Cinematic Era: 1971 Vintage

A couple of lovers in a passionate embrace. Camera panning back, discloses a third person, a policeman, who gets himself involved in the action.

A man, trying to get a job, meets a lot of unusual characters on his way.

Procol Harum, best known for their world-wide smash hit of 1967, A Whiter Shade of Pale, are the stars of a 55-minute special program. In 1967 a new pop group emerged with the hit song, A Whiter Shade of Pale. They were The Procol Harum. We meet the members of the group and see them perform their hit along with other numbers, including Captain Clack, Whisky Train, and Your Overcoat Is Too Long. The group's leader, Gary Brooker, comments throughout. Shown on the ABC and in the UK on BBC. Tracklist : A Whiter Shade Of Pale Good Captain Clack Whiskey Train Homburg Piggy Pig Pig In Held Twas In I Pilgrims Progress Dead Man's Dream Nothing That I Didn't Know

Ten works commissioned by the Scottish Arts Council were broadcast, unannounced, by Scottish TV in August/September 1971. Later, seven were compiled as TV Interruptions (7 TV Pieces).

A man wearing a mask of King Kong walks through a maze unrolling a ball of thread. Franco Brocani renewes his interest in the dens of perdition providing a free vision of the classic myth of the Minotaur. Shot in an art gallery in Rome and adapted from a story by Jorge L. Borges.

Short documentary exploring Khabarovsk and its people.

Demonstrates various elements and techniques of an animated film. Shows how these elements such as the voice tracks, pictures, music, and sound effects can be mixed together to produce a musical motion picture.

Fragile as a teardrop - Powerful as a God-given Right.

A subjective film song of awareness; woman alone, woman with child, woman as scientist, woman as artist, woman with woman, woman with man. Paradox and dilemma, the human state as seen through today's suburban woman. The filmmaker explored with several women their conditions and sought ways of relating and structuring those states in a film.

The symbolic value of the egg throughout history is represented in this film in colourful animation without commentary. The importance attached to the egg as one of the realities of nature appears in the art and architecture of all ancient civilizations. In modern times it still holds a place in traditional observance. The animation artist develops this theme in colourful, surprising sequences. Film without words.

Tenants of public housing in Ottawa challenge the process of managing public housing projects in meetings with federal, provincial and municipal officials.

The film features a whimsical exploration of various insects, highlighting their unique characteristics and appearances through playful rhymes. A man with six legs interacts with these insects, presenting a humorous and light-hearted perspective on their lives, including ladybugs and ants. The narrative emphasizes the beauty and charm of these creatures while inviting viewers to appreciate their diversity.

Hirsch’s first steps in filmmaking were documentations of her performances and happenings in public spaces. These were collective actions, filmed initially on 8mm or 16mm film, which record the reactions of a randomly chosen spectator.

Short film directed by Vlado Kristl

Young William moves with his parent from rural Georgia to Harlem.

Trygve Rasmussen is one of the senior figures within Norwegian animation. He started as an animator Ivo Caprino in 1954. Through his film company Point Film made a series of short animated films, animated commercials and animated effects for films until 1980. The gold coin is a cartoon animation.

8mm/Super 8 early silent short films by the Chiodo Brothers, inspired by Ray Harryhausen, included on the 4K remastered Arrow Video Blu-ray of ‘Killer Klowns from Outer Space’

The material for this compilation guerrilla video was created thanks to the work of nearly thirty filmmakers who, using the then-new Portapak portable cameras, recorded from within the protest movement the mass demonstrations to end the Vietnam War that were held in early May 1971 in Washington, D.C. Footage of participants' discussions, strategy planning, and spontaneous happenings alternate with the documentation of police violence, stays at police stations, and improvised detentions. The first edited version tried in vain to get airtime on NBC, while the updated version of the original compilation adds informational subtitles for today's viewers and underscores the hope that the established order and repressive power can be overcome non-violently through solidarity and shared emotion.

A two-hour journey of love stories told through music and performance.

Erotic adventures of a young woman who starts a new job in a hotel.

Berlin is like an island in the middle of East Germany, a divided city known for its wall, the so-called Berlin Wall. Ever since its inception, this has been extensively exploited by Western propaganda. The notions about it are based in the general public on the fact that it was created to prevent people from traveling as they wish, from escaping. The wall that separates West Berlin from East Berlin is considered a crime against humanity. The truth is that the wall has caused many tragedies, the people on both sides of it are hermetically sealed off from each other. Those who are indignant about the existence of the wall, base their opinion entirely on the propaganda, which in the Cold War game manipulated the background to its creation. The film shows how necessary it was for East Germany to effectively close its border and the consequences of that for West Berlin.

