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“Pig Earth” marked John Berger’s first return to television after “Ways of Seeing”. The film, boldly using mostly still photographs, is based on John’s book of the same name, which was both a work of fiction as well as a history of French Peasant experience, as told by John ‘the story teller’, as if in the peasant’s own voices. All of which was given brilliant visual expression in the film through a series of beautifully edited sequences, each constructed from vivid and moving photographs of peasants and their lives, in black and white and colour, by John’s friend and long-time collaborator, the Swiss photographer Jean Mohr.

A film made during the Billion Dollar Babies tour that combines stunning concert footage with an outrageous story and also features the band's acting debut.

One of the first (and perhaps therefore ambiguous) approaches to homosexuality in Spain at the time. The film narrates in cinematographic form the problem of the third sex, its justification and its existence within a real environment that is society itself. Two parallel worlds are shown to us; one, the hard and professional life of some artists who try to put on a 'music-hall' show. The other world is independent but it shows us what the life of an old glory was like, of an old man who was an artist in his time. Comparing one era with another is the intention of the film and ultimately its plot.

A documentary with interviews of people who claimed to have died and then come back from the dead.

Documentary about Indian filmmaker Satyajit Ray

Documentary on the political history of Bolivia by Colectivo C3M - Cinema del Terzo Mondo

This punchy warning to motorists is a memorable example of the simple, take-no-prisoners school of public information warnings. Using a fist and an open palm, actor Edward Judd (in the tight roll-neck jumper that was a symbol of no-nonsense masculinity in the late 1970s), demonstrates the impact of a collision between a car and a motorbike at a junction. Some alarmingly convincing simulated crash footage helps hammer in the message.

“Man will reach the moon first, before the highway reaches here, to Limón,” said the governor of the province of Limón, in 1928.

Part of BFI collection "Police and Thieves."

A seasoned cowboy reminisces about his experiences, challenges, and the changing nature of cowboy culture. He expresses nostalgia for the past when cowboying was a way of life filled with camaraderie and hard work. The cowboy shares stories of his adventures, struggles with aging, and the decline of traditional ranching practices, ultimately revealing a sense of loneliness and the longing for meaningful connections.

Some of life's most profound questions are tackled by ten children ranging in age from six to eleven. They give their spontaneous views on God, the beginning of life, what happens to the spirit when one dies, where one's soul goes at night, and numerous other questions about life. The magic of animation and modern camera techniques illustrate the children's imaginative ruminations and conclusions.

In August 1941, two largest Soviet film studios Mosfilm and Lenfilm were evacuated to Alma-Ata, Kazakhstan. There, together with the newly founded Alma-Ata Film Studio, they were merged into TsOKS (Central United Film Studio), which became the main center of film production in the country until 1944. Now Kazakh film industry veterans who worked at the studio during these years recall the dawn of national cinema and years of work with Eisenstein, Pudovkin, Romm and others.

A retrospective look at Fogo Island, Newfoundland, four years after the original Newfoundland Project series was made. This is an assessment of the value of the programs initiated, and an illustration of what film can do to help spark new life in a fading community.

A Song for Dead Warriors examines the reasons for the Wounded Knee occupation in the spring of 1973 by Oglala Sioux Indians and members of the American Indian Movement (AIM). The film captures the conflict between AIM, the Sioux militants, the government’s Bureau of Indian Affairs and those allied with the US government.

Among the Yoruba of Western Nigeria and Dahomey the Gelede cult honours the earth spirits, the ancestors and especially the Great Mother. The festival filmed here emphasises the status of women and placated their potentially dangerous mystic powers. The commentary emphasises that the annual Gelede festival serves a cathartic role by paying respect to women in a patriarchal society. During the course of the festival social tensions are brought out into the open and ridiculed; antagonism between the sexes is thus controlled and given a legitimate outlet. The film shows the preparation of masks and the climax of the festival in which the Great Mask appears at midnight. On the following day the lesser masks entertain, satirising the movements of women.

Rossellini explores the frescoes in the Sistine Chapel during a concert by the chorus of the Cappella Musicale Pontificia conducted by Monsignor Domenico Bartolucci.

The three anonymous protagonists of the film are each sent to a different type of community a kibbutz, moshav, and moshava, to learn about their special characteristics and the different lifestyles of their residents, and also meet a mysterious girl along the way. In this part, we follow our hero who was sent to a kibbutz.

A film about a distinguished industrial worker of the Lithuanian SSR, a weaver at the P. Ziberta Silk Factory in Kaunas.

Volker Koepp's video essay honoring the German poet Johannes Bobrowski (1917–1965).

ABC's Wide World of Sports host Jim McKay sets out to travel to the various locations.

Unobtrusive propaganda of the feast culture, the story that alcohol can be not only harmful, but also useful, if you know how to handle it properly. If you want to look into the wine departments of the shops of that time, visit the winery's workshop, as well as at the tasting sessions of the Nectar bar.

Documentary portrait of the filmmaker's aunt, and her memories of life in the Lower East Side in the early 20th century.

A documentary film about the honored coach of the RSFSR Vitaly Belyaev.

A documentary film about the remote island of Grímsey, the people that live there and the islands copious birdlife.

