwana was stabbed to death because she fought back against her rapist. She was targeted specifically because she...
- 2014
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,...
- 1984
You Taste American
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Michel Focault and Tennessee Williams meet the police in Orillia, Ontario, in this mixed media performance film about the 1983 Canadian washroom...
- 2008
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,...
- 2012
Green Laser
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In June 2011, John Greyson joined a freedom flotilla trying to sail to Gaza to break Israel's blockade. Green Laser weaves together interviews and...
- 1981
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,...
- 1989
The Great AZT Debate
The Great AZT Debate01989HD
AIDS activists discuss the merits and harms of AZT, one of the first drugs approved to treat HIV.
- 1989
The World is Sick (sic)
The World is Sick (sic)01989HD
An experimental documentary on the activist interventions at the Fifth International Conference on AIDS in Montreal, in June 1989. While making fun...
- 1980
The First Draft
The First Draft01980HD
Canada resurrects the compulsory draft, but refuses to allow gays to enlist. Taking the form of a fictional community-access documentary, The First...