John Greyson Movies

  • 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
  • 1993
    Zero Patience

    Zero Patience

    Zero Patience

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    The ghost of "patient zero", who allegedly first brought AIDS to North America - materialises and tries to contact old friends. Meanwhile, the...

    Zero Patience
  • 1985
    Say Cheese for a Trans-Canadian Look

    Say Cheese for a Trans-Canadian Look

    Say Cheese for a Trans-Canadian Look

    01985HD

    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
  • 2015
    Masculinity/Femininity

    Masculinity/Femininity

    Masculinity/Femininity

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    Masculinity/Femininity is an experimental film project interrogating normative notions of gender, sexuality and performance. Shot primarily on Super...

    Masculinity/Femininity
  • 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
  • 2008
    Rex vs. Singh

    Rex vs. Singh

    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...

    Rex vs. Singh
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1997
    Lilies

    Lilies

    Lilies

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    1952: Bishop Bilodeau visits a prison to hear the confession of Simon, a boyhood friend jailed for murder 40 years ago. However, once there, Bilodeau...

    Lilies
  • 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
  • 2022
    Photo Booth

    Photo Booth

    Photo Booth

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    Outraged by the latest bombing of Gaza, Palestinian queer activists Hamza and Walid recruit queer novelist Jean Genet to help them sabotage the...

    Photo Booth
  • 1987
    The ADS Epidemic

    The ADS Epidemic

    The ADS Epidemic

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    A short remake of Luchino Visconti's Death in Venice where instead of a cholera epidemic it's the "Acquired Dread of Sex" (ADS) epidemic.

    The ADS Epidemic
  • 1997
    Uncut

    Uncut

    Uncut

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    Circumcision and artistic freedom concern three homosexuals, denied communication during a surreal jail stay.

    Uncut
  • 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
  • 2009
    Fig Trees

    Fig Trees

    Fig Trees

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    FIG TREES is a documentary opera about AIDS activists Tim McCaskell of Toronto and Zackie Achmat of Capetown as they fight for access to treatment...

    Fig Trees
  • 1989
    The World is Sick (sic)

    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...

    The World is Sick (sic)
  • 2023
    Death Mask

    Death Mask

    Death Mask

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    This experimental opera reenacts the lesser known history of Chinese medical student Li Shiu Tong, and his lover Magnus Hirschfeld, a much older...

    Death Mask
  • 2003
    Proteus

    Proteus

    Proteus

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    An exquisite period piece that skillfully explores the intersections of sex, race and politics takes place in 18th century South Africa, telling the...

    Proteus
  • 2000
    The Law of Enclosures

    The Law of Enclosures

    The Law of Enclosures

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    Story of the same couple, first in their teenage years and then in their twilight years, paradoxically set in the same time during the backdrop of...

    The Law of Enclosures