Cinematic Era: 1970 Vintage

Shows how a pioneer family prepared their food.

A film by Katja Raganelli

Thai horror film.

A pop art extravaganza featuring tarot cards. Inks, colors, and pens are taken over by the unconscious, exploding in a fury of nightmarish designs. A combination of live action and animation.

After the death of her mother, Nary decides to live her life independently, dressing and acting as a man in order to work at a taxi company, but Kosal soon finds out.

Kazimierz Mucha's film is dedicated to a famous Polish contemporary artist - Magdalena Abakanowicz. She talks about her work and personal life. In addition, the viewer has an insight into the artist's work.

Research on faces, made of color and superimpositions.

A honeycomb in a beehive. A rhythmical collective of bees and the expectation of the birth of a baby bee. Immediately after birth, her collision with the World begins. She has to learn discipline and join the collective. Her mischief and curiosity make her look irresponsible, because every new situation drags her into an adventure someone needs to save her from. Different situations, different problems. She learns about life independently. Life kicks and beats her, so she finally settles in the bee collective.

Orhan serves four years in prison for his brother's illegal activities. When he is released from prison, he leaves his past behind. Determined to stay away from illegal activities, Orhan starts working as a taxi driver. However, Orhan's life is suddenly turned upside down when his daughter falls ill. Facing economic difficulties, Orhan refuses his brother's offer to participate in a robbery. However, he will eventually have to reconsider this decision.

SELECTION documents a KISZ (Hungarian Young Communist League) chapter at an oil refinery that is interested in hiring a musical act as entertainment for young workers. The documentary shows the group discussing their criteria for the band, as well as their interviews with the individual bands. It is quickly apparent that the group isn’t interested in any sort of musical talent or the potential audiences’ interest. Rather, they are focused on ideological or moral issues that may be perceived as negative, such as groupies or outfits that are seen as too trendy. They settle on the musical group that is potentially the easiest to control, the youngest band. SELECTION works as a larger metaphor for what censorship was like in Socialist Hungary and was banned from being publicly screened until 1982.

Chinese Geese in Orkney.

Part of BFI collection "Worth the Risk?"

King George V (1970) charts the history of the celebrated locomotive, which was taken out of service in 1965 but offered a length of siding at Bulmers of Hereford to continue running, in steam.

A perverse story about a day in the life of a retired country schoolteacher who once worked for Lenin as a typist. An analysis of distorting the truth which, when stated too ofen, sounds trite.

Bandit Chucho impersonates a variety of high-society figures to perform a series of playful swindles.

Film composed of eight animated shorts starring agents Mortadelo (Mort) and Filemón (Phil): Information Agency; The Hong Kong Vase; Against the Pison; They Get on a Plane; More Than One Thief; Escaped from Prison; Genius or not, That's the Question.

Black Roots is the fourth feature-length film produced and directed by American independent filmmaker Lionel Rogosin. The film gathers a number of African American folk and blues musicians in a room, where they share stories and songs about the black experience in America.

A Rolling Stones Concert from 1969 at the MSG.

In this recently rediscovered home movie, three women—Chantal Akerman, Babette Mangolte, and Epp Kotkas—share a precious moment of laughter and friendship while filming Hotel Monterey in 1972 in New York.

A short film about an installation of the same name created by Joseph Beuys between 1961 and 1969, as well as an action of the same name that Beuys performed in February 1970 on the occasion of his exhibition "Tabernacle" at the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art in Humlebæk.

The artist, sitting naked, takes water from a pot into his mouth and gargles; he spits it out onto his stomach and groin, transferring the water from one "container" (the pot) to another (his body).

As two men play billiards in a darkened room, a sinister undercurrent emerges. Featuring Nick Bertoni.

This 1970s PSA-style short film titled ”Safety Facts About Crossing Tracks” combines b-roll footage and stop-motion photography to display the most common types of accidents and driving errors at rail crossings and how to avoid these errors

Directed by pioneering gay documentary and erotica filmmaker Pat Rocco, Changes is a profile of Jennifer Michaels, a trans person living in Los Angeles.

