Ron Alexander Filmes

  • 1966
    Knowing to Learn

    Knowing to Learn

    Knowing to Learn

    01966HD

    This feature documentary about education explores the mid-century state of learning in the classrooms of North America. New approaches to learning...

    Knowing to Learn
  • 1959
    Glenn Gould: On the Record

    Glenn Gould: On the Record

    Glenn Gould: On the Record

    7.81959HD

    This short documentary (the second of two parts) follows Glenn Gould to New York City. There, we see the renowned Canadian concert pianist kidding...

    Glenn Gould: On the Record
  • 1961
    Circle of the Sun

    Circle of the Sun

    Circle of the Sun

    7.51961HD

    A young man of the Kainai Nation (Blood tribe) shows us contemporary life of people as he attends a Sun Dance ceremony with the tribe.

    Circle of the Sun
  • 1966
    Helicopter Canada

    Helicopter Canada

    Helicopter Canada

    6.41966HD

    A view from a helicopter of the ten Canadian provinces in 1966. The result is a big, beautiful and engrossing bird's-eye portrait of the country....

    Helicopter Canada
  • 1959
    Les Brûlés

    Les Brûlés

    Les Brûlés

    01959HD

    Pioneers struggle to establish a town in the harsh unsettled wilderness of northern Quebec during the depression.

    Les Brûlés
  • 1961
    Louis-Joseph Papineau: The Demi-God

    Louis-Joseph Papineau: The Demi-God

    Louis-Joseph Papineau: The Demi-God

    01961HD

    This short drama is a portrait of Quebec lawyer and politician Louis-Joseph Papineau (1786-1871). A proud, defiant man, skillful in parliamentary...

    Louis-Joseph Papineau: The Demi-God
  • 1976
    Seconds to Play

    Seconds to Play

    Seconds to Play

    01976HD

    A documentary detailing the live ABC broadcasting of a 1975 college football game from the Los Angeles Memorial Colosseum, between the Ohio State...

    Seconds to Play
  • 1972
    When I Go - That's It!

    When I Go - That's It!

    When I Go - That's It!

    01972HD

    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...

    When I Go - That's It!
  • 1962
    Strangers for the Day

    Strangers for the Day

    Strangers for the Day

    01962HD

    This short documentary shows the reactions of European immigrants as they land in Halifax at the beginning of the 1960s. From the port, we follow...

    Strangers for the Day
  • 1986
    Lesbians

    Lesbians

    Lesbians

    01986HD

    Three politically incorrect lesbians talk about being lesbian.

    Lesbians
  • 1958
    The Snowshoers

    The Snowshoers

    The Snowshoers

    5.61958HD

    This short documentary records the celebration and ritual surrounding a snowshoe competition in Sherbrooke in the late 1950s. The film marked the...

    The Snowshoers
  • 1963
    Of Whales, the Moon, and Men

    Of Whales, the Moon, and Men

    Of Whales, the Moon, and Men

    7.41963HD

    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...

    Of Whales, the Moon, and Men
  • 1964
    Haida Carver

    Haida Carver

    Haida Carver

    01964HD

    On Canada's Pacific coast this film finds a young Haida artist, Robert Davidson, shaping miniature totems from argillite, a jet-like stone. The film...

    Haida Carver
  • 1959
    Tourist Go Home

    Tourist Go Home

    Tourist Go Home

    01959HD

    This short film is a humorous look at the tourist industry in Canada. In tongue-in-cheek fashion, it points out the importance of good public...

    Tourist Go Home
  • 1963
    Trans-Canada Journey

    Trans-Canada Journey

    Trans-Canada Journey

    01963HD

    A jetliner spans the miles, sheering through clouds to open sky and scenic vistas of the provinces below. Glimpses of town and country, of people of...

    Trans-Canada Journey
  • 1966
    Stravinsky

    Stravinsky

    Stravinsky

    7.71966HD

    This documentary is an informal portrait of the great modern composer Igor Stravinsky. Proudly American, though still very much an Old World figure...

    Stravinsky
  • 1972
    Ballet Adagio

    Ballet Adagio

    Ballet Adagio

    6.91972HD

    A slow-motion study by Norman McLaren of the pas-de-deux adagio, one of the most exacting and difficult dances of classical ballet. A ballet...

    Ballet Adagio
  • 1958
    A Foreign Language

    A Foreign Language

    A Foreign Language

    01958HD

    This film observes, in a Montréal public school, the teaching of English to immigrant children. To thousands of children arriving in Canada...

    A Foreign Language
  • 1964
    Country Auction

    Country Auction

    Country Auction

    01964HD

    Household effects and farm implements under the hammer. Here is the auctioneer's cajoling patter, the jostling crowd, pungent observations from one...

    Country Auction
  • 1959
    Télesphore Légaré, garde-pêche

    Télesphore Légaré, garde-pêche

    Télesphore Légaré, garde-pêche

    01959HD

    Télesphore Légaré, garde-pêche