John Greyson Movies
- 2017
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...
- 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...
- 1985
No Voice Over
No Voice Over01985HD
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...
- 1985
Norman McLaren and Claude Jutra Safer Sex Short
Norman McLaren and Claude Jutra Safer Sex Short01985HD
So is this what the kids of today are into? Well, as long as it’s safe.
- 1985
Say Cheese for a Trans-Canadian Look
Say Cheese for a Trans-Canadian Look01985HD
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
The Pink Pimpernel01989HD
An intertextual essay retelling the reactionary French Revolution thriller The Scarlet Pimpernel and featuring Percy as an apolitical dandy and his...
- 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”,...
- 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...
- 1990
No Way Charlie Brown
No Way Charlie Brown01990HD
This documentary portrait of environmental activist Lou Figurelli was produced by a workshop group at Staten Island Community TV, with John Greyson...
- 2021
International Dawn Chorus Day
International Dawn Chorus Day02021HD
Birds from six continents on a zoom call gossip about the deaths of Egyptian filmmaker Shady Habash and Egyptian queer activist Sarah Hegazi.
- 2020
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.
- 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...
- 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....
- 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...
- 1987
Black and Light
Black and Light11987HD
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...
- 2022
Mariposa
Mariposa02022HD
In 2021, aspiring chef Phelokazi Ndlwana was stabbed to death because she fought back against her rapist. She was targeted specifically because she...
- 1985
Kipling Meets the Cowboys
Kipling Meets the Cowboys11985HD
Kipling is touring North America, hoping to recruit boy scouts, and he is trailed undercover by a CIA-TV reporter. Meanwhile, a travel agent,...
- 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,...
- 1984
You Taste American
You Taste American11984HD
Michel Focault and Tennessee Williams meet the police in Orillia, Ontario, in this mixed media performance film about the 1983 Canadian washroom...
- 2006
On Message
On Message02006HD
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...