Produced at the height of the black power movement in the early ‘70s, Lord Thing is an insider history into the genesis and transformation of the Conservative Vice Lords gang, one of Chicago's oldest street gangs. Partially shaped and told by by CVL members who also appear in the film, Lord Thing is a unique and powerful tool that expresses an effort in self-transformation during a volatile and violent time in US race history. Gritty and rhythmic, this unusual film reflects an under-told chapter in gang history as members from the West Side neighborhood of North Lawndale try to become viable and political agents in their community. (Chicago Film Archives)

A concentrated look at one of America's early Pop artists, the film was made during Dine's 4-year residency in London. Actively at work in his studio on several large collages, one can clearly see Dine's masterful balance of artistic freedom and control, as he adds and modifies illusionistic images, written words and real life objects to his compositions. The artist talks about his connections to literature and about his frequent collaboration with poets; he also discusses his own poetry, some of which he reads for the camera. The parks and streets of London are the setting for Dine's frank comments about his voluntary exile in that city. On one walk, Dine encounters Gilbert and George as they endlessly repeat "Underneath the Arches" in bronze make-up, their earliest performance piece.

A few couples initiate inquisitive sex techniques in complicated positions while a scientific commentary provides the cultural-historical background.

The film "Anahita," directed by Nasib Nasibi in 1970 (1349 in the Iranian calendar), is a historical and adventure film from pre-revolutionary Iran. The story is centered around the Anahita Temple in Kangavar, one of Iran's significant ancient monuments. The movie tells the story of a group of archaeologists and researchers who set out to explore and study the Anahita Temple in Kangavar. The Anahita Temple is one of the most important and ancient religious sites in Iran, dedicated to Anahita, the goddess of waters and fertility. Throughout the story, the group faces various challenges and obstacles, primarily focusing on the dynamics between the characters and the discovery of ancient secrets hidden within the temple. The film intertwines historical and supernatural elements, aiming to depict the connection between people and their ancient past and its impact on their current lives.

The film essay is quite possibly the pinnacle of Václav Hapl's work. It focuses primarily on the topic of drugs, which it places in a broader framework, pointing out the self-destructive tendencies of modern civilization. Through his internal and to a certain extent veiled concept, he thinks very intensively about the dehumanization of humanity.

A 1970 documentary directed by Julia Sabogal. The film screened at Valdivia International Film Festival in 2021.

1970 Japanese movie

Henrika, a cow who longs to see the city, gets her wish - and- more when she rides an old raft down one of Holland's most picturesque canals - to adventure.

Released shortly after his wedding on the Tonight Show, "A Special Tiny Tim" showcases many great performances by Herbie. From Rock and Roll to Music Hall, Tiny covers a wide and eclectic range of material for his one and only television special.

An unfinished film, or preliminary sketch, that pairs live action film with a recorded lecture on reincarnation by Baba Ram Dass, an American spiritual teacher and the author of the seminal 1971 book Be Here Now. The footage deliberately resembles outtakes, a lot like those accidental moments in life that can throw a new light on our understanding. An exercise of the non-literal relationship between image and sound.

A dance-music-processional homage to the life force, a unification of nature and man, shot in San Francisco, Yosemite and New Mexico; made on a grant from the Canada Council. –B. C.

“The film said something necessary at the time: the numinous is everywhere, even upstate Rust Belt Binghamton. The light was perfect, students brilliant, America’s killing spree then in Vietnam distant.” -KJ

A short film inspired by lateral thinking that sees an astronaut explore "the monsters of mass society and mass media."

Four young German men are drafted by the military. Elmar Hügler depicts their first weeks in the Bundeswehr.

A woman kisses Acconci's body, covering him in red lipstick traces. Acconci then rubs his body against another man (Dennis Oppenheim), transferring the stains onto him.

1970 short film by Håkan Dahlström.

A walk through the countryside in Tangiers with two friends.

The cartoon is based on a humorous Ukrainian folk song.

Animated movie based on Enid Blyton's fairy tale "The Famous Duckling Tim" about how because of his restless temper Tim always gets into stories, which, however, always ends safely.

Director : Datta Keshav. Cast: Jayshree Gadkar, Arun Sarnaik, Vijay Dutt, Datta Bhat, Chhotu Sawant.

Animated short film

Summer noon, solstice, pilot’s love under an olive tree and when everything is at its zenith – nature and people explode.

A film which purports to link student movement activists to the world Communist movement.

A report on historical buildings, legends, and traditions along the route from Isfahan to Shiraz. Including Mahyar, Shahreza, Ziaratgah, AminAbad, and IzadKhast.

Captain's daughter Josephine and common sailor Ralph Rackstraw are in love. However, their relationship is complicated by her arranged marriage to the high-ranking Sir Joseph Porter. A secret about the characters' true identities revealed by Little Buttercup, which leads to a farcical resolution.

A minimalist drama about the war from the point of view of the loser.

Black and white UCLA Student Film, Preserved by the UCLA Film and Television Archive. A crime story of a stolen car told out of narrative order, commenting on racist stereotypes of Black Americans.