John Greyson Movies

  • 1996
    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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 2023
    The Floating Man

    The Floating Man

    The Floating Man

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    This intimate documentary unpacks Michael V. Smith's journey as a self-described sissy with a body he found humiliating as he developed his art to...

    The Floating Man
  • 1980
    He's a Growing Boy, She's Turning Forty

    He's a Growing Boy, She's Turning Forty

    He's a Growing Boy, She's Turning Forty

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    Two main characters, a young gay man, and his female (heterosexual) boss exchange stories about their personal problems, (his difficulties about...

    He's a Growing Boy, She's Turning Forty
  • 1986
    A Moffie Called Simon

    A Moffie Called Simon

    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...

    A Moffie Called Simon
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1985
    Say Cheese for a Trans-Canadian Look

    Say Cheese for a Trans-Canadian Look

    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...

    Say Cheese for a Trans-Canadian Look
  • 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
  • 1997
    Uncut

    Uncut

    Uncut

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

    Uncut
  • 2011
    The Ballad of Roy and Silo

    The Ballad of Roy and Silo

    The Ballad of Roy and Silo

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    Two gay penguins receive an all-expenses paid, same-sex wedding in Toronto. There's a catch, however - the couple must serve as spokesmodels for a...

    The Ballad of Roy and Silo
  • 2008
    14.3 Seconds

    14.3 Seconds

    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,...

    14.3 Seconds
  • 1988
    Urinal

    Urinal

    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...

    Urinal
  • 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
  • 1984
    You Taste American

    You Taste American

    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...

    You Taste American
  • 1986
    Moscow Does Not Believe in Queers

    Moscow Does Not Believe in Queers

    Moscow Does Not Believe in Queers

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    Documentary about the ten days the director spent in Moscow, during the 1986 Moscow Youth Festival, as kind of a gay delegate.

    Moscow Does Not Believe in Queers
  • 1996
    After the Bath

    After the Bath

    After the Bath

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    Expose into how the news story of a kiddie porn bust was fabricated / sensationalized / distorted by police officials, journalists and social workers...

    After the Bath
  • 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