Ron Alexander Movies

  • 1966
    The Quiet Racket

    The Quiet Racket

    The Quiet Racket

    01966HD

    This short film tells the amusing tale of a man who feels the common urge to escape the city's noise for the weekend. Made without words, but with a...

    The Quiet Racket
  • 1958
    A Foreign Language

    A Foreign Language

    A Foreign Language

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    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
  • 1960
    The Cars in Your Life

    The Cars in Your Life

    The Cars in Your Life

    01960HD

    A light, humorous look at the motor car and the great North American itch for a place on the road. From the comparative peace of Honest Joe's...

    The Cars in Your Life
  • 1967
    A Child in His Country

    A Child in His Country

    A Child in His Country

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    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...

    A Child in His Country
  • 1959
    Télesphore Légaré, garde-pêche

    Télesphore Légaré, garde-pêche

    Télesphore Légaré, garde-pêche

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    Télesphore Légaré, garde-pêche
  • 1966
    Cityscape: Impressions of a City

    Cityscape: Impressions of a City

    Cityscape: Impressions of a City

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    In this experimental animated short, Ryan Larkin (Walking) creates a series of figures who move across the screen and disappear into a hole....

    Cityscape: Impressions of a City
  • 1961
    Festival in Puerto Rico

    Festival in Puerto Rico

    Festival in Puerto Rico

    01961HD

    This short documentary features Canadian contralto Maureen Forrester as she sings at the Festival Casals, a musical event founded by the great...

    Festival in Puerto Rico
  • 1964
    Fields of Sacrifice

    Fields of Sacrifice

    Fields of Sacrifice

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    This 1964 documentary returns to the battlefields where over 100,000 Canadian soldiers lost their lives in the First and Second World Wars. The film...

    Fields of Sacrifice
  • 1967
    A Search for Learning

    A Search for Learning

    A Search for Learning

    01967HD

    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 Search for Learning
  • 1967
    Waiting for Caroline

    Waiting for Caroline

    Waiting for Caroline

    01967HD

    An indecisive young woman with an abnormal devotion to her father can't decide on which of her two boyfriends she should end her relationship with.

    Waiting for Caroline
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1964
    Percé on the Rocks

    Percé on the Rocks

    Percé on the Rocks

    01964HD

    This quirky little short by Gilles Carle was filmed on the pierced rock that stands near Quebec’s Gaspé peninsula. It is perhaps the...

    Percé on the Rocks