Ron Mann Trailers
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Ronald "Ron" Mann (born June 13, 1958) is a Canadian documentary film director focusing primarily on aspects of Canadian and American popular culture. He does most of his work through his company Sphinx Productions, while also running a film distribution company on the side called 'FilmsWeLike'. Mann has also put together the archives for many prominent Canadian figures and companies. He is a graduate of the University of Toronto.
His first music video project is "Jezebel", by Canadian indie rock band Two Hours Traffic, which he directed and in which he also appears. In 2009 he released a documentary on mushrooms and mushroom hunting.
He resides in Toronto with his family.
Mann is a member of the NORML advisory board.
Most Popular Ron Mann Trailers
Total trailers found: 23
01 January 2006
This is an interesting look at the Life and Times of car customizer/cartoonist Ed "Big Daddy" Roth. Through the use of many graphically enhanced photographs and "talking" cars, it is a loving look at the car culture in Southern California from the Early 50's to Ed's Passing in 2001.
05 September 2016
Part jazz history, part true-crime tale, Kasper Collin’s new documentary employs extensive archival footage and new interviews to tell the tragic story of the magnificently talented trumpeter Lee Morgan and his common-law wife Helen, who murdered him in a New York bar in 1972.
07 March 2003
"Go Further" explores the idea that the single individual is the key to large-scale transformational change.
30 August 2018
Five days in the life of fabled Greenwich Village guitar store Carmine Street Guitars.
02 August 2010
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 new dystopian novel, The Year of the Flood.
15 September 1999
Marijuana is the most controversial drug of the 20th Century. Smoked by generations to little discernible ill effect, it continues to be reviled by many governments on Earth.
17 September 1998
BRAKHAGE explores the depth and breadth of the filmmaker’s genius, the exquisite splendor of his films, his magic personal charm, his aesthetic fellow travelers, and the influence his work has had on generations of other creators.
01 August 2014
Robert Altman's life and career contained multitudes. This father of American independent cinema left an indelible mark, not merely on the evolution of his art form, but also on the western zeitgeist.
01 January 1985
A study of New York-based photographer Marcia Resnick's all-male gallery.
18 September 1992
Combining rare and often hilarious archival footage with engaging interviews, this groovy documentary chronicles the evolution of the titular postwar rock ’n' roll dance craze that took America by storm.
17 September 1982
More than 20 contemporary North American poets recite, sing, and perform their work. Early in the film, Charles Bukowski talks about the energy of poets and of a poem.
01 November 2013
A history of Toronto punk and new wave. A history of the first wave of Toronto punk rock and new wave music, from when the Ramones played in 1976 through to when the cops gave Teenage Head the boot at "The Last Pogo" concert in 1978.
13 September 1984
Hupar wakes up from a 20-year coma. Disoriented, he soon meets Arete, a young poet and Sophis, a TV newswoman.
14 June 1989
A survey of the artistic history of the comic book medium and some of the major talents associated with it.
11 January 2011
Mighty Uke travels the world to discover why so many people of different nations, cultures, ages and musical tastes are turning to the ukulele to express themselves, connect with the past, and with each other.
13 September 2022
A feature film that follows Jason Logan, who creates unique inks for some of the world’s most celebrated artists by using highly unconventional materials, many of which he finds while foraging in locations ranging from the landfill beaches of Toronto’s Leslie Street Spit to the Mojave Desert.
24 August 1981
An examination, shown through both interviews and performances, of the avant-garde free jazz movement which reigned during the 1960s.
03 September 2019
Igor Kenk was known as the world's most prolific bicycle thief. His shop in Toronto notoriously sold stolen bikes back to their original owners.
29 October 2022
The Sadies Stop and Start captures a moment in time. That time was uncertain and dark. Still reeling from losing Dallas, we found out that Mike needed to have emergency wrist surgery.
03 May 2009
Canadian filmmaker Ron Mann attempts to capture the apolitical spirit of the 1970s by following several people as they wander the city, work, play street hockey, and sit around debating political change.
29 May 2009
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 hunt for the wild mushroom and the deeper cultural experiences attached to the mysterious fungi.
01 January 1994
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 idealists established Rochdale as a free university and student residence in 1968.
15 October 1983
A documentary short on Toronto's cultural institution, Coach House Books.
