Robin Spry Movies

  • 1973
    Action : The October Crisis of 1970

    Action : The October Crisis of 1970

    Action : The October Crisis of 1970

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    A long and thoughtful look at those desperate days of October 1970, when Montréal awaited the outcome of FLQ terrorist acts. This film puts the...

    Action : The October Crisis of 1970
  • 1965
    You Don't Back Down

    You Don't Back Down

    You Don't Back Down

    01965HD

    In Nigeria, a young Canadian doctor serves in a local mission hospital and learns much from the experience. Stationed abroad under the Canadian...

    You Don't Back Down
  • 1972
    Québec: Duplessis and After ...

    Québec: Duplessis and After ...

    Québec: Duplessis and After ...

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    This film establishes a parallel between the 1970 electoral campaign in Québec and the 1936 campaign dominated by Maurice Duplessis. It shows...

    Québec: Duplessis and After ...
  • 1973
    Reaction: A Portrait of a Society in Crisis

    Reaction: A Portrait of a Society in Crisis

    Reaction: A Portrait of a Society in Crisis

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    This feature documentary gives voice to various English-speaking groups in Montréal and other places in Québec as they react to the...

    Reaction: A Portrait of a Society in Crisis
  • 1967
    Illegal Abortion

    Illegal Abortion

    Illegal Abortion

    01967HD

    A dramatization that illustrates the situation of a young couple, particularly of the young woman, faced with an unwanted pregnancy and desiring an...

    Illegal Abortion
  • 1966
    Change in the Maritimes

    Change in the Maritimes

    Change in the Maritimes

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    This film examines the changing economy of Canada's Atlantic provinces and the factors that contributed to the expansion of industry in the early to...

    Change in the Maritimes
  • 1968
    Flowers on a One-Way Street

    Flowers on a One-Way Street

    Flowers on a One-Way Street

    01968HD

    In the summer of 1967, a hippie group called The Diggers - led by the cool and charismatic 23-year old David DePoe - wanted to turn the street where...

    Flowers on a One-Way Street
  • 1967
    Ride for Your Life

    Ride for Your Life

    Ride for Your Life

    01967HD

    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...

    Ride for Your Life
  • 1973
    Downhill

    Downhill

    Downhill

    01973HD

    Actor Michael Kane stars in this brief winter romance filmed partly in the dazzling outdoor splendor of a Laurentian ski resort and partly in the...

    Downhill