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John Kemeny

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John Kemeny was a Hungarian-Canadian film producer whom the Toronto Star called "the forgotten giant of Canadian film history and...the most successful producer in Canadian history."

17-04-1925

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When Trumpets Fade

When Trumpets Fade

In WWII Western Germany, Private David Manning reluctantly leaves behind a mortally wounded fellow soldier and searches for survivors from his platoon, only to learn from commanding officer Captain Pritchett that they have all been killed in action. Despite requesting a discharge on the grounds of mental disability, Manning is promoted to sergeant and assigned to lead a new platoon of young inductees.
6.6

Year:

1998

Dead Silence

Dead Silence

Three escaped convicts take a group of deaf students hostage.
5.8

Year:

1997

Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story

Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story

For a generation, the mobs main money machine was the Teamsters Union. When Jimmy Hoffa disappeared, the fight was on to see who could follow him. Jackie Presser was the son of a long time union board member and when he retired, Jackie was elevated to one of the most powerful position in the country; President of the Teamsters Union.
5.3

Year:

1992

The Josephine Baker Story

The Josephine Baker Story

Biography of the African-American who became a major performer in the Paris cabarets of the 1920s and 1930s. The film follows her life beginning as a struggling performer in 1917 St. Louis, her frustrations leading to her move to France, and follows to her death in 1975. Written by John Sacksteder
6.5

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1991

Hungarian Requiem

Hungarian Requiem

1958. In the cell of the condemned, seven men await the signs of an approaching execution. All of them recall their pasts and envision their wish-dreams.
2.0

Year:

1990

Gate II

Gate II

It's been five years since Terry's friend Glen discovered The Gate to hell in his backyard. Glen has now moved away and Terry begins practicing rituals in Glen's old house and eventually bringing back demons through The Gate and leading to demoniac possession and near world domination.
5.5

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1990

Red King, White Knight

Red King, White Knight

The CIA hears of a KGB scheme to assassinate the Soviet General Secretary and enlists Stoner, an agent retired for 10 years, to go to Russia to investigate. He verifies the plot, but then has trouble leaving the country. In the meantime, the U.S. policy makers struggle over whether or not to inform the Soviets of the plot. Stoner's problems are complicated by the renewal of an affair with Anna, a Russian, as he tries to convince her to defect.
5.7

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1989

Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story

Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story

A biographical portrayal of Simon Wiesenthal, famous Nazi Hunter. From his imprisonment in a Nazi Concentration Camp, the film follows his liberation and his rise to become one of the leading Nazi hunters in the world, bringing such criminals to justice as Adolf Eichmann and Klaus Barbee. (Written by Anthony Hughes)
6.6

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1989

Iron Eagle II

Iron Eagle II

Chappy Sinclair is called to gather together a mixed Soviet/U.S. strike force that will perform a surgical strike on a massively defended nuclear missile site in the Middle East. Chappy finds that getting the Soviet and U.S. Pilots to cooperate is only the most minor of his problems as he discovers someone in the Pentagon is actively sabotaging his mission.
4.4

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1988

Nowhere to Hide

Nowhere to Hide

Marine officer Rob Cutter and his wife Barbara have a son named Johnny. Rob discovers that two newly delivered helicopters in his squadron have crashed because a defective part, a C-ring, has been made of a weaker, less expensive alloy. Before Rob can go public with this, Rob is killed on the orders of corrupt General Howard, who did not want Rob to go public with the defective part. Howard believes that Barbara, who is also a marine, now has the part, so Howard and his henchmen set out to kill Barbara and Johnny and get the part, but Howard is underestimating what Barbara is willing to do to protect Johnny.
6.3

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1987

The Gate

The Gate

Three young children accidentally release a horde of nasty, pint-sized demons from a hole in a suburban backyard. What follows is a classic battle between good and evil as the three kids struggle to overcome a nightmarish hell that is literally taking over the Earth.
6.0

Year:

1987

The Wraith

The Wraith

Packard Walsh and his motorized gang control and terrorize an Arizona desert town where they force drivers to drag-race so they can 'win' their vehicles. After Walsh beats the decent teenager Jamie Hankins to death after finding him with his girlfriend, a mysterious power creates Jake Kesey, an extremely cool motor-biker who has a car which is invincible. Jake befriends Jamie's girlfriend Keri Johnson, takes Jamie's sweet brother Bill under his wing and manages what Sheriff Loomis couldn't; eliminate Packard's criminal gang the hard way...
6.4

