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Short documentary about Ilija Dzhadzhev, Macedonian musician who plays Hawaiian guitar.

Structured in chapters, the film moves from the aftermath of the 1967 war to mass demonstrations and training grounds, where men, women, and children practice survival and resistance. The camera’s proximity, switching between black-and-white and colour, treats cinema as witness, archive, and rallying cry.

When peace seems impossible, any means are justified to defend a political cause. Hence, on the border separating the Palestinian territories that refuse to recognize the State of Israel, the idea of suicide commandos emerges. Jocelyne Saab films teenagers, aged twelve to twenty, who tirelessly train in a secret underground base to become suicide commandos.

The film is based on footage shot during the trip of the bayan orchestra (Pavel Ivanovich Smirnov Orchestra) of the House of Culture to Finland, Sweden, Denmark.

Award-winning film essay exploring the model airplane phenomenon from the clumsy plastic glider of a child to the sophisticated radio-controlled sea plane of a middle-aged devotee. Details the building of a fragile, acetone indoor flying model lighter than a feather.

Stompin' Tom performs live at the Horseshoe Tavern on Queen St. in Toronto.

The making of the samba school parades, with the construction of the great cars, the decorations being spread all over the city and the hand-crafted tailoring of the costumes by apt hands that stitch together colourful and glowing materials.

A reportage on the “popular walk of Vignola”, a non-competitive and popular race that challenged the rhetoric of competition and the myth of sport as discipline. The joyful interviews to the participants portray an Italy looking for a sense of community and deep social connection.

Directed by a group of avant-garde filmmakers, the film is an investigation of the less edifying aspects of film industry.

Julie visits family in Italy.

A folk festival in the city of Teresina in Piauí, is portrayed with all the elegance in the lens of photographer Pedrinho de Moraes and filmmaker Paulo Cezar Saraceni. A dance of colors, folklore and the beautiful nature of the region.

An investigative documentary that focuses on political activities in the 47th Ward of Chicago and on the relationship between party politics and the park district. Originally aired on local Chicago news station WBBM-TV in 1979, the documentary details machine politics, patronage, clientelism and bribery that ran rife in Chicago's 47th Ward under the helm of Democratic Party Committeeman Ed Kelly. The digitization of this program was made possible by a grant from The Brinson Foundation.

The fourth year of the Sigui ceremonies, celebrated every sixty years by the Dogons of the Bandiagara cliffs, Mali, takes place in the village of Amani.

A ship half the size of the Queen Mary, made of hand-tooled oak, lies frozen in a glacier on Mt. Ararat in northern Turkey. In this documentary, producer-director-actor Bart LaRue advances the theory that this ruined ship is Noah's Ark. LaRue became so obsessed with this theory that he risked his life to photograph every scrap of evidence he could glean, even bribing an entire company of Turkish soldiers on the Russian frontier to "look the other way" while he took a team of 17 pack horses and his film crew up the mountain. The legend of Noah and his magnificent ship has endured for centuries; now there is scientific proof that the legend is indeed reality. Now you can decide for yourself. Is this the real ARK OF NOAH?

This film discusses what had been learned about the planet Mars from Earth-based telescopes, observations from the fly-by Mariner spacecraft, and through the recent Viking landing and orbiter experiments. This film also explains the discoveries and new mysteries relating to the planet most like Earth in our solar system.

The insurrection of the Croatian peasants and the tragic end of their leader Matija Gubec is represented through paintings and sculptures.

This film concentrates on a few of the many workers at a life insurance company in Atlanta, Georgia. It examines their job satisfaction, working conditions, as well as relationships with other workers.

Torn between the world of their childhood and the world where they must now live and work, two flamboyant Newfoundlanders pay a nostalgic visit to the deserted outport where they were born. This is their story, and the story of so many others who, like them, became victims of the Newfoundland government's controversial Resettlement Program.

A portrait of a 74-year-old woman who lives in modest circumstances in a village in Brandenburg and tells her story on camera: born in 1904 in Rastenburg (East Prussia), Wolters Trude moves to Berlin at an early age with her parents and five siblings. At the age of nine, after the death of her mother, she was placed in an orphanage. In 1918, at the age of 14, she was placed with a family, working in their restaurant. She married in 1929; her husband turned out to be an alcoholic; she had eight children, six of whom survived, and whom she raised practically on her own.

