Robert Verrall Movies

  • 1986
    The Way It Is

    The Way It Is

    The Way It Is

    81986HD

    A group of actors in the East Village of New York City have been rehearsing for a play when the lead actress in the play turns up dead.

    The Way It Is
  • 1979
    Canada Vignettes: Helen Law

    Canada Vignettes: Helen Law

    Canada Vignettes: Helen Law

    81979HD

    Profile of a Chinese immigrant to Canada narrated by her son.

    Canada Vignettes: Helen Law
  • 1983
    The Wars

    The Wars

    The Wars

    51983HD

    Robert Ross (Brent Carver) lives a protected adolescence in a well-off Toronto suburb. Secretive and withdrawn, he shares his thoughts only with his...

    The Wars
  • 1985
    The Cap

    The Cap

    The Cap

    71985HD

    A baseball crazed 12 year old gets, and loses, a prized cap. A father struggles for dignity in his son's eyes. Based on Morley Callaghan's short...

    The Cap
  • 1971
    Christmas at Moose Factory

    Christmas at Moose Factory

    Christmas at Moose Factory

    81971HD

    A study of life at Christmastime in Moose Factory, an old settlement mainly composed of Cree families on the shore of James Bay, composed entirely of...

    Christmas at Moose Factory
  • 1984
    The Masculine Mystique

    The Masculine Mystique

    The Masculine Mystique

    71984HD

    This feature-length drama explores the changing role of men in today's society by delving into the stories of 4 men and their relationships with...

    The Masculine Mystique
  • 1974
    The Bear's Christmas

    The Bear's Christmas

    The Bear's Christmas

    81974HD

    This short cartoon tells the story of a bear who didn’t believe in Christmas. His main problem with this most magical of holidays? Too many...

    The Bear's Christmas
  • 1983
    Laughter in My Soul

    Laughter in My Soul

    Laughter in My Soul

    101983HD

    This short documentary profiles cartoonist, painter, humorist, publisher, iconographer, and teacher Jacob Maydanyk. Part of the first wave of...

    Laughter in My Soul
  • 1984
    Incident at Restigouche

    Incident at Restigouche

    Incident at Restigouche

    7.31984HD

    Incident at Restigouche is a 1984 documentary film by Alanis Obomsawin, chronicling a series of two raids on the Listuguj Mi'gmaq First Nation...

    Incident at Restigouche
  • 1979
    Canada Vignettes: Woolly Mammoth

    Canada Vignettes: Woolly Mammoth

    Canada Vignettes: Woolly Mammoth

    6.51979HD

    An animated film showing a woolly mammoth and its offspring. These animals lived on the Canadian tundra over ten thousand years ago.

    Canada Vignettes: Woolly Mammoth
  • 1987
    Poundmaker's Lodge: A Healing Place

    Poundmaker's Lodge: A Healing Place

    Poundmaker's Lodge: A Healing Place

    81987HD

    Just north of the City of Edmonton lies Poundmaker’s Lodge, an addiction and mental-health facility specializing in treatment for Indigenous...

    Poundmaker's Lodge: A Healing Place
  • 1973
    11 Steps to Survival

    11 Steps to Survival

    11 Steps to Survival

    71973HD

    A film demonstrating steps to take in the event of a nuclear attack. Animated drawings show the effects of atomic explosions in the air and at ground...

    11 Steps to Survival
  • 1979
    Canada Vignettes: Wop May

    Canada Vignettes: Wop May

    Canada Vignettes: Wop May

    6.21979HD

    This short animated film is about Wop May, one of Canada's leading bush pilots in the 1920s.

    Canada Vignettes: Wop May
  • 1968
    Around Perception

    Around Perception

    Around Perception

    6.81968HD

    An early experiment in employing computers to animate film. The result is a dazzling vibration of geometric forms in vivid color, an effect achieved...

    Around Perception
  • 1948
    Time and Terrain

    Time and Terrain

    Time and Terrain

    101948HD

    Millions of years scroll by in 10 minutes, illustrated by ingenious designers: this is the geological history of Canada.

    Time and Terrain
  • 1955
    Zoo Quest to West Africa

    Zoo Quest to West Africa

    Zoo Quest to West Africa

    01955HD

    In September 1954, David Attenborough, cameraman Charles Lagus, Jack Lester and Alf Woods, both from the Zoological Society of London, set out for...

    Zoo Quest to West Africa
  • 1978
    Canada Vignettes: Stunt Family

    Canada Vignettes: Stunt Family

    Canada Vignettes: Stunt Family

    81978HD

    This short film from the Canada Vignettes series profiles a unique French-Canadian family, the Fourniers, 12 of whom work as stunt men and women for...

    Canada Vignettes: Stunt Family
  • 1982
    The Way It Is

    The Way It Is

    The Way It Is

    01982HD

    This sensitive drama examines the effects of divorce on a family, particularly on a twelve-year-old girl. Although Helen Murray's parents were...

    The Way It Is
  • 1986
    Richard Cardinal: Cry from a Diary of a Métis Child

    Richard Cardinal: Cry from a Diary of a Métis Child

    Richard Cardinal: Cry from a Diary of a Métis Child

    81986HD

    This short documentary is a moving tribute to Richard Cardinal, a Métis adolescent who committed suicide in 1984. Taken from his home at the...

    Richard Cardinal: Cry from a Diary of a Métis Child
  • 1978
    Canada Vignettes: Bill Miner

    Canada Vignettes: Bill Miner

    Canada Vignettes: Bill Miner

    61978HD

    Bill Miner was a train robber in British Columbia at the turn of the century. This animated film depicts a disastrous episode in his career.

    Canada Vignettes: Bill Miner