Art film about the painter Adolf Wolfli, 1864-1930, who was a schizophrenic patient who spent most of his life at the Waldau Institute, Bern. An attempt to view his paintings outside the context of psychotic art.

The story of the murderer nicknamed Doctor who escaped from prison.

Documentary narrated by Robert Vaughn - chronicling John F Kennedy's visit to Ireland in 1963.

Wishing to turn over a new leaf, a reformed gangster reluctantly agrees to take on one last deal to earn some money that will let him settle down.

It’s all about forbidden. Fruit.

A cinematic experiment that moves in several planes. Four people act out a human course, seen with white silhouettes on a black background. 'Inside' them - or behind them - a different process plays out, supported and contradicted by the sound side. (DFI)

Rathyahatra Festival San Francisco 1970.

Early 8mm filmwork by Masanobu Nakamura.

U.S. educational film. We follow Johnny, a boy who is seduced by rock and roll music into starting a band and smoking dope. See how rock music and hippie culture inevitably lead to death and addiction.

Short film.

Two charming seniors consider the pros and cons of entering a "home". Do old-age institutions fit the needs of those they are designed to help?

A short amateur film by director T. Ivančić.

Hindle's first all-southern-made work, filmed shortly after moving his studio from San Francisco to the lower Appalachians. Jackie Dicie sings the song in disruptive out-of-synchronization. It is Hindle's first-water attempt to express the southern country mode of existence ... the alone woman and the lonesome land. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive, in partnership with Pacific Film Archive, in 2012.

Modish documentary exploring attitudes to nude modelling in Britain. Models, photographers, magazine editors and members of the public express their opinions about those who pose for top-shelf magazines, raising various questions about the depiction and presentation of women in such publications. Featuring the journalist and author Lynn Barber, who worked at Penthouse magazine during the 1960s-70s.

"The cinematic mechanism cannot be completely deconstructed without resort to other means of mechanical image reproduction; a double system of representation is required; the apparent naturalness of the cinematic sign must be put into question by other indexical signs." —Thom Andersen. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2008.

8mm short filmed in the Festival de Rock y Ruedas, commonly known as Avándaro, which took place in Valle de Bravo, State of México in Sept. 11th and 12th, 1971.

At Uncle Blue's house, Petter and Lotta get to go to their very own school. Their teacher teaches the children everything under the sun. They play cowboys and Indians and learn how to build an igloo. When Aunt Brown's birthday comes around, they prepare a surprise, with a treasure hunt and ghost games. Of course, it turns out to be a very successful birthday!

South African Film

The events of two days of life of the pilgrims in Mashhad Ardalan city near Kashan. In first day the pilgrims arrive in the city to pilgrim the holy shrine there. In the second day the Ghali Shouyan tradition is taken place.

A sex-crazed ex-singer is forced to undergo psychiatric counseling; it seems he's addicted to stealing pornographic films.

A wise man's job is to find young men with good lineage but no financial means, and after training them in various skills with masters, he introduces them to wealthy families with daughters, and after they are able to get married, he makes money in this way...

Experimental short film from Robert de Laroche.

A Silvestre Byrón experimental short film.

A super-8mm document (blown up to 16mm) of Acconci's performance of the same name where he laid flat on his stomach blindfolded on a wood platform in the middle of an arts event at a Rhode Island university as students watched videos, listened to music, etc and he spun himself in circles until he reached exhaustion at which point he would point at a random student and wish them dead.

A man who earns his living as a driver is forced to become a hired killer as a result of unexpected events that befall him. And his struggle to escape this situation.

A man enjoys the salad days.

Don and Edwina take us on a delightful tour of The wondrous Portland, Oregon. Sights and smells truly come alive in this whimsical walk through The City of Roses. Whether you're uptown, downtown, or staying at the luxurious Royal Gambino Hotel! See what all the talk is about and come on down! You can find us eating iced cream in the Brownstone District.

John Lowry's 1971 Ontario travelogue "Home by the Waters" (featuring a haunting theme song by Tommy Ambrose) was shown at the IMAX Cinesphere in Ontario Place for a short time in September of 1971.