Roman Kroitor Movies

  • 1952
    Age of the Beaver

    Age of the Beaver

    Age of the Beaver

    81952HD

    This film provides a brief history of the fur trade in Canada, showing its effects on exploration and settlement. Engravings and paintings from the...

    Age of the Beaver
  • 1963
    21-87

    21-87

    21-87

    6.81963HD

    This short film from Arthur Lipsett is an abstract collage of snippets from discarded footage found by Lipsett in the editing room of the National...

    21-87
  • 1977
    Flora: Scenes from a Leadership Convention

    Flora: Scenes from a Leadership Convention

    Flora: Scenes from a Leadership Convention

    01977HD

    This feature documentary offers an incisive look at Canadian politics at the 1976 Progressive Conservative Party leadership convention. Cape Bretoner...

    Flora: Scenes from a Leadership Convention
  • 1959
    The Back-breaking Leaf

    The Back-breaking Leaf

    The Back-breaking Leaf

    9.51959HD

    Here is a graphic picture of the tobacco harvest in southwestern Ontario. At the end of July, transient field workers move in for a brief bonanza...

    The Back-breaking Leaf
  • 1985
    We Are Born of Stars

    We Are Born of Stars

    We Are Born of Stars

    71985HD

    WE ARE BORN OF STARS is the first Anaglyph single projector 3D film created for IMAX/IMAX Dome projection. Using computer graphics, the film traces...

    We Are Born of Stars
  • 1974
    Man Belongs to the Earth

    Man Belongs to the Earth

    Man Belongs to the Earth

    91974HD

    Made for screening at the U.S. Pavilion at the 1974 World's Fair in Spokane Washington, USA, which had a Native-American environmental theme, MAN...

    Man Belongs to the Earth
  • 2006
    Rebels with a Camera

    Rebels with a Camera

    Rebels with a Camera

    02006HD

    Thanks to the development of techniques and the adventurous spirit of pioneering filmmakers, among whom Michel Brault occupies a central place, a new...

    Rebels with a Camera
  • 1977
    Hold the Ketchup

    Hold the Ketchup

    Hold the Ketchup

    81977HD

    This short documentary is about newcomers to Canada and what they eat. Funny, mouth-watering and visually delectable, it takes us into the specialty...

    Hold the Ketchup
  • 1962
    Lonely Boy

    Lonely Boy

    Lonely Boy

    61962HD

    This short film portrays the story of singer Paul Anka, who rose from obscurity to become the idol of millions of adolescent fans around the world....

    Lonely Boy
  • 1970
    Starbreaker

    Starbreaker

    Starbreaker

    01970HD

    Unique sound-generated visual effects and special effects using a blue screen, a rotoscope, pyrotechnics, computer graphics, and matte photography...

    Starbreaker
  • 1964
    Nobody Waved Goodbye

    Nobody Waved Goodbye

    Nobody Waved Goodbye

    6.21964HD

    A teenage boy rebels against parental authority and must face a harsh reality when he tries to live on his own.

    Nobody Waved Goodbye
  • 1966
    Little White Crimes

    Little White Crimes

    Little White Crimes

    71966HD

    A tale from downtown, where the morality of business is not always as transparent as the shining glass fronts of the office buildings. The film...

    Little White Crimes
  • 1966
    The Baymen

    The Baymen

    The Baymen

    101966HD

    Baymen, no matter where they go, remain above all else Newfoundlanders. They were born to the sea, to a place in the life of their cliffside village,...

    The Baymen
  • 1957
    It's a Crime

    It's a Crime

    It's a Crime

    71957HD

    A suave safecracker offers his reflections on wintertime unemployment in Canada.

    It's a Crime
  • 1978
    The Red Dress

    The Red Dress

    The Red Dress

    7.51978HD

    Kelly is a Métis man without treaty or hunting rights, struggling to sustain his traditional life. His daughter Theresa longs for a red dress...

    The Red Dress
  • 1961
    The Days of Whisky Gap

    The Days of Whisky Gap

    The Days of Whisky Gap

    91961HD

    Rousing tales of the North-West Mounted Police are brought to life through photos and artists' sketches. In 1873, the North-West Mounted Police were...

    The Days of Whisky Gap
  • 1982
    First Winter

    First Winter

    First Winter

    6.91982HD

    A historical drama depicting an Irish immigrant family’s first winter in Canada, where isolation, illness, and an unforgiving landscape test...

    First Winter
  • 1966
    Stravinsky

    Stravinsky

    Stravinsky

    7.81966HD

    This documentary is an informal portrait of the great modern composer Igor Stravinsky. Proudly American, though still very much an Old World figure...

    Stravinsky
  • 1960
    The Cars in Your Life

    The Cars in Your Life

    The Cars in Your Life

    101960HD

    A light, humorous look at the motor car and the great North American itch for a place on the road. From the comparative peace of Honest Joe's...

    The Cars in Your Life
  • 1961
    Festival in Puerto Rico

    Festival in Puerto Rico

    Festival in Puerto Rico

    101961HD

    This short documentary features Canadian contralto Maureen Forrester as she sings at the Festival Casals, a musical event founded by the great...

    Festival in Puerto Rico