The starting point for the film is the problems surrounding political power over the mass media, and the right of different groups to express their views in a centralized media structure.

Guerre du peuple en Angola focuses on the situation in Angola in June 1975, when the declaration of independence sparks the start of a civil war. The filmmakers, who went there to train young Angolan filmmakers, bring back this film, unequivocally presenting the war as the struggle of the people and their movement against imperialism and its allies. In the north, in the forests, villagers have joined the armed resistance and support the MPLA.

Bas Jan Ader hangs from the branch of a tall tree, until he loses his grip and falls into a river below.

The technical and propaganda film warns against the most typical violations of safety regulations on the railway, mainly during the maintenance of alarm and communication devices.

The film emphasizes the importance of safety when using power tools in a workshop. It outlines key safety practices, such as using guards, securing materials, and wearing protective gear like safety glasses. The film also covers specific tool usage tips, including the correct handling of cutting machines, drills, grinders, and lathes, stressing that safety precautions should never be neglected. Proper maintenance and awareness of tool settings are crucial to prevent accidents.

Documentary tribute to the Egyptian singer Abdel Halim Hafez produced in 1977 consisting of archive images of the singer during his visit to Paris in September 1974, joined by fictional scenes which take the form of a journalistic investigation. A little-known film in the filmography of Ahmed Rachedi who during this Parisian period will direct another feature film that we would very much like to see again: "A Finger in the Gear" (1973), on a screenplay by Rachid Boudjedra. The credits and some images of "La chanson de l'Adieu", released in France in December 1981 in the famous Luxor hall in Paris where more than 5,000 spectators came to see it.

It documents a traditional event that took place on St. George’s Day in Dragash, Kosovo.

The Marquee Live In 1971' is the latest addition to the series. The show was filmed at London's legendary Marquee club on March 26th 1971, shortly after the finish of the band's 1971 UK tour and about a month before the release of the 'Sticky Fingers' album in late April. Mick Taylor was now fully integrated into the group and the band had used the tour to showcase some of the tracks from the forthcoming album.

It's Willie Nelson celebrating the 4th of July

November 19, 1971, F Space, Santa Ana, California: “At 7:45 p.m. I was shot in the left arm by a friend”.

A short documentary film about artist Norman Rockwell. The film won an Oscar at the 45th Academy Awards, held in 1973, for Best Short Subject.

Speaking Directly is an essay-film making for a kind of State of the Nation address, from the perspective of someone other than the President of the United States, circa 1973-5. This film addresses both the political and cultural situation of the US at the height of the Viet Nam war, Watergate and its aftermath, and likewise addresses the personal life, in this context, of the filmmaker, at that time thirty years of age, recently out of two plus years in federal prison for refusal to accept military service.

Cinema is an inseparable part of life in urban India. The film shows the effects of popular cinema on the people.

The importance of the Cannes Film Festival in world terms and what it represented for Brazil in 1971. For Brazilian cinema, Cannes 71 represented the transition from film to industrialized production. It is the meeting of producers, technicians, critics , celebrities in general, offering opportunities for greater knowledge and renewal of values

A view of the world of Lima's University Park through the lens of a street photographer.

The biographies of the heroes of the painting - residents of the Arkhangelsk region - some of whom remained in their native village, while others, disregarding the joys of rural life, went to the city - come together to form the biography of the country.

This short documentary by Gerard D'Olivat follows the hard physical labour of a farmer from the Eilandspolder, a water-rich area in the heart of North Holland. He wants a better future for his young family.

A meeting between the famous post-war safecracker Arnošt Šimerda and "his" inspector František Nový, who put him behind bars 25 years ago. In the meantime, Mr. Šimerda has become a responsible guard at the Karlovy Vary porcelain factory, where, paradoxically, he watches over employees to make sure they don't take valuable products home in their bags. He also started a family and became a grandfather. There is no animosity between the two aging men; on the contrary, it seems as if they are long-time friends reuniting after a long separation. After all, for Mr. Šimerda, his misfortune during the robbery of the Loket cash register was ultimately the first step toward a happy and contented life.

