Cinematic Era: 1972 Vintage

Short film directed by the great Titi Ramirez filmed in the city of Campana (Province of Bs.As) in 1972 in super 8 mm.

A sequence of short demonstrations of the quirks and artifacts unique to early black-and-white video equipment, things like static produced by rough edits and abrupt changes in white balance. [Overview Courtesy of James Welling via The Brooklyn Rail]

The man just wants a piece of candy. The candy machine just wants a piece of the man. A cartoon employing a novel xerox technique to combine animation and live action.

Spanisch horror short from 1972.

This 1972 film documents sacred harp singing, a 200 year old tradition of religious singing which survives today in the rural South.

Produced by the Junior League of Miami, this is a comprehensive history of Miami and Dade County, from its earliest history through the 1926 Hurricane. Uses historical footage and photographs to recreate important events and people. 16mm

Educational film on animation techniques, as told from a Martian telecast by a Martian presenter -- demonstrating ink and paint on cels, stop motion (model, object, plasticine, pixilation), cutouts, and “filmography” (motion graphics).

An experimental film which deals with human awareness of existence. Shows design transmutations to suggest how the basically constant position in consciousness has persisted and felt the human experience over thousands of generations.

"Zer To Pidhan Jani Jani" is a 1972 Gujarati film directed by and starring Upendra Trivedi. The movie is a classic in the Gujarati film industry and features a notable performance by Upendra Trivedi alongside Anupama and Arvind Trivedi. The film is known for its rich cultural depiction and emotional narrative, reflecting the essence of Gujarati traditions and values. The storyline follows the intricate dynamics within a rural Gujarati family, exploring themes of love, sacrifice, and familial duty. The characters navigate through personal and societal challenges, highlighting the strong bond of relationships and the importance of maintaining one's honor and integrity in the face of adversity.

During the Xmas break in 1971 I assembled a crew of artists, 3 on camera and 2 on sound, along with a few others to create a performance at the Topanga Mall in Canoga Park. I asked Don Drowty to assume the role of a candidate and meet people in the mall in character. At the moment the film started Don chose to change his role to become Evel Knievel, the motorcycle stunt showman of the time. The film was shot on Super 8 and the sound was recorded separately. This is the first synched version of the film originally shown in 1972 and now in 2015.

A drawn-on-film animated short

Made in 1972, this film is concerned with the traditional trans-Himalayan trade which links the relatively low-altitude, grain-growing regions of Nepal with high-altitude Tibet, the traditional source of most of the salt and wool imported by Nepal. It also provides information about and illustration of the ways of life and the history of the diverse peoples in the areas through which the trade passes.

A video portrait of artist, madman and street entrepreneur Denham Arthur Oswald Kelsey, III.

Since 1970 Simonds has created Dwelling places for an imaginary civilization of “Little People” who are migrating through the streets of neighborhoods in cities throughout the world; New York, Paris, Shanghai, Berlin, London, Dublin among many others. Below is a selection of films of Simonds constructing Dwellings on the Lower East Side of New York.

Named after a little Indian Hamlet in the southern state of Oaxaca this ethnographical documentary deals with the voluntary work, called "TEQUIO" which is used by the people of these very poor communities to empower some local projects. It represents a clear example of a socially concerned film production, during the seventies this was the case with many film documentarists.

Artisanal computer animation

The mass migration of lemmings.

Performance artist Orentlicher and a tractor are the stars of this film made by Cinema Guild member and future philosophy professor Lugg.

An experimental short that plays with folklore to discuss socio-political issues within the Socialist Republic of Yugoslavia.

"Nightmare Halloween Spectacular" was a hosted horror movie special with Bill Camfield as "Gorgon the Gruesome".

The American artist Jon Schueler discusses his Scottish inspirations.

Early film by Walter Wippersberg

Produced by Francisco de Castro, to promote tourism in the beaches around Lisbon.

New York Chinatown documentary

Directed by Prabhakar Manajirao Nayak.

Directed by Yeshwant Pethkar. With Usha Chavan, Saroj Sukhtankar.

Directed by Dinkar D. Patil. With Usha Chavan, Bhalchandra Kulkarni, Raj Shekar.

The film showcases India's progress through live footage and numerous photographs, capturing the maker's experiences and impressions.

DIARIOS PATAGÓNICOS 2 explores Narcisa Hirschs everyday life, travels and friends that reveal their working methods.