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1986

The Park Is Mine

The Park Is Mine

A Vietnam vet takes forceful control of Central Park to remember those who served and died in the Vietnam War.
5.5

Year:

1986

The Boy in Blue

The Boy in Blue

Ned Hanlan was Canada's most successful sculling champion at the turn of the 20th century. This dramatization of his life begins in his youth, when the wild young man is informally adopted by a gambler who promotes Ned on the sculling circuit, betting on the boy's rowing skills solely to make money off him. Later, a ruthless businessman named Knox takes over Ned's career, but when Ned realizes how dishonest Knox is, he finds another manager. Walter is an inventor and the first honest man Ned has dealt with in his career and, under Walter's guidance, Ned rises to great success in the sculling world.
4.7

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1986

The Bay Boy

The Bay Boy

A Roman Catholic teenage boy in Glace Bay, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia during the 1930s faces various growing-up problems: Should be become a priest? What should he do about the murder he witnessed, committed by a local cop and upstanding parishioner? And how far should he go with his girl friend, who happens to be the murderer's daughter?
5.8

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1984

The Blood of Others

The Blood of Others

In the German-occupied Paris, Helene is torn between the love for her boyfriend Jean, working for the resistance and the German administrator Bergmann, who will do anything to gain her affection.
5.0

Year:

1984

Louisiana

Louisiana

Virginia Tregan returns to her home in the U.S. Deep South from a sojourn in Paris only to discover that her family plantation and its holdings have been lost. She determines to recoup her family's fortune.
4.1

Year:

1984

Atlantic City

Atlantic City

In a corrupt city, a small-time gangster and the estranged wife of a pot dealer find themselves thrown together in an escapade of love, money, drugs and danger.
6.8

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1980

Ice Castles

Ice Castles

Alexis is on top of the world until a tragic accident dashes her hopes and dreams of becoming a world-class figure skater. Only with the help of those who love her can she prove to the world — and herself — that she still has the potential to realize her dreams.
7.3

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1978

Shadow of the Hawk

Shadow of the Hawk

Jan-Michael Vincent stars as Mike, the grandson of Native American shaman Old Man Hawk who is called back to his village to help defeat evil forces threatening the tribe. After years of living in the city and working in a business world altogether apart from his roots, Mike is contacted by a freelance reporter, Maureen, who was enlisted by Old Man Hawk to track his grandson. When Mike assents to returning with Maureen, they find that the village is beset by the evil spirit of an ancient sorceress, Dsonoqua, animating beasts and objects and causing strange, deadly accidents. Only the heir of the tribe’s shaman can stand in the way of the evil and protect his people, but will Mike be able to harness his power in time?
5.9

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1976

White Line Fever

White Line Fever

An independent trucker with a pregnant wife fights cargo crooks and the big shot they work for.
6.1

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1975

The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz

The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz

The younger son of a working-class Jewish family in Montreal, Duddy Kravitz yearns to make a name for himself in society. This film chronicles his short and dubious rise to power, as well as his changing relationships with family and friends. Along the way the film explores the themes of anti-semitism and the responsibilities which come with adulthood.
5.8

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1974

The World Of Enrico Fermi

The World Of Enrico Fermi

A biography of Enrico Fermi, the scientist who discovered the chain reaction in nuclear physics. Follows his career in Italy and later in America, and his meetings with other scientists, including Mme Curie, Einstein, Oppenheimer and Pauli. Produced by Harvard Project Physics with a grant from the Ford Foundation.
0.0

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1970

Untouched and Pure

Untouched and Pure

This is a very unusual and original film, breaking new ground in filmmaking methods as well as in ways of viewing things. All the usual facts about Sweden have been given a hundred times over, and often in better forms than film can offer, but in this film the director has launched into a form of cinematic observation and commentary that offers an entirely new experience of things Swedish.
0.0

Year:

1970

Don't Let the Angels Fall

Don't Let the Angels Fall

The lives of a businessman and his family begin to spiral downward after he has an affair at an insurance convention.
8.8

