Direction: Ron Mann
The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Ron Mann. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.
Grass
1999 · Documentary · 80 min. · Canada
Direction Ron Mann
Cast Woody Harrelson
Plot This film explores the history of the American government's official policy on marijuana in the 20th century. Rising with xenophobia with Mexican immigration and their taste for smoking marijuana, we...
6.9
727 votes
6.9
727 votes
Comic Book Confidential
1989 · Documentary · 90 min. · Canada
Direction Ron Mann
Plot In the 20th century, no artistic medium in North America with so much potential for creative expression has had a more turbulent history plagued with less respect than comic books....
6.7
91 votes
6.7
91 votes
Altman
2014 · Documentary · 95 min. · Canada
Direction Ron Mann
Cast Paul Thomas Anderson · James Caan · Keith Carradine · Elliott Gould
Plot A look at the life and work of American filmmaker Robert Altman.
6.3
126 votes
6.3
126 votes
Imagine the Sound
1981 · Documentary · 91 min. · Canada
Direction Ron Mann
Cast Paul Bley · Bill Dixon · Archie Shepp · Cecil Taylor
Plot The first feature documentary by Ron Mann (Grass, Comicbook Confidential) is an eloquent tribute to a group of highly celebrated artists that helped forge the avant-garde jazz of the 1960s....
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Carmine Street Guitars
2018 · Documentary · 80 min. · Canada
Direction Ron Mann
Cast Rick Kelly · Jim Jarmusch · Charlie Sexton · Eszter Balint
Plot A ballad to Greenwich Village guitar-maker Rick Kelly, who builds his custom-made instruments from repurposed wood scavenged from historic New York City buildings.
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In the Wake of the Flood
2010 · Documentary · 47 min. · Canada
Direction Ron Mann
Cast Margaret Atwood
Plot On the eve of her 70th birthday, Canadian writer Margaret Atwood set out on an international tour criss-crossing the British Isles and North America to celebrate the publication of her...
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Go Further
2003 · Documentary · 100 min. · Canada
Direction Ron Mann
Cast Woody Harrelson · Ken Kesey
Plot "Go Further" explores the idea that the single individual is the key to large-scale transformational change. The film follows actor Woody Harrelson as he takes a small group of friends...
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The Only Game in Town (S)
1979 · Movie · 8 min. · Canada
Direction David Fine · Ron Mann
Plot A humorous plasticine animation film which tells the story of a father and son relationship using the poker game as a metaphor.
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Twist
1992 · Documentary · 74 min. · Canada
Direction Ron Mann
Cast Cholly Atkins · Frankie Avalon · Hank Ballard · Gary U.S. Bonds
Plot Dance in white Middle America up to the early 1950's was traditional ballroom, where dance moves were standardized. It was more a technical exercise than an emotional one. White youth...
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Poetry in Motion
1982 · Documentary · 91 min. · Canada
Direction Ron Mann
Cast Helen Adam · Miguel Algarín · Amiri Baraka · Charles Bukowski
Plot More than 20 contemporary North American poets recite, sing, and perform their work. Several also comment. Early in the film, Charles Bukowski talks about the energy of poets and of...
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Know Your Mushrooms
2008 · Documentary · 74 min. · Canada
Direction Ron Mann
Cast Larry Evans · Gary Lincoff
Plot KNOW YOUR MUSHROOMS follows uber myco visionaries Gary Lincoff and Larry Evans (two of the more expert and unforgettably mercurial characters in the community) as they lead us on a...
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Dream Tower
1994 · Documentary · 47 min. · Canada
Direction Ron Mann
Cast Paul Evitts
Plot Dream Tower chronicles Toronto's most notorious social experiment of the sixties. Inspired by cultural critic Paul Goodman, philosophies of alternative education, and the decade's political upheaval, a group of young...
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