A documentary about a large group of teenagers in Tensta, Stockholm. They hang out in the fields, drink beer, party, fight, and express their opinions to the filmmakers.

Deviant Uncle Sam shape-shifts.

Super8 short by Giovanni Martinelli.

A beautifully animated story about a friendly green monster who tries to change the colour of his skin and who learns he must accept himself as he really is. A rhythmic drum beat enhances the natural rhythm of the verse to which visuals are set.

Short documentary film that addresses the negative impact of imperialism in Latin America, focusing on the Chilean situation. Among images that denounce the inequality perpetuated in the region, as well as the representative faces and practices of the imposed system, the film expresses a critical stance against fascism that, towards the end and using images of the construction of the Santiago subway, becomes optimistic about the change represented by the Unidad Popular (UP).

The staircase becomes a real prison, which traps the individual.

Presents a family's experience with death, with special attention given to questions raised by the youngest child

Here appear the images of the author in front of a screen with the writing "The End". Then the transmission cuts out, such as a central failure, about 60 seconds of vacuum. Under the white image, a pained cry is heard. The writing "Il televisore che piange" returns to the screen. Then the camera focuses on the writing "The End".

I dig a hole one foot deep and I bury my feet in it, I sit down and I stop moving. An admission of impotence, of incapacity, of insufficiency ( but the admission is in itself awareness).

Landscape of Paestum taken up in a kaleidoscope of colored fragments.

Recovered Zulueta short.

A discussion of the biological and psychological aspects of sex, conducted by Angel Martinez, a youth program consultant for New York City's Planned Parenthood, with teenage members of the Ghetto Brothers, a youth gang in New York City. Discussed are sexual fantasies, homosexuality, body growth, masturbation, birth control, abortion, and love. Resource person advised.

Short film by Robert Filliou.

Short by Studio 970/2.

A film about the activities of the US military base in Keflavík, Iceland.

My Little Brown Girl: Directed by Danny Holmsen. With Nora Aunor, Tirso Cruz III, Gina Alajar, Tita De Villa.

16mm short by Laura Grisi.

A short piece done in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, 1972

In 1972 I burrowed myself into Paris with an even stronger determination, this time not for all of Paris, just to steal her ‘diamond’, The Eiffel Tower. My Bolex , sound recording film,… a technology to contrast this identifiable subject. Here banked against the monumentous image, I had to form a rigorous emphasis around my now accumulated processing data. In trying to attribute a visual rhyme in film on the baroqueness of geometrical animation, this film has languaged its own Sound/Silence. – P.B.

Short educational documentary about the teaching of the basics to elderly people.

Short by Studio 970/2.

Short by Studio 970/2.

An evocation of my tree. –S. E.

Barn dreams; the irrevocable instant.

For seven minutes Waśko filmed the wall of the Film School in Łódź; he then cut up the film stock, mixed up the fragments and edited them together randomly. In effect, the only stable element of the film is the flat, unchanging wall. Because of the editing method, what is happening in front of the wall (people walking, electric carts passing by) can never be finally established. The artist thus prevents the illusion of three dimensions from materializing. He draws attention to the flat wall, which in turn recalls the flatness of the film stock. Therefore, like The Straight Curve, Wall features an attempt at reducing the 3D illusion of the film to two-dimensionality, more adequate to its physical properties.

[Following overview courtesy of Art Basel] Appendice per una supplica shows a pair of male and female hands against a black background gesticulating an entire repertoire of possible meanings and interpersonal tensions. The film reveals La Rocca’s attempt at developing a language that is not pre-coded by society. This dealing with the social construction of meaning was influenced by her work for Italian television, where she created and presented shows for deaf-mute persons. It is the very first film in art history showing manual gestures.

Shot on a September afternoon, in 1971, on the lawn and inside the studio of Hans Richter's Connecticut home. The artist talks informally with Cecile Starr about his first experiences as a filmmaker, and about the interrelationship of his films and his paintings, scrolls and collages. Excerpts from Rhythm 21, Ghosts before breakfast and Race symphony help illustrate Richter's comments about how these pioneer avant-garde films were made in the years between 1921 and 1929.

Diakité’s unique historical document, made together with Gary Engman and Nordal Åkerman, records the precarious living conditions of foreign students, immigrants, and in particular the African diaspora in southern Sweden in the ‘70s.