Cinematic Era: 1982 Vintage

Sarpanch is a 1982 Punjabi movie starring Veerendra, Preeti Sapru.

Set in a small village in the Congo, where one of the villagers’ favorite pastimes is either to watch or to take part in a form of very civilised "fighting" that involves two young men in loin cloths trying to flip the other to the ground. The action is over in a few seconds, and then another pair of fighters takes a turn, all the while reminded by the referee not to inflict hurt. An important match is coming up and the people in the village are backing their favourite, who spends his time in training with a Belgian coach, getting ready for the big day.

UK public information film advising parents to watch small children when near open stretches of water.

Gesturing hands emerge from the darkness, readying us for the cinematic experience.

Paulina (Kristin Genee, daughter of director Heidi Genee) has had to suddenly shoulder the burden of taking care of her mother's responsibilities at home while the latter goes off to a rehab center for alcoholics. Unfortunately, Paulina also has to work at a drive-in to cover the bills, handle the visits of a social worker, and take care of an unwanted teenager hiding out from the law -- making school and homework seem like child's play.

In Ballet Robotique, the graceful movements of giant assembly line robots are perfectly synchronized to classical music recorded by London's Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. The film was nominated for an Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film.

Tessa Hughes-Freeland’s “Baby Doll” is a tiny slice of cinéma vérité from 1982 about the girls working the now defunct Baby Doll Lounge on Church and White St. in downtown Manhattan. It captures a moment before NYC got sanitized.

A Portrait of Giselle is a documentary film featuring Patricia McBride and Anton Dolin along with famous ballerinas who danced the role of Giselle in the past.

A documentary on the life of Ed Pincus and his immediate family from 1971 to 1976.

Filmed at the Montreal Jazz Festival in the early 1980s, this concert provides nearly an hour of first-class jazz. Bob Mintzer is outspoken on tenor sax in the opening number, underpinned by Jaco’s clear and propulsive bass. Othello Molineaux coaxes a wide range of sounds out of a single steel drum, possibly the most awkward musical instrument ever devised by man, but Othello makes it sing radiantly.

Two live titles by the hard rock band Rainbow. LIVE BETWEEN THE EYES was filmed live at the San Antonio Stadium, Texas, while THE FINAL CUT was recorded during the band's 1984 tour of Japan. Tracks on LIVE BETWEEN THE EYES include 'It Can't Happen Here', 'Smoke On The Water', and 'Stone Cold'. THE FINAL CUT features eleven tracks including 'Spotlight Kid', 'Difficult To Cure', 'Power', 'Since You've Been Gone', 'Stone Cold', 'Can't Let You Go' and 'Street Of Dreams

“Veenendaal Vooruit” is a film produced by the political party Dialoog for the 1982 municipal elections. In this film, Dialoog’s party platform is explained through footage of Veenendaal as it appeared at the time. The digital restoration of this Super 8 film was made possible by Museum Veenendaal.

The activities and projects of Servass endeavour to forge a form of communication and strategy with the public that is both inspirational and creative. In this concept, art is regarded as a general product, subject to the general rules and regulations applicable to the consumer. The self-determining axiom of the arts, which accords a work of art an exceptional status, is being abolished.

Documentary about communist movements in Chili

Short film.

Short film.

Short film.

After Ramu is presumed dead, Prakash saves his wife Tulasi from a suicide attempt. Meanwhile, a depressed Ramu seeks comfort in his friend Rupa, who is secretly in love with him.

The satirical puppet film for adults consists of two stories."Picnic" tells the story of a merry feast of animals in an apartment that they left in a disgraceful state, similar to some people who enjoy outdoor activities. "Taste" is about different reactions to a blooming rose. A dog wakes up to its scent, a rooster crows in surprise, a pig turns away, and a ram devours the stem and leaves of the rose.

Doksoke is a mixed race girl who grew up in a slum after her birth mother dumped her there many years before. As fate would have it however, she would eventually fall in love with a handsome man, though their relationship is tragically rocky due to personal misunderstandings.

Pink film by Satoru Kobayashi.

Pink film by Satoru Kobayashi.

