CANADIAN HISTORY / DOCUMENTARY · OCTOBER 20, 2026

Satan’s Choice: Watch the Documentary Behind the Canadian Biker Story

Managing Expectations | Canadian history · Documentary · Reputation

A Facebook post by Rusty Dusty traces Satan’s Choice from its early Ontario roots to its revival under Harley Davidson Guindon. Its most useful invitation is to look beyond the patch and examine the people, the historical record and the evidence. The documentary mentioned in that post is real—and readers can find it through the National Film Board of Canada rather than an anonymous repost. [1][2]

The documentary: Satan’s Choice

Satan’s Choice, directed by Donald Shebib, is catalogued by the NFB as a 1966 documentary. The NFB’s verified YouTube channel also identifies it as a 1966 film, approximately 28 minutes long. That upload runs 28:12; the NFB catalogue’s underlying runtime is 27:56. These are platform-edition timings, not two different documentaries. [2][3]

Watch the film on the NFB’s official YouTube channel

Visit the official NFB film page

Official NFB catalogue still from Satan’s Choice, directed by Donald Shebib. Image credit: National Film Board of Canada. This is a catalogue still, not a newly captured playback frame; it illustrates the historical film, not the present-day club.

The NFB describes the film as an inside view of a Toronto motorcycle club and its members’ outlook on life. Its credits name Shebib as director, writer and editor, Tom Daly as producer, Donald Shebib and Martin Duckworth for photography, and The Sparrow for music. [2]

That perspective makes the film valuable as a historical source: it lets viewers hear how participants presented themselves, instead of encountering them only through later reputations. It is not a comprehensive history of everything the organization or its members subsequently did, and it cannot establish anything about the conduct of today’s membership.

Official film-page screenshot

Screenshot of the NFB’s official YouTube upload page with its pre-play image, title and channel, captured for this story. The film remains hosted by the NFB and its official YouTube channel; Managing Expectations is not offering a downloadable copy. Playback and regional availability may vary. If the embedded player cannot play in your browser or region, use either official viewing link above.

An old name, a new chapter

The revival is not simply a social-media invention. In its March 10, 2026 reporting, Sudbury.com described Harley Davidson Guindon’s August 2025 revival of the club and the earlier organization’s 2000 move into the Hells Angels. The Sudbury chapter’s own website also identifies Harley as Bernie Guindon’s son and presents the revival as a return to independent motorcycling and brotherhood. That account is the club’s self-description, not an independent assessment of its activities. [4][5]

The distinction matters. A family connection and a familiar emblem explain why a revival attracts attention. Neither proves that all earlier practices continue, nor that the new organization has escaped every concern associated with the old one.

Community work deserves recognition—and context

Sudbury.com’s report also examined a concrete act of community outreach. It described a February 28 club post showing members and supporters serving food at the Energy Court encampment, including chili, sandwiches and hot drinks. The reporting included photographs and responses from municipal officials and police; it was more than a promotional slogan. [4]

At the time of that report, Greater Sudbury Police spokesperson Kaitlyn Dunn said police had no information indicating a specific or elevated threat to the public linked to the group’s presence at Energy Court. That was a statement about the circumstances reported then—not a permanent clearance for every member or activity. The same article reported continued police monitoring of renewed motorcycle-gang activity. [4]

The historical context should not be erased either. Sudbury.com recalled the 1996 police-station bombing and reported that two members were convicted of making the bomb, while a Sudbury biker was convicted of obstruction of justice. Those are reported findings concerning particular people and events, not grounds to presume the guilt of everyone who now wears the patch. [4]

Reputation is not a verdict

A meal served to someone who needs it has value. It does not cancel an unrelated offence. A documented crime matters. It does not establish that every person associated with a club committed it.

That is the useful tension in this story: neither romanticizing outlaw culture nor treating association as proof. Watch the documentary as a portrait of its time. Assess the revived club through specific, current evidence. Keep promotional claims, police concerns, allegations and court findings in their proper categories.

Scope note: This feature does not repeat the Facebook post’s recent Windsor/Tecumseh or Woodstock allegations, overseas expansion claims, precise historical membership totals, or complete chapter chronology as established facts. Those details require their own source checks. This is a focused documentary-and-reputation feature, not an endorsement or a complete criminal history.

Sources

1. Rusty Dusty’s supplied Facebook post. Public photo-and-text post; used as a lead, not as independent verification.
2. National Film Board of Canada — Satan’s Choice. Film synopsis, credits and catalogue metadata; year 1966, underlying duration 1,676 seconds.
3. NFB’s verified YouTube channel — Satan’s Choice. Official upload dated September 5, 2018; description identifies Donald Shebib, 1966 and 28 minutes. Upload date is not the film’s release date.
4. Jenny Lamothe, Sudbury.com — Revived Satan’s Choice serves up food at Energy Court, March 10, 2026. Local reporting, historical context and attributed police/municipal statements.
5. Satan’s Choice MC Sudbury — About Our Club. First-party account; used only for the club’s own description of its revival and aims.

Film and illustrative images: National Film Board of Canada. The credited catalogue still and official-upload screenshot accompany discussion of this film; no ownership, endorsement or general reuse licence is claimed. The documentary is embedded from the official upload, not downloaded or rehosted.