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1969

The Best Damn Fiddler from Calabogie to Kaladar

The Best Damn Fiddler from Calabogie to Kaladar

"The Best Damn Fiddler from Calabogie to Kaladar" tells the story of Emery Prometer, a proud bush worker in Ottawa Valley, resisting government aid to support his family. The film compassionately depicts their struggles and the resolve of Emery's daughter, Rosie, (Margot Kidder in her film debut) to break the cycle of poverty through education. This '60s NFB standout authentically portrays their dignity amid hardship, showcasing Canadian filmmaking despite hurdles from private broadcasters' cost concerns. The Best Damn Fiddler from Calabogie to Kaladar won eight Canadian Film Awards, including Best Picture (John Kemeny, Barrie Howells), Director (Peter Pearson), Cinematography (Tony Ianzelo), Screenplay (Joan Finnegan) and Lead Actor (Chris Wiggins).
6.0

Year:

1969

Deciding to Organize

Deciding to Organize

From the Organizing for Power: The Alinsky Approach series, this short documentary shows a group of concerned citizens from Dayton, Ohio, meeting and consulting Saul Alinsky on the means of creating an effective organization.
0.0

Year:

1968

Through Conflict to Negotiation

Through Conflict to Negotiation

This documentary follows a community action group led by American community organizer and writer Saul Alinsky in Rochester, New York. Together, they confront the community's largest employer on the issue of corporate responsibility and the employment of minority groups.
0.0

Year:

1968

Introduction to Fogo Island

Introduction to Fogo Island

This film introduces the Fogo Island/Newfoundland Project series which is an experiment in how film can be a catalyst for social change by serving as a direct means of communication. It gives some basic facts about Fogo Island, Newfoundland, and explains why it was chosen for the film project.
0.0

Year:

1968

Andrew Britt at Shoal Bay

Andrew Britt at Shoal Bay

By using film as a means of communication, the people of Fogo Island, Newfoundland, voice some of their daily concerns. This film discusses fishermen's cooperation, the need for a fish plant, and adult education.
0.0

Year:

1967

Sabre and Foil

Sabre and Foil

The ancient and deadly sport of fencing, demonstrated by world masters in competition. The film is not a record of individual duels but it does capture the cool, merciless attack in a way to focus the eye on every swift maneuver. The cold clash of steel on steel, the staccato pound of feet, the strange, sculptured postures of the masked, white figures - all make absorbing, convincing viewing.
0.0

Year:

1967

Encounter at Kwacha House - Halifax

Encounter at Kwacha House - Halifax

This short film presents a lively discussion between black and white youths at the interracial club in Halifax, touching on racial discrimination in employment, housing, education and interpersonal relations.
0.0

Year:

1967

The Children of Fogo Island

The Children of Fogo Island

The magic island of Fogo, seen from the eyes of the kids and the reason why its inhabitants will never leave it.
6.0

Year:

1967

Halifax Neighbourhood Center Project

Halifax Neighbourhood Center Project

Shows a campaign launched in Halifax in 1967 to probe the core of poverty in that city--low incomes, ill health and inadequate housing affect more than twelve thousand people in the central area. The project combines the efforts of local agencies with those of government agencies to alleviate these conditions.
0.0

Year:

1967

Discussion on Welfare

Discussion on Welfare

A discussion about the effects of welfare on Fogo Island residents.
0.0

Year:

1967

Jim Decker Builds a Longliner

Jim Decker Builds a Longliner

By using film as a catalyst for change, the people of Fogo Island, Newfoundland, voice some of their daily concerns. This film shows how one of the Islanders built a longliner (a fishing boat using long lines) with the help of his friends, overcoming the problems of financing and the lack of tools and government support.
0.0

Year:

1967

Ride for Your Life

Ride for Your Life

This short documentary is about Mike Duff, a Canadian motorcycle racer, and the sport that almost killed him. After a near-fatal crash in Japan and extensive surgery and therapy, Duff returned to racing to claim two victories in Canadian races. Though the sport takes its toll on the lives of his friends and fellow competitors annually, the racer explains he can’t give up just yet – not before winning a world championship.
0.0

Year:

1967

Tom Best on Co-operatives

Tom Best on Co-operatives

A discussion of the problems and efficacy of a fishermen's cooperative.
0.0

Year:

