Ron Alexander Movies

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...

A childhood fantasy where dreams carry a boy far to adventure. He arrives in Canada on an ocean liner and is, in turn, a hunter of polar bear, a...

The story of two young women who go to the city to work in a dress factory, and who share a room to ease their expenses and their loneliness. The...

An aging union leader, after a lifetime of service for the cause, finds that he has outlived his usefulness and esteem among the workers of his...

Three politically incorrect lesbians talk about being lesbian.

The old spirit of the Yukon returns as Dawson City prepares for its Discovery Day celebrations. Witness a round of nostalgic scenes: a main street...

A young, unmarried teenager finds herself pregnant. The film mirrors the state of her mind as she worries about the possible positive and negative...

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...

A film for teachers, describing the use of the "discovery method" in teaching. All it needs is a teacher whose encouragement is natural and...

A woman's peculiar religious convictions lead her on a self-destructive path.

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...

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...

Story of a young boy and his grandpa, a carpenter with a hearing impairment. The young boy frolics joyfully in the rural landscape, but eventually...

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

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....

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...

The epic story of the opening of the Canadian West and the drought that brought the Depression in the thirties. This is the saga of a family who left...

Canadian concert pianist Glenn Gould enjoys a respite at his lakeside cottage. It is an aspect of Gould previously known only to the collie pacing...

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...

A worker, called in a hurry to remove the snow in the city street, try to buy his remaining gifts in the tumult of Christmas eve without quitting his...