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Best known for his work in video, Richard Fung has made the politics of gender, ethnicity, and sexual orientation his central focus. Orientations (1984) deald explicitly with gay issues, sn ambitious study considering racism and cultural self-assertion through art, coupled with stories of individual experiences,
This special three-part presentation of "Like It Is" examines the history of the black civil rights movement in the United States, emphasizing the role of black leaders and activists. Including the defected FBi-agent "Othello" Darthard Perry tells it all.
Although about top Aboriginal sportsmen, BLACK MAGIC is more than a film about sport. It is an account of the creative use of sport made by the Noongar people of Western Australia's south-west to advance their people's standing. Denied access to other areas of social life like most Aboriginal communities at the time, the Noongars, from as early as 1920, channelled the natural talent of their young people into the arena of competitive sport, notably running, boxing and football. Competitive sport, as filmmaker Paul Roberts notes, is 'an open gate, a universal rite of passage, an opportunity to achieve recognition and acceptance.'
Documentary about the life of the indigenous people in the Andes and in the slums of Lima, and of their religiosity.
A docudrama exploring the rivalry between bush poets A.B. "Banjo" Paterson and Henry Lawson, set in contemporary Australia.
In the late 1950's, Jasper Johns emerged as force in the American art scene. His richly worked paintings of maps, flags, and targets led the artistic community away from Abstract Expressionism toward a new emphasis on the concrete
With a history of intrigue, romance, opera, festivals, old world grandeur, Austrians blend tradition and culture to live life at its best. What other countries say with words, Austrians say with the music of Mozart, Strauss and Schubert. This video tours a land of spectacular beauty, sounds of music, tastes of strudel and Sachertorte, touches of history and the pleasant smell of a winter's fire after a day in the Alps.
This revealing documentary offers a rare view of daily life in West Africa. Shot in Senegal, Selbe focuses on the social role and economic responsibility of women in African society. Because men often leave their communities to earn money in the city, women are left with sole responsibility for their families. Through the character of Selbe we observe how one woman's personal struggle reflects the broader issues faced by many women in developing countries.
Documentary on 'bertsolaritza' (or bertsolarism), the art of singing extemporaneously composed songs in Basque according to various melodies and rhyming patterns.
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An examination of the classic rock album, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, and the year of its debut, 1967.
Released in 1984 featuring Al Franken and Tom Davis writers and performers on the original Saturday Night Live perform live in front of a small college audience at Stockton State. Some highlights include a representative from the "Whiskey Distilleries of America" tutoring students on what to do if you're drunk and you absolutely have to drive, interviews with a laid off heterosexual auto worker turned male prostitute for homosexuals, A test to see if audience members may be too stoned to be among people, their Rolling Stones parody, their PTL club satire and more; classic 1980s period performances!
Documentary about the making of Fabio Salerno's debut full length feature "Notte Profonda (Deep Night)".
An original impressionistic film that asks viewers about the shape and duration of life. By fulfilling their needs, humans devastate the environment and cause ecological disasters. It is also up to them whether life will be destroyed or continue.
Scrolling excerpts from the diary of George Wallace's would-be assassin Arthur Bremer at screen bottom, Hank Aaron cards and ephemera from his entire career up top, and alternating audio clips of popular songs and highlights from the news throughout Aaron's career.
All soldiers belong to the same profession, no matter what country they serve, and it makes them different from everybody else. They have to be different, for their job is ultimately about killing and dying, and those things are not a natural vocation for any human being. Yet all soldiers are born civilians. The method for turning young men into soldiers-people who kill other people and expose themselves to death-is basic training.
A MAKING OF 愛情物語/ Curtain Call, narrated by Harada Tomoyo.
1980s TV doc following left-field new wave icon Jun Togawa on a tour of New York subcultures you'd never see on American TV.
During an interview with the filmmaker Paulin Vieyra, the painter Iba Ndiaye recalls key moments of his life. He begins with his childhood in Senegal and his studies at the Lycee Faidherbe in St. Louis of Senegal, where he was drawn to design and graphic arts. African nature and its sweeping horizons remain however his main sources of inspiration.
Documentary following a squadron in the RAF.
Short film on the dance phenomenon of "Electric Boogie", and about 4 boys, 2 black and 2 Puerto Rican, who dance it together in the streets of the South Bronx.
Made for school children, Old Sam reminisces over the old days of the railways and tells of the modern railway of today and how modernisation has brought new level crossings. he explains how they work and how to use them.
Visual language of the hermetic and impenetrable message of the stone citadel of Machu Picchu.
Chinese emigration in Cuba and its presence as an integral element of national miscegenation.
Since colonial times, the indigenous people of the Andean mountains have ascended to peaks that reach 5,200 meters above sea level. There, they crush gigantic blocks of ice that carry on their backs to sell them later in the fairs of Riobamba and Guaranda. The film shows the living conditions of the communities that live from this activity.
Promotional film about pipe coatings in the fuel industry.
A courtroom 'drama' featuring Bob Guccione versus Ken Russell in a breach of contract case regarding disagreements over a script for a film version of Daniel De foe's "Moll Flanders" which Guccione hired Russell to direct.
Becoming old - the autumn of man's life is the same the world over, wherever he lives. But the way one spends old age is different everywhere, and distinguishes one society from another. How do senior citizens live in the GDR - what are pensioners lives like? Are they alone, forgotten or do they live with others? What is done in this country for the older generation, the generation which built up the country and which can now sit back?
The history of the Orthodox Church. Its spiritual ups and downs are inextricably linked to the dramatic life of the Russian people and their statehood. The film is dedicated to the 1000th anniversary of the Baptism of Rus and was made with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Pimen of Moscow and All Russia.
