John Greyson Movies

  • 1985
    The Jungle Boy

    The Jungle Boy

    The Jungle Boy

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    While a TV journalist examines the contradictory homo-eroticism and imperialism of a film version of Rudyard Kipling's Jungle Book, her husband...

    The Jungle Boy
  • 2014
    Gazonto

    Gazonto

    Gazonto

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    Gazonto, the fun new online video game -- bringing the Gaza war home to Hogtown! You can recreate the 2014 Israeli assault, bomb by bomb -- but hey,...

    Gazonto
  • 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
  • 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
  • 2026
    Sorry

    Sorry

    Sorry

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    A portrait of three young women: Luna Alyaan, a young Gaza violinist, killed by an Elbit drone; Eden Golan, a Zionist singer who represented Israel...

    Sorry
  • 2012
    Green Laser

    Green Laser

    Green Laser

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    In June 2011, John Greyson joined a freedom flotilla trying to sail to Gaza to break Israel's blockade. Green Laser weaves together interviews and...

    Green Laser
  • 2021
    International Dawn Chorus Day

    International Dawn Chorus Day

    International Dawn Chorus Day

    02021HD

    Birds from six continents on a zoom call gossip about the deaths of Egyptian filmmaker Shady Habash and Egyptian queer activist Sarah Hegazi.

    International Dawn Chorus Day
  • 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
  • 1987
    Black and Light

    Black and Light

    Black and Light

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    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...

    Black and Light
  • 1987
    The ADS Epidemic

    The ADS Epidemic

    The ADS Epidemic

    01987HD

    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
  • 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
  • 1990
    No Way Charlie Brown

    No Way Charlie Brown

    No Way Charlie Brown

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    This documentary portrait of environmental activist Lou Figurelli was produced by a workshop group at Staten Island Community TV, with John Greyson...

    No Way Charlie Brown
  • 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
  • 2023
    The Floating Man

    The Floating Man

    The Floating Man

    02023HD

    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
  • 1985
    No Voice Over

    No Voice Over

    No Voice Over

    01985HD

    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
  • 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
  • 1989
    The Pink Pimpernel

    The Pink Pimpernel

    The Pink Pimpernel

    01989HD

    An intertextual essay retelling the reactionary French Revolution thriller The Scarlet Pimpernel and featuring Percy as an apolitical dandy and his...

    The Pink Pimpernel
  • 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
  • 2009
    Fig Trees

    Fig Trees

    Fig Trees

    52009HD

    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
  • 2010
    Captifs d'amour

    Captifs d'amour

    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”,...

    Captifs d'amour