Short documentary film (1971) Directed by Armando Robles Godoy about the Kuna Indians of Panama.

Its theme focuses on the importance that the flag the primitive Basque nationalists conceived for themselves and the entire nation has made their own has for Euskadi, even suffering and dying for it.

This short documentary takes you on a tour of one of Montreal's first health food stores. The camera scans shelves stocked with all manner of natural foods to which nary an additive has been added: soybean and sesame seed products, wild honey, and even eggs from hens fed on blackstrap molasses. But the real eye-openers are in what you hear between the aisles, from the store's owner and his customers.

Documentary on the penetration of drugs in Milan in the 70s. Filomena is only 24 years old and recounts with a lucidity that takes her breath away her journey as a child locked up in boarding school, ran away from home, taken back by her family and treated as a lost woman. She talks about her marriage to a boy who emigrated to Germany, and her inability to adapt to this new situation. She narrates the arrival in Milan, the meeting with Antonio and the one with drugs. A dialogue for two voices traces the ruthless picture of drug addiction, the daily search for the dose and the attempts to get out of it. It is a poignant document, above all for the lucidity, measure, maturity and intelligence of two unforgettable figures.

A 1975 anti-terrorism documentary short written and directed by Anthony Friedman that warns employers and employees of public services about the dangers faced by the then IRA bombing campaign. Included as an extra on the February 2022 Blu-ray release of Friedman's film Bartleby, from Powerhouse Indicator.

Mariko Miyagi's documentary about everyday life at the school she founded, Silktree (Nemunoki).

Selling Out is a 1972 Canadian short film for cinema and TV directed by Tadeusz Jaworski, and written and produced by Jack Winter. The film is a dramatization of a farmer’s last day on his ancestral farm on Prince Edward Island as he is faced with the Public Auction of his family home and possessions. On the one hand, it is a simple, poignant tale of personal loss, alienation and the displacement of the old at the end of life. On the other, it is a political statement about the loss of Canadian Heritage, land and economy to foreign capital. It was nominated for an Academy Award (Short Subject) in 1972. It was named Best Documentary at the 24th Canadian Film Awards.

The disorderly growth of large urban centers in the country and the discussion about the development and existence of cultural spaces. Based on the example of the Teatro de Ópera in Campinas, a building that managed to consolidate construction and space for the existence of a square, theater and architecture are discussed, pointing out the future coexistence between men and cities. Using models, the film presents a new urban concept of the square, as a point of bringing people together for an encounter with cultural things, combining gardens, concert halls, compilation rooms and libraries. A theatrical rehearsal, held in an unfinished theater in Campinas / SP, designed by the architect Fábio Penteado.

A documentary about Ann, the United States citizen, who came to Zagreb (Yugoslavia) to participate in the working actions along the Sava river.

In 1975 the composer Robert Ashley embarked on an ambitious work titled Music With Roots in the Aether. He called it an Opera (or piece of theater depending on the case) for television. The work is comprised of seven, two hours sections. Each “episode” is dedicated to investigations, interviews, and performances of his one of his peers – David Behrman, Philip Glass, Alvin Lucier, Gordon Mumma, Pauline Oliveros, and Terry Riley respectively, with the final reserved for himself.

When Taipei is still quiet and asleep, trucks after trucks emerge in the dark with fresh fruits and vegetables, seafood and meat. Intermediate wholesalers' auction chants rise and fall; the Central Market is getting ready to feed the city's population. The film offers a glimpse into the lively hustle and bustle of the Market in the 1970s, but was likely banned from broadcast due to its perceived display of the unhygienic conditions.

The Masters of Modern Sculpture series concludes with a look at post- World War II America, where sculpture became a deeply innovative art form. Using the objects at their disposal and the inspiration surrounding them, artists such as George Rickey, Claes Oldenburg, and Louise Nevelson cast sculptor in a new light. The New World observes the sculptors creatively utilizing wood, metals, and junkyard finds, bringing forth lively and shocking work. America's remote spaces, discarded objects and abundant materials enabled them to add to the concepts of European modernism in daringly unique ways.

The short film answers the question of whether illiterate people are able to read.