Cinematic Era: 1984 Vintage

Part of BFI collection "The Miners' Campaign Video Tapes."

A story of hope, despair and the burden of human life during the war in Bangladesh.

As she reads, M. delves deeper and deeper into the inner space of her imagination. The imagination of elsewhere allows her—perhaps—to take a step outside.

Directed by Abdallah Zerouali.

Through the tragic fate of a former resistance fighter, a donkey narrates the story of the citizens who participated in the struggle against the authorities of the French protectorate during the exile of King Mohammed V, and of the traitors who collaborated with the colonizers to become rich.

Directed by Qais Al-Zubaidi.

Legendary Welsh punk rockers played at live at Rockpalast in Markthalle, Hamburg on May 9, 1984.

Scratch Free State has great energy and straddles an interesting line between a popular culture and fine art sensibility. This piece was made at the same time as Tilt. It is probably the best example of what an artist can do re-cutting and processing David Attenborough's Life On Earth programmes.

Commissioned by Projects UK in Newcastle upon Tyne, England and featured on the Pieces compilation VHS. "A variety of definitions."

1984 Indian Film

1984 Indian Film

In a world dominated by violence, how can we create peace in our lives? This award-winning film goes on an extraordinary journey with the Dalai Lama, demonstrating how any one of us can create change and transform the world in which we live

June 6, 1944, was a historic day that proved to be a major turning point of World War II. In a dangerous move that surprised Axis forces, the largest covert operation in history was performed, as an unparalleled Allied force stormed the beaches of Normandy. This documentary transplants the viewer right into the front lines through actual footage from the battle, retracing the steps taken on that fateful day.

Film starring Mumtaz, Kanwaljit Singh, Aruna Irani

In this film set in South Africa, young Suzy is forced into prostitution and made to work for an obsessively protective madam. Suzy eventually escapes her captors and gets a fresh start with veterinarian Steve, but her new life takes a terrible turn when her former boss finds her. Traumatized by the encounter, Suzy flees and Steve jumps into action.

Peter Hutton’s essay on the naturalization of the urban landscape. Voluptuously gray, worn and lived in, the city is like a stage set for an invisible drama.

About Joaquín Murieta , from Valparaíso, who arrived in California in the 1850's during the Gold Rush , transforming himself into a legendary assailant and representative of the protest against the extreme exploitation conditions that characterized mining of the time.

1984, 13 minutes, Super 8 Backdrop screening used throughout live performances.

After his girlfriend dies, a young swordsman visits the home of her parents, but they are harboring a big secret. Namely, her spirit.

The shadows render the state of mind of al mother whose children have grown and left the home.

This is one of the summer camp productions created through a unique experiment: a shared premise “when an unseen ‘oni’ appears, people begin to disappear” was adapted and filmed separately by each group. Among them, this version is a solid, classic mystery that stays closest to the original concept. It is the first directorial work by newcomer Kazuki Yoshimura, and it leaves a lingering sense of unease long after viewing.

Experimental short by Keiichi Minegishi.

Documentary by Ad Zonneveld in which the life of a child of NSB parents is sketched using childhood memories and archival footage from World War II.

This film is about Alexander Shilov, a People's Artist of Russia, an Honored Artist of the RSFSR, and a recipient of the Lenin Komsomol Prize.

Examines the aftermath of the 1979 Iranian Revolution, highlighting how the movement for change was overtaken by strict Islamic rule. The documentary explores the disillusionment of those who initially supported the revolution against the Shah, featuring insights into the rise of Ayatollah Khomeini and the transformation of the political landscape.

Body as signal. City as echo. Pola Weiss dissolves into feedback—gesture, skin, static.

Ken Chambers describes the plans for the new Rastafari community centre in Wolverhampton. After an opening speech by the mayor of the town, Alfred Laws, Ken gets down to business in conversation with Hilary Minster. In ten years time, he says, "it's going to be massive". His enthusiasm is infectious and, with plans to reach the Wolverhampton black community with everything from nursery care to meals on wheels.

The camera becomes an extension of body and spirit—a literal and symbolic “third eye” that sees beyond ordinary vision. The film plays like an adrenaline rush: it breaks free from the steering wheel, spirals wildly around a speeding car, captures watercolor-like pastel light, and ultimately returns to its point of origin.

