Green Laser
A mashup of Otto Preminger’s film EXODUS about the founding of the state of Israel, with the voices of Canadian activists who take part in the Gaza flotilla raid in their boat. In typical comic book hero style, the Green Lasers fight against oppression and injustice in the Gaza strip.
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Runtime
15 min -
Country
Canada -
Year of Presentation
2012 -
Year of Production
2011 -
Director
John Greyson -
Cast
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Production Company
John Greyson -
Berlinale Section
Panorama -
Berlinale Category
Short Film
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Biography John Greyson
The Canadian film and video artist was born in Nelson, British Columbia in 1960. He studied film at the Canadian Film Center and has made over 60 award-winning feature films, installations, transmedia works and shorts. In 1989, he won a Teddy Award for Urinal; in 1991, he received another for The Making of Monsters. His work combines documentary and fictional elements and explores issues including queer activism, homophobic violence, AIDS activism, anti-apartheid and anti-war struggles, conflicts in the Middle East, police entrapment and prison abolition. He has taught film production at York University in Toronto since 2014.
Filmography John Greyson
1993 Zero Patience | 2007 Orange Clouds | 2010 Rex Vs. Singh | 2017 Memurial | 2018 Gazonto | 2018 Towel | 2020 Prurient | 2020 Auterson Clock