1967

McGraths at Home and Fishing

McGraths at Home and Fishing

A discussion about Fogo Island fishing, with some criticisms of the longliners.
0.0

Year:

1967

Billy Crane Moves Away

Billy Crane Moves Away

This short documentary features Newfoundland fisherman Billy Crane, who speaks frankly on the state of the inshore fishery and how the lack of government support has contributed to the industry’s downfall. He is being forced to leave home to seek employment in Toronto. This film was made with the Challenge for Change program.
0.0

Year:

1967

Some Problems of Fogo

Some Problems of Fogo

By using film as a means of communication, the people of Fogo Island, Newfoundland, voice some of their daily concerns and thoughts about the future. Some of the problems discussed are the fishermen's unions, the fish plant, able-bodied men on welfare, the problems of education, and the issue of the consolidation of schools.
0.0

Year:

1967

The Merchant and the Teacher

The Merchant and the Teacher

This short film presents a discussion about the role of merchants on Fogo Island, and of the feasibility of cooperatives.
0.0

Year:

1967

William Wells Talks About The Island

William Wells Talks About The Island

William Wells defends the viability of Fogo Island and expresses his apprehension about the exodus of young people.
0.0

Year:

1967

A Wedding and Party

A Wedding and Party

In this short film, we witness two Fogo Island festivities: a Roman Catholic wedding in Joe Batts Arm South and a party with music and dancing in Joe Batts Arm North.
0.0

Year:

1967

The Circle

The Circle

Produced in 1967, this black and white film is an inmate's view of Daytop, a drug treatment centre on Staten Island, New York, where addicts learn to get along without drugs. Uncompromising, often brutal group therapy sessions are designed to shake loose the excuses a victim makes for himself. The people and situations shown are authentic; only one actor was employed. The results obtained at Daytop are regarded by some psychiatrists as a breakthrough.
0.0

Year:

1967

Joe Kinsella on Education

Joe Kinsella on Education

Joe Kinsella talks about the problem of young people leaving Fogo Island after they finish their education.
0.0

Year:

1967

Fogo's Expatriates

Fogo's Expatriates

Individuals who have moved away from Fogo Island express their opinions on the life and problems of the Island.
0.0

Year:

1967

Thoughts on Fogo and Norway

Thoughts on Fogo and Norway

A discussion on the methods of fishing, marketing, organization and welfare in Norway, with reference to the situation on Fogo Island.
0.0

Year:

1967

Fishermen's Meeting

Fishermen's Meeting

By using film as a means of communication, the people of Fogo Island, Newfoundland, voice some of their daily concerns. In this film, some of the problems discussed are the lack of fish and the inability to market any species but cod.
0.0

Year:

1967

A Woman's Place

A Woman's Place

Two women discuss the roles and problems of women, education, and shopping on Fogo Island.
0.0

Year:

1967

The Songs of Chris Cobb

The Songs of Chris Cobb

By using film as a means of communication, the people of Fogo Island, Newfoundland, voice some of their daily concerns. In this film, Islander Chris Cobb sings his own songs and recites his poems about the old days and the recent changes on Fogo.
0.0

Year:

1967

Encounter with Saul Alinsky - Part 1: CYC Toronto

Encounter with Saul Alinsky - Part 1: CYC Toronto

This documentary short captures a lively confrontation between the American community organizer and writer Saul Alinsky, and the members of the Conpany of Young Canadians (CYC). Among other topics, the parties argue and disagree about the means and costs of securing social change.
0.0

Year:

1967

Jim Decker's Party

Jim Decker's Party

A rollicking Newfoundland party on Fogo Island.
0.0

Year:

1967

The Things I Cannot Change

The Things I Cannot Change

"This feature documentary is considered to be the forerunner of the NFB's Challenge for Change Program. The film offers in inside look at 3 weeks in the life of the Bailey family. Trouble with the police, begging for stale bread, and the birth of another child are just some of the issues they face. Through it all, the father tries to explain his family's predicament. Although filmed in Montreal, the film offers an anatomy of poverty as it occurs throughout North America." - NFB
10.0

Year:

1967

Citizen Discussions

Citizen Discussions

By using film as a means of communication, the people of Fogo Island, Newfoundland, voice some of their concerns. This film discusses efforts to obtain provincial support for the United Maritimes Fisheries Co-op to run the Seldom fish plant, and comments on the subsequent decision by the Newfoundland government in favour of the Yellow Fish Company.
0.0

Year:

1967

Dan Roberts on Fishing

Dan Roberts on Fishing

Through the use of film as a means of communication, the people of Fogo Island, Newfoundland, voice some of their daily concerns. This film looks at the success of the longliner and the problems encountered in obtaining and running it.
0.0

Year:

1967

The Story of the Up Top

The Story of the Up Top

The story of how one Fogo Island family managed to raise an old passenger boat from where it had been sitting for four years, and to renovate it for use as a fishing boat, despite lack of capital and government aid.
0.0

Year:

1967

Brian Earle on Merchants and Welfare

Brian Earle on Merchants and Welfare

A look at the relationships among the Fogo Island merchants and fishermen, and at the demoralizing effects welfare has on them.
0.0

Year:

1967

The Fogo Island Improvement Committee

The Fogo Island Improvement Committee

The Fogo Island Improvement Committee discusses the building of a speaking platform for the anticipated visit of the Newfoundland premier.
0.0

Year:

1967

The Founding of the Co-operatives

The Founding of the Co-operatives

A record of the founding meeting of the Fogo Island Ship Building and Producer Co-operative.
0.0

Year:

1967

The Mercer Family

The Mercer Family

The Mercer family discusses the pressures that force the young people to leave Fogo Island and their families.
0.0

Year:

1967

Ladies and Gentlemen, Mr. Leonard Cohen

Ladies and Gentlemen, Mr. Leonard Cohen

A 1964 documentary portrait of Cohen in his pre-musician days as a poet and stand-up comedian.
7.2

Year:

1966

Little White Crimes

Little White Crimes

A tale from downtown, where the morality of business is not always as transparent as the shining glass fronts of the office buildings. The film follows the adventures of a young man on the way up, intent on building an image to match his ambitions. In doing so he leaves a trail of hurt feelings among those he uses as steps toward his goal.
0.0

Year:

1966

The Game

The Game

It’s the typical boy-meets-girl game, but played without rules and at a time when the boy must prove himself. Touching on the subject of teenage sexuality, the film shows that the game often starts with a challenge to the boy’s masculine ego from his peers.
0.0

Year:

1966

Trawler Fishermen

Trawler Fishermen

This short film was shot on the Grand Banks of Newfoundland and shows off the new technology employed on modern fishing boats in the mid-1960s. The featured trawler is open-stern style, allowing full nets to be dragged easily from the sea then lifted to release the silvery catch into the cleaning troughs. -NFB
0.0

Year:

1966

Miner

Miner

Impressions of a hardrock miner's life, suitable for the classroom, filmed at the Falconbridge Nickel Mine at Sudbury, Ontario, and showing also the increasing use of nickel in today's space age. Much of what is shown was filmed in the dim world far underground where, "in a bubble of air in a solid mass of rock," the miner drills the ore face.
0.0

Year:

1966

You're No Good

You're No Good

Troubled youth Eddie McGeer, on a whim, steals a motorcycle and takes it on a short joy ride with his girlfriend Marie before they ditch it when they hear police sirens. Indeed, the police do know he stole the bike. Eddie doesn't know what to do except hang low for for while and dream about getting away from his troubles by going someplace like Acapulco with Marie. He tells his friends that they haven't seen him if anyone asks. He doesn't tell his mother what trouble he's in this time. And his social worker, knowing something is the matter, tries to get him to at least open up to him. Eddie eventually does tell his social worker, who knows that Eddie is not a bad kid but a scared one who needed to grow up far too quickly. Only Eddie can decide to take his advice to turn himself in, or continue to run, especially as Marie seems to be distancing herself further and further from him
0.0

Year:

1965

Bethune

Bethune

A film biography of Dr. Norman Bethune, the Canadian doctor who served with the loyalists during the Spanish Civil War and with the North Chinese Army during the Sino-Japanese War. In Spain he pioneered the world's first mobile blood-transfusion service; in China his work behind battle lines to save the wounded has made him a legendary figure. This hour-long documentary film pieces together his remarkable career.
5.0

Year:

1964