The incredible story of the 1985 bar mitzvah of American Eric Strom in Cracow, the first bar mitzvah to be held in Poland in thirty-five years.
Short documentary directed by Ute Hirschberg
Documentary on the growth of Toronto's gay community including positive developments as well as the infamous "Operation Soap" where the Toronto Police raided gay bath houses, and the subsequent protests.
Perry Miller Adato's first attempt to combine documentary techniques with dramatic re-enactment. The film uses actor John Cullum both as himself and to play the young Sandburg in short dramatic sequences. In search of Sandburg, Cullum travels to the poet's native home, Galesburg, Illinois speaking with close friends and family of the writer. Through a remarkable recently discovered trove of period photographs of Galesburg, the small-town America of Sandburg's childhood - the horse carriages, the ice-man delivering ice, a Fourth of July celebration - is revived in vivid detail.
Short film about the daily routine of eleven-year-old Prahlad from the northern Indian village of Manikpur in the province of Uttar Pradesh, one of the poorest areas in India.
Beginning with a history of two thousand years of Jewish life in Morocco, the movie incorporates extensive archival footage, as well as interviews with: artists, scholars, journalists, merchants, workers, and artisans in Morocco, Israel, France, and Canada.
Zdzisław Pieniowski (1916-2000) came to Mariefred with a Polish submarine during World War II. He stayed and married a Swedish woman and started a family in Sweden. The film is about the rootlessness of Exile.
Klein goes on the hunt for Little Richard, the legendary ‘Architect of Rock and Roll’, who quit show business in 1957 at the height of his fame to become an evangelist. Richard was then lured back to secular music in the 1960s and 70s, but the excesses of stardom led him to a second retreat from the stage. For years he struggled to reconcile his religious calling with his flamboyant rock-and-roll persona, and at the time of filming, Klein finds Little Richard selling ‘Black Heritage Bibles’ for a Nashville couple. Sensing that his image is being exploited, Richard quits his sales position and deserts the film. But Klein turns this into an opportunity to reconstruct Richard’s personality through the words of his family and friends in his native Macon, Georgia, and to celebrate his status as a cultural icon by filming scores of Little Richard impersonators and adoring fans in Hollywood.
The filmmaker’s directorial debut after joining the National Film Organization, this short documentary follows young children in preschool as they become exposed for the first time to notions of learning, reciting, and proper pronunciation and molded into conformity.
The history of the television version of "Amos and Andy" and the public outcry to cancel it.
A documentary about the multitude of insect, bird and animal species in the nature.
In a large village nestled among the mountains, far from the sea, one day a man appeared on the shore carrying a canoe. "Where do you go to the sea?" he asked. "But when I was born, I knew the sea." Between jokes, he's challenged to follow the course of the waters.
Complete version in three parts. Reconstructed from VHS transfers of the original Super-8. Music and film by Claudio Caldini, 1988.
Every year 130,000 Americans are diagnosed as having lung cancer. The program dealt with the case of Said Ullah, a 35-year-old Pakistani immigrant who was told of his fatal illness in 1982 .
The film is based on the letters and memoirs of Anton Chekhov and members of his family and reconstructs the details of everyday life and of the writer's relationships with his brothers and sister.
A documentary recreating the life and writings of celebrated Irish author James Joyce with readings from his most famous works filmed on location in Dublin and Paris and hosted by Peter O'Toole.
This documentary is the film record of one of the first Nazi war crimes trials, conducted while the war was still raging. The concentration and extermination camp Majdanek, near Lublin, erected in 1941, was liberated in July 1944. When the Soviet and Polish troops drove the Nazis out of the region, they uncovered the evidence of Nazi genocide. One month later, a joint Soviet-Polish commission heard evidence from survivors and witnesses as to the atrocities that took place, and their testimony is preserved in this film.
Maldoror traces the dramatic life of the self-taught sculptor Alberto Carlisky, who fled his native Argentina after being imprisoned in 1944 by the Perón regime for his political views, and who apprenticed in the Paris studio of the Russian Cubist sculptor Ossip Zadkine before striking out on his own.
Promo film shown at the EPCOT Preview Center at Walt Disney World. The film explains the philosophy and ideas behind EPCOT Center, which would open to the public on October 1, 1982. It also presents a look at the various pavilions that would be there, as well as footage of the attractions being planned and developed at WED Enterprises.
Produced in 1988, this feature documentary presents a living history of Quebec's last 40 years as seen through the eyes of one couple. Pauline Julien and Gérald Godin, two Quebec artists, share their perspectives on the events that have marked Quebec's evolution. Julien, a singer, and Godin, a poet, express their love and passion for the province (and each other) while providing a unique take on the Quebec nationalist movement.
July 1956: like every summer, the actor and cellist Maurice Baquet temporarily deserts the stage and the cinema studios to go to Chamonix where the mountaineer Gaston Rebuffat is waiting for him. A few days later, the two men achieved a historic first, that of the south face of the Aiguille du Midi (3,842 m), a magnificent wall rising like a rampart above the Vallée Blanche. July 1988: to pay tribute to the memory of his friend Gaston, now deceased, Maurice Baquet once again climbed this wall suspended between heaven and earth with the man who, 50 years his junior, is considered one of his best contemporary mountaineers: Christophe Profit.
Life and work of the popular painter Bajado, interviews with Gilberto Freyre and João Câmara, scenes of daily life in the city that always inspired him.
Filmpoem about the demolition of the prison walls of Långholmen. Recorded in the central prison and in the chancellor.
Children's film with animation and live action elements about how the lock in the Spree River works.
Introduction to your Casio Tone Bank Keyboard