The filmmaker and visual artist Rea Tajiri combines classic cinematic moments with her own overlaid text, establishing a sly tension between the magicians of cinema, who craft powerful illusions, and the anonymous audience member, who imposes their own interpretations and machinations upon the work. Both are located out of sight, on either side of the screen, illustrating Tjiri’s assertion: “When I’m watching / you won’t see me.”

In this investigative documentary, filmmaker Sharon I. Sopher travels hundreds of miles across the Western Sahara to report on the war between the Polisario Front guerrillas seeking independence and the Moroccan army occupying the territory. Through interviews with fighters, civilians, and policymakers, the film explores the human realities and international politics surrounding the long-running desert conflict.

The film tells about the city of Shostka and the enterprise for the production of film, photographic, X-ray film, photographic paper, tape recorder tapes, and cassettes — VO “SveMA.”

Pink film from Toei Central.

An artistic collaboration between a poet, a dancer and a filmmaker that celebrates the seedier side of Minneapolis in the early 1980s.

Clouds in the sky, sounds of the earth. Details are an opportunity for discovery, association, and memory.

Politicians and military leaders are preparing for Day X, the outbreak of war in our country, with simulation games and exercises.

Short documentary.

The human has been freed of physical labour by automatic devices. But the machine made a slave out of the human. The human has become a machine: working, living – and nothing more.

Vitrines e cartões postais (vitrines and postcards). Store displays and random scenes filmed in the United States and Europe in 1982.

A review of the past Struga Poetry Evenings with a presentation of the laureates of the Golden Wreath of Poetry.

An autobiographical fantasy, depicting the duality of an individual torn by conflicting desires. A reflection of the reconciliation between work and the creative imagination.

Shot in film in downtown Manhattan, the Staten Island Ferry and the Upper West Side, West Side Evan tells the story of a city kid’s High School life, filmed while Evan was 15 years old and attending Brooklyn’s Saint Ann’s School.

A bird transforms into a variety of objects and back into itself.

It portrays the popular Sandinista uprising and its historical background; national rebuilding, literacy campaign and production in the revolutionary process.

Super-8 film by Marieta Pérez.

Experimental short by Yosuke Okawado.

Two medieval knights defend their world when aliens arrive.

It’s the 1st of September, a sunny and joyful day in Pripyat. Children are going to school, and the builders, engineers, and supervisors of yesterday are sharing their thoughts about the future of the city and the newly built power station. Mr. Kizima, head of construction at Chornobyl, speaks about the city planning process, and Mr. Voloshko, head of the city executive committee, speaks about the creation of recreational areas for workers. The main architect, Mr. Oleshko, talks about the construction of the local swimming pool, and the head doctor, Mr. Leonenko, gives an ironic overview of the problems of high birth rates in the Atomohrad.

Short film in the Delta Space Mission film series. Dan, Yashiro and Anuta board an alien ship and are taken prisoner by Borak, a giant armored conquistador. The three fail to understand him and, suspecting that Borak wants to obtain their ship's fuel to power their power generators, attack and annihilate him. A small, green alien then emerges from the giant armor and speaks to them in a variant of Esperanto.

A lyrical film essay on the city of Bishkek (then named Frunze) in the early 1980s.

A retelling of the fairy tale "Cinderella" with bottles.

Documentary about the Potsdam landscape painter and art teacher Hubert Globisch.

There is excitement in the village of Niklashausen in the Tauber Valley when a folk play about the lay preacher Hans Böhm is to be performed again. Known today as 'Pfeifer Hans', he was burned as a heretic by the bishop in the 15th century after preaching a new kingdom of God without an emperor and pope to hundreds of convinced peasants. While preparations for the play are underway, conversations with the villagers show how much this past still moves them today.

Olga Pajek’s stunning yet seldom projected Too Much is a student exercise that deploys suffocating chiaroscuro lensing to depict the ecstasy and anxiety of a throbbing basement punk club (the infamous Disco FV) in early 80s Ljubljana.

About the Perm Art Gallery, which celebrated its 60th anniversary in 1983.

In this abrasive concluding segment of "A Kennedy Trilogy," Joan returns to the White House after hospital treatment.

Telugu devotional movie directed by A. P. Nagarajan