Movies: George C. Stoney

  • 1969
    Up Against the System

    Up Against the System (1969)

    Up Against the System

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    People on welfare are rarely heard. What do they go through? How do they feel? How do concerned social and welfare workers feel about the welfare system? What is welfare supposed to do? In this film, welfare recipients and social case workers talk ab...

    Up Against the System
  • 1960
    Booked for Safekeeping

    Booked for Safekeeping (1960)

    Booked for Safekeeping

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    A training film showing police officers how to deal with persons who are mentally ill....

    Booked for Safekeeping
  • 1969
    You Are on Indian Land

    You Are on Indian Land (1969)

    You Are on Indian Land

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    The territory of Akwesasne straddles the Canada-U.S. border. When Canadian authorities prohibited the duty-free cross-border passage of personal purchases - a right established by the Jay Treaty of 1794 - Kanien'kéhaka protesters blocked the internat...

    You Are on Indian Land
  • 1956
    The Boy Who Saw Through

    The Boy Who Saw Through (1956)

    The Boy Who Saw Through

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    A young boy has developed an ability to see through walls, much to the consternation of his stuffy Victorian parents....

    The Boy Who Saw Through
  • 1978
    How the Myth Was Made: A Study of Robert Flaherty's Man of Aran

    How the Myth Was Made: A Study of Robert Flaherty's Man of Aran (1978)

    How the Myth Was Made: A Study of Robert Flaherty's Man of Aran

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    American documentary film-maker George C. Stoney visits the Aran Islands to try and unravel some of the myths surrounding a film that had engrossed him as a youngster - Robert Flaherty's famous documentary "Man of Aran" released in 1934....

    How the Myth Was Made: A Study of Robert Flaherty's Man of Aran
  • 1969
    These Are My People...

    These Are My People... (1969)

    These Are My People...

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    This documentary short is the first film made by an all-Aboriginal film crew, training under the NFB's Challenge for Change Program. It was shot at Akwesasne (St. Regis Reserve). Two spokesmen explain historical and other aspects of Longhouse religio...

    These Are My People...
  • 1982
    The Weavers: Wasn't That a Time

    The Weavers: Wasn't That a Time (1982)

    The Weavers: Wasn't That a Time

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    Documentary about the blacklisted folk group The Weavers, and the events leading up to their triumphant return to Carnegie Hall....

    The Weavers: Wasn't That a Time
  • 1970
    Introduction to Labrador

    Introduction to Labrador (1970)

    Introduction to Labrador

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    This film deals with the problems affecting the remote communities of the Labrador coast--particularly the relocation of families in more populated centres that offer better employment opportunities, school and medical facilities. The role played by ...

    Introduction to Labrador
  • 1951
    Birthright

    Birthright (1951)

    Birthright

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    Chicken farmer John Lloyd learns the importance of blood tests when he gives his pregnant wife a dose of the clap after a one-night fling with a lonely waitress....

    Birthright
  • 1972
    First Transmission of ACTV

    First Transmission of ACTV (1972)

    First Transmission of ACTV

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    This video documents the first cablecast of Austin Community Television (ACTV) in which George Stoney and a group of University of Texas students assembled playback equipment on a hilltop at the cable system's head-end....

    First Transmission of ACTV
  • 1995
    The Uprising of '34

    The Uprising of '34 (1995)

    The Uprising of '34

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    Textile workers recall with pride the long- suppressed story of the General Textile Strike of 1934 when 500,000 Southern mill laborers walked off their jobs....

    The Uprising of '34
  • 1955
    The Invader

    The Invader (1955)

    The Invader

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    PSA about the history of Syphilis and the medical treatments used to combat it that's meant to raise the public awareness of the dangers of this insidious modern plague and the necessity of blood screenings and treatments....

    The Invader
  • 1949
    Palmour Street (A Study in Family Life)

    Palmour Street (A Study in Family Life) (1949)

    Palmour Street (A Study in Family Life)

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    Neorealist mental health film produced for parents and health care workers. Palmour Street shows the daily life of an African American family and demonstrates how good parenting prepares children for adulthood and nurtures emotional growth....

    Palmour Street (A Study in Family Life)
  • 1969
    When I Go - That's It!

    When I Go - That's It! (1969)

    When I Go - That's It!

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    Ex-fisherman Billy Crane in Brampton, Ontario, at an industrial job with regular hours. Here he tells why he left Fogo Island and says he has no regrets. (See also Billy Crane Moves Away.)...

    When I Go - That's It!
  • 1975
    The Shepherd of the Night Flock

    The Shepherd of the Night Flock (1975)

    The Shepherd of the Night Flock

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    The Shepherd of the Night Flock is a documentary about a jazz ministry at St. Peter's Lutheran Church in Manhattan which was led by Father John Garcia Gensel....

    The Shepherd of the Night Flock
  • 1971
    Nell and Fred

    Nell and Fred (1971)

    Nell and Fred

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    Two charming seniors consider the pros and cons of entering a "home". Do old-age institutions fit the needs of those they are designed to help?...

    Nell and Fred
  • 1969
    Under Pressure

    Under Pressure (1969)

    Under Pressure

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    Targeted toward police officers, this film discusses personal and emotional problems related to the job. Made with Cleveland Police Dept....

    Under Pressure
  • 1969
    Planning for Floods

    Planning for Floods (1969)

    Planning for Floods

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    The film was commissioned by the Environmental Defense Fund, an organization founded by Dennis Puleston and others, to raise public awareness of dangers inherent in the way we were responding to the environment a half-century ago....

    Planning for Floods
  • 1953
    All My Babies... A Midwife's Own Story

    All My Babies... A Midwife's Own Story (1953)

    All My Babies... A Midwife's Own Story

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    George Stoney investigates the living conditions, both good and bad, in the rural, segregated South....

    All My Babies... A Midwife's Own Story
  • 1971
    I Don't Think It's Meant for Us...

    I Don't Think It's Meant for Us... (1971)

    I Don't Think It's Meant for Us...

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    Tenants of public housing in Ottawa challenge the process of managing public housing projects in meetings with federal, provincial and municipal officials....

    I Don't Think It's Meant for Us...