Ron Alexander Movies
- 1968
Pas de Deux
Pas de Deux6.51968HD
Two ballet dancers perform a dance enhanced with surreal after-image visuals.
- 1965
High Steel
High Steel6.71965HD
A dizzying view of Manhattan in the 1960s, the tallest town in the world, and the men who work cloud-high to keep it growing. They are the Mohawk...
- 1965
Buster Keaton Rides Again
Buster Keaton Rides Again7.31965HD
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...
- 1966
YUL 871
YUL 8715.81966HD
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...
- 1964
Eskimo Artist: Kenojuak
Eskimo Artist: Kenojuak5.41964HD
This documentary shows how an Inuit artist's drawings are transferred to stone, printed and sold. Kenojuak Ashevak became the first woman involved...
- 1961
Golden Gloves
Golden Gloves71961HD
A classic NFB documentary about the Golden Gloves boxing tournament, the Canadian amateur's hope for success in the boxing world. This Gilles Groulx...
- 1962
September Five at Saint-Henri
September Five at Saint-Henri01962HD
This short film is a series of vignettes of life in Saint-Henri, a Montreal working-class district, on the first day of school. From dawn to...
- 1963
Of Whales, the Moon, and Men
Of Whales, the Moon, and Men7.41963HD
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...
- 1964
The End of Summer
The End of Summer6.11964HD
A 16 year old girl recalls the last moments of her summer vacation, spent with friends in the Laurentians north of Montreal. She reminisces about...
- 1965
Mosaic
Mosaic5.21965HD
A man sets a ping-pong ball into motion and it becomes fruitful and multiplies.
- 1965
The Merry World of Leopold Z
The Merry World of Leopold Z6.71965HD
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...
- 1970
When I Go - That's It!
When I Go - That's It!01970HD
Ex-fisherman Billy Crane in Brampton, Ontario, at an industrial job with regular hours. Here he tells why he left Fogo Island and says he has no...
- 1959
Les Brûlés
Les Brûlés01959HD
Pioneers struggle to establish a town in the harsh unsettled wilderness of northern Quebec during the depression.
- 1965
Mission of Fear
Mission of Fear01965HD
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.
- 1966
Paddle to the Sea
Paddle to the Sea71966HD
A boy's carved boat travels through the Canadian wilderness until it reaches the ocean.
- 1961
Louis-Joseph Papineau: The Demi-God
Louis-Joseph Papineau: The Demi-God01961HD
This short drama is a portrait of Quebec lawyer and politician Louis-Joseph Papineau (1786-1871). A proud, defiant man, skillful in parliamentary...
- 1964
Nobody Waved Goodbye
Nobody Waved Goodbye6.41964HD
A teenage boy rebels against parental authority and must face a harsh reality when he tries to live on his own.
- 1970
Act of the Heart
Act of the Heart41970HD
A woman's peculiar religious convictions lead her on a self-destructive path.
- 1963
Cornet at Night
Cornet at Night81963HD
Based on a short story by Sinclair Ross, this short film recalls rural life on the Prairies in the 1930s. In the film a farmer's young son, sent to...
- 1962
Visit to a Foreign Country
Visit to a Foreign Country6.51962HD
They come in high-powered convertibles, with cameras and curiosity, to look at French Canada and French-Canadians. Their usual objective is...