About RON MANN
Since his twenties Ron has been making award-winning feature documentaries
that focus on alternative and dissent culture.
IMAGINE THE SOUND (1981) brings together, in interviews and performance, the prime innovators of the once-controversial free jazz movement of the 60s;
POETRY IN MOTION(1982) a lively anthology of multi-media performances by twenty four contemporary "Dial-A-Poem" poets;
COMIC BOOK CONFIDENTIAL (1988) a history of the comic book medium and look at the art form's most respected practitioners;
TWIST (1991) combines interviews with rare and often hilarious archival footage to chronicle the evolution of rock and roll dance;
DREAM TOWER (1994) a portrait of Toronto's infamous Rochdale College: an experimental living environment that came to symbolize the best and the worst of what the 60s had to offer;
GRASS (1999) presents a humorous and surprisingly balanced history of recreational marijuana use in the late 20th century;
GO FURTHER (2003) which follows actor and activist Woody Harrelson as he takes to the open road on his "Simple Organic Living Tour".
TALES OF THE RAT FINK (2006) The film focuses on artist Ed "Big Daddy" Roth, most famous for his futurist car designs and a rebel rodent named "Rat Fink".
KNOW YOUR MUSHROOMS (2009) a feature documentary about... mushrooms.
IN THE WAKE OF THE FLOOD (2010) which follows beloved Canadian writer Margaret Atwood's grassroots organized book tour to benefit Birdlife International.
Check out Ron Mann's bio on the Canadian Film Encyclopedia via TIFF
that focus on alternative and dissent culture.
IMAGINE THE SOUND (1981) brings together, in interviews and performance, the prime innovators of the once-controversial free jazz movement of the 60s;
POETRY IN MOTION(1982) a lively anthology of multi-media performances by twenty four contemporary "Dial-A-Poem" poets;
COMIC BOOK CONFIDENTIAL (1988) a history of the comic book medium and look at the art form's most respected practitioners;
TWIST (1991) combines interviews with rare and often hilarious archival footage to chronicle the evolution of rock and roll dance;
DREAM TOWER (1994) a portrait of Toronto's infamous Rochdale College: an experimental living environment that came to symbolize the best and the worst of what the 60s had to offer;
GRASS (1999) presents a humorous and surprisingly balanced history of recreational marijuana use in the late 20th century;
GO FURTHER (2003) which follows actor and activist Woody Harrelson as he takes to the open road on his "Simple Organic Living Tour".
TALES OF THE RAT FINK (2006) The film focuses on artist Ed "Big Daddy" Roth, most famous for his futurist car designs and a rebel rodent named "Rat Fink".
KNOW YOUR MUSHROOMS (2009) a feature documentary about... mushrooms.
IN THE WAKE OF THE FLOOD (2010) which follows beloved Canadian writer Margaret Atwood's grassroots organized book tour to benefit Birdlife International.
Check out Ron Mann's bio on the Canadian Film Encyclopedia via TIFF