William D. MacGillivray Movies

  • 2005
    Reading Alistair MacLeod

    Reading Alistair MacLeod

    Reading Alistair MacLeod

    7.52005HD

    This feature doc profiles acclaimed writer Alistair MacLeod. Hailed internationally as a master of the short story, MacLeod also wrote a novel, No...

    Reading Alistair MacLeod
  • 2020
    Under the Weather

    Under the Weather

    Under the Weather

    02020HD

    There is no ‘best thing’ about having terminal cancer, but for forty-year-old Joe, being welcomed back into his childhood home, feeling...

    Under the Weather
  • 1990
    Understanding Bliss

    Understanding Bliss

    Understanding Bliss

    01990HD

    Elizabeth Sutton, a lecturer from Toronto and Peter Breen, a professor of cultural studies from St. John's, Newfoundland, come together in his town...

    Understanding Bliss
  • 1988
    Life Classes

    Life Classes

    Life Classes

    4.81988HD

    The odyssey of a young Cape Breton woman as she moves to the big city (Halifax) and supports herself after the birth of her illegitimate child by...

    Life Classes
  • 2014
    Hard Drive

    Hard Drive

    Hard Drive

    32014HD

    One young man's plunge into adulthood and the uplifting joy of first love.

    Hard Drive
  • 2010
    The Man of a Thousand Songs

    The Man of a Thousand Songs

    The Man of a Thousand Songs

    02010HD

    A feature length documentary about extraordinary Canadian singer songwriter, Ron Hynes... an insightful and entertaining exploration of the creative...

    The Man of a Thousand Songs
  • 2015
    Danny

    Danny

    Danny

    02015HD

    A feature documentary about the life of former Newfoundland Premier, Danny Williams

    Danny
  • 1983
    Stations

    Stations

    Stations

    01983HD

    Harry is a television journalist crossing Canada by train to a family event in Newfoundland. While travelling, the journalist is making a documentary...

    Stations
  • 2016
    Celtic Edge

    Celtic Edge

    Celtic Edge

    02016HD

    As one of the most renowned Canadian roots musicians of all time, Ashley MacIsaac has received significant international acclaim. He plays the fiddle...

    Celtic Edge
  • 1990
    No Apologies

    No Apologies

    No Apologies

    01990HD

    As a family of siblings and their spouses gathers at their father's deathbed, old jealousies and new angers and liaisons lead to an inevitable climax.

    No Apologies
  • 1985
    Linda Joy

    Linda Joy

    Linda Joy

    01985HD

    A beautiful and vital film that tells the story of a young woman's fight with death.

    Linda Joy
  • 1977
    Gene

    Gene

    Gene

    01977HD

    A young man overwhelmed by humdrum mechanized life chooses something different.

    Gene
  • 1987
    I Will Not Make Any More Boring Art

    I Will Not Make Any More Boring Art

    I Will Not Make Any More Boring Art

    51987HD

    This is an interesting little documentary about the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, which was apparently one of the global hotbeds of...

    I Will Not Make Any More Boring Art
  • 1982
    The Author of These Words: Harold Horwood

    The Author of These Words: Harold Horwood

    The Author of These Words: Harold Horwood

    01982HD

    Newfoundland writer Harold Horwood has been called many things, but his own opinion of himself is undiminished. A former union organizer, politician...

    The Author of These Words: Harold Horwood
  • 1989
    The Vacant Lot

    The Vacant Lot

    The Vacant Lot

    01989HD

    An aspiring Canadian all-girl punk band reluctantly hires a down and out older male classic rock n roll guitarist.

    The Vacant Lot
  • 1979
    Aerial View

    Aerial View

    Aerial View

    01979HD

    A young Halifax architect withdraws from a promising partnership after experiencing events that lead him to question the ethics of his profession....

    Aerial View
  • 1994
    For Generations to Come

    For Generations to Come

    For Generations to Come

    01994HD

    A family can take many forms, whether as a tightly-knit "traditional" rural family, a single mother and her daughter, a same-sex couple with three...

    For Generations to Come