A housemaid becomes the center of attention in a family of three married couples, which makes the wives furious.

A good six months of television. Speakers included: Konrad Adenauer, Klaus Barbie, Peter Basseler, Karl Carstens, Lisl Christ, W.C. Fields, Adolf Furler, Heiner Geissler, Trude Herr, Günter Kiessling, Fritz Klein, Ernst-Dieter Lueg, Gerhard Löwenthal....

In Giarre (Sicily), a male couple is found dead. Realistic scenes and dreamlike sequences are used in an attempt to approach a true story. The possibilities of murder and staged suicide are interwoven as equally probable.

The eye constantly scans everything in sight, and every image we see is constantly being recomposed from what the fovea has previously stored.

An American love story about a man and a woman who meet by chance on the streets of New York City one autumn night.

A dark comedy about the meaning of life as seen by the guests at an elegant birthday party. No one knows whose birthday it is and everyone suspects it might be their own

Art animation by Julian Józef Antonisz.

The artist watching television. Illuminated by the flickering glow of the TV the artist as TV viewer earnestly peers out of the screen whilst balancing a cup of tea and a chocolate eclair on his lap.

Nomads of the underground question the value of history in a disposable culture.

A TV drama based on work by Welsh writer Dylan Thomas.

Steeped in black humor, this concise political critique is Acconci's contribution to artist Jenny Holzer's collaborative Sign on a Truck project, which was presented on a Diamond Vision Screen in New York in response to Ronald Reagan's re-election campaign in 1984. Acconci portrays Reagan as a ventriloquist's dummy, a two-dimensional puppet's head that is a mouthpiece for the ideology of the Right. Smiling like a TV evangelist or the host of a children's TV show, the Reagan puppet intones a litany of "Family Values" that is at once comic and chilling.

Documents a unique experiment that took place in 1982 in Weirton, W. Va., when employees of the steel plant were told that the plant would be closed unless the workers bought it under an employee stock ownership plan. Questions whether this signals an achievement for workers or is rather just one more way for the company to extract concessions from the labor force

A violent confrontation in the near future.

Construction of telephone networks around Nicaragua

Turkish and Pakistani women tell a female film crew about the difficulties they have encountered since arriving in Denmark. They talk about where they come from, their culture and religion, and the gender roles and family patterns they grew up with – and which they suddenly have to carry on in a completely different society where, in their eyes, everything is permitted.

Forcibly abandoned as a child he grows with a wolf like dog by his side.

1. Bone Orchard – The Mission 2. The Milkshakes – Red Monkey 3. The Sharks – Short Shark Shock 4. The Stingrays – Blue Girl 5. The Jazz Butcher – The Jazzbutcher Meets Count Dracula 6. Guana Batz – King Rat 7. Crazy Tim And Sid – Goin Bowling 8. The Ghost Riders – Rockin In The Graveyard 9. Screaming Lord Sutch – The Wolfman Strikes Again 10. The Meteors – Graveyard Stomp 11. The Turnpike Cruisers – I Wanna Be Like You 12. The Blubbery Hellbellies – I Dont Wanna Get Thin 13. Living In Texas – Godemokrafasc 14. Folk Devils – Chewing The Flesh 15. Inca Babies – Jericho 16. Ausgang – Weight 17. Alien Sex Fiend – Wish I Woz A Dog

Drawn portraits of a man with a beard.

A resplendent documentary about the ancient art of carpet weaving, the poetics of carpet patterns, and their spiritual and national significance for Kyrgyz people.

With the Mimi Garrard Dance Co.

A note from a friend in Holland invokes a series of memories and dreams from the past and reminds the filmmaker of the fragility of his own existence.

Although Ivan Tatíček's Metrofilm was inspired by period video clips from Austrian television, it is not a musical in the true sense of the word. In the film, a pair of allegorical figures of disorientation and order (David Pacholík and Ivana Málková) navigate the metro spaces in repetitive movements and confront a system of rules, procedures and geometric order. It authentically illustrates the period atmosphere of personal choice between social resignation, tacticianism in public space or the search for inner freedom, which could be provided by relatively free movement in a parallel world.