In the mid-1970s, protests were waning across Japan after the Red Army scandal of Asama Cottage. In Sanrizuka, people were weary of the violence and the airport was well under construction. As for Ogawa Productions, they invited criticism by pulling out and moving to a quiet village in northern Japan. But when protesters back in Sanrizuka erected a tall tower at the end of one runway, they sent a crew to document what happened. This became the final film of the Sanrizuka Series.

A semi-documentary account of the author Thomas Wolfe's trip to Berlin in the summer of 1936.

A musical illustration of life, where road traffic chaos breeds anger and frustration, but the rail network is fast, smooth and relaxing.

The members of the Ballet Rambert seen through their daily activities, including backstage, during rehearsals and performances, as well as in class and home settings.

The degenerate alcoholics, the men and women of the beaches, themselves speak openly about their lives and problems. Through their stories, a picture emerges of those on the periphery of society who succumbed to alcohol because of war or difficult living conditions. They are aware of their own State; reason is still there, but the Will is lacking. The film is a cry for help on behalf of humans, it is a dispassionate and honest description of the position of degenerate alcoholics in Finnish society in the early 1970s.

In this episode, the politician Prof. P. Lieftinck, former Minister of Finance in the period 1945-1952.

"Jusqu'au bout" is dedicated to the hunger strike, in the Ménilmontant church in Paris, by fifty-six Tunisian workers to obtain their work permits. After a sequence showing the recruitment of workers in Tunisia itself, other immigrant workers testify to the harshness of their living conditions in France. Underlining the continuity between the anti-racist struggle and the fight against exploitation, the film follows the hunger strikers to victory, celebrated collectively in an unbridled dance.

A film about the relationship between real life and art in photography, photo as the capturer and interpreter.

A 1977 documentary profiles the life and work of Saar, her fascination with the mystical and the unknown, merging with her social concerns as an African American woman.

Now takes on video's claims to immediacy and authenticity, as Benglis juxtaposes live performance with her own prerecorded image. The soundtrack features phrases such as "now!" and "start recording," commands that usually ground us in the present, but here serve to deepen the confusion between live signals and mediation. Repeated takes and acidic color processing heighten this challenge to video's power of "liveness."

The film follows the career of Karl-Theodor Molinari from major in the Wehrmacht to general in the Bundeswehr. Authentic archive material and eyewitness testimonies are used to gather evidence of Molinari's guilt in the deaths of over a hundred French resistance fighters.

A documentary on the disco phenomenon using cinema verité techniques. Explores a disco dance class, disco clothing, the disco record industry, and the lives of four people as they prepare for a night at a disco.

The legendary director/producer Warren Miller hits the slopes of Squaw, Whistler, and Japan with skiers like Jim McConkey, Roger Staub, Pepi Stiegler in one of his earliest surviving ski movies.

The final major battle of the Second World War in Europe.

Hussain Shariff's first film, a documentary centred on a traditional fertility rite of the Ingessana people in the southern Blue Nile State, celebrating ashes, the sun and good harvests.

The right to abortion is one of the central themes of Italian feminism in the 1970s. this film criticizes the interference of the Catholic church and the difficulties of arriving at a law legalizing it.

Savaş decides to take his revenge against the attorney that caused his sentense.

Downhill Motion documents the spirit and soul of skateboarding like no other film in history. This underground classic takes you back to Huntington Beach, California in 1975 with the founders of the world of skateboarding. Watch Bob Neishi and many others bring life to the sidewalks of Southern California with 55 mph barefoot speed runs, solid 360s, and a soulful downhill motion.

Children create arts and crafts with various types of grasses.

An overview of the career of the great Soviet violinist Leonid Kogan.

Da Real Makoy is a 1977 Philippine propaganda documentary film. The film follows the tenth president of the Philippines, Ferdinand Marcos, setting a field trip to Ilocos Norte, Marcos's hometown, with his eldest daughter Imee Marcos. Shot entirely in Sarrat, Ilocos Norte with some animation sequences, the film was produced by National Media Production Center (NMPC) under her leadership Imee, who serves as a producer, and was written and directed by cartoonist Nonoy Marcelo in his directorial debut.

A short documentary directed by Toufik Senoussi.

This short documentary records Anne Cools’ 1978 run for the Liberal Party nomination in Rosedale, one of Toronto's largest and socially most diverse federal ridings. The film records her bid for political power, and explains the nomination contest, a basic step in the Canadian electoral process. Because she was competing against the Liberal Party's preferred candidate, the nomination battle in Rosedale turned into one of the most innovative and fascinating in the history of Canadian politics.

Historical vision of the city of Tacna, the fiftieth anniversary of its reincorporation, highlighting the patriotism of its people in the war with Chile (1879-1884), and during the captivity in the power of the neighboring country.

An old connoisseur of the deserts tells us about the life of the microorganisms that inhabit them.

An impressionistic view of Canada's national parks. The camera creates a composite landscape of ideal beauty where nature is wild and varied. It travels from the east coast to the west, from seashore to mountains, from lakes to forests. A film without words.

Explores school vandalism by re-creating a true incident involving four youths. Discusses motives and consequence of vandalism.