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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