Cinematic Era: 1997 Vintage

Hosted by a leather masked individual with a distorted voice named z.187 this shockumentary takes a look at real life death and violence caught on film.

Parallels the killing of a Black man in the 1960s by the Ku Klux Klan with the killing of a Black man in the 1990s by a Black gang.

Natural disasters are a regular feature of life for people living on the coastal area of Bangladesh. This is a saga about the vicissitudes of these people and their eternal struggle for life.

An ethnographic documentary about the forgotten part of Iran.

Story of an obsessive fan who is quarantined because of a deadly ailment.

Charged with violation of the Water Act, the indigenous community living under the San-ying Bridge was forced to witness their shelters and homes being torn down by the government every year, while the sand and gravel processing plant on the east bank grew larger and larger; the garbage mountain on the west bank higher and higher. This absurd cycle became so familiar that the children of the community began to build and demolish make-believe houses as a game.

First broadcast on Channel 5 [UK] on 24th December 1997. Produced by Richard Hearsey.

Mike Nelson, Crow T. Robot and Tom Servo from MST3K review the summer blockbusters of 1997 in their usual ironic style.

Stimulated by sketches in which young actors improvise about situations related to AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs), students from a public school in Rio de Janeiro and teenagers from the Zona Sul and the Baixada Fluminense debate these themes. This video was made by CECIP for the Adolescence and STD / AIDS Project, with the support of the Ministry of Health's National STD / AIDS Control Program.

This romantic fairy tale, loosely based on an anonymous Arabic story, takes place at the sultan's court, where the evil sisters of the kind sultana prepare a cruel fate for Parisada and Pervis. Although it seems that fate favors the hateful malice of the poor twins' ruthless aunts, the fairy tale still comes to a happy ending.

It is a film that has as its object everything that one does not usually see when watching a film, but which is of essential importance for the projection: the perforations, the footer numbers, the letters and sometimes the emulsion that becomes the protagonist at the end of the film instead of the images recorded by the camera.

A claustrophobic situation where you have to choose the right words to be free.

As daughter of an Austrian baroness and a Dutch geologist, Gisèle d'Ailly van Waterschoot van der Gracht (now 84) lived on the move. She has for instance lived in America, Austria, Holland, France and Greece. From her youth she knew she would be a painter. Over the course of the years, she has built up a large and diverse oeuvre inspired by poetry, mythology and the whimsy of nature.

Documentary about a Roma settlement on the edge of a landfill site in Romania.

The oak tree in Seja is roughly 700 years old. Around this monumental tree, the peaceful and repetitive life goes on in the village, a group of houses in the middle of the forest. It is an almost unworldly existence in a condition of absolute simplicity where people are grateful for a hot cup of coffee and a good potato harvest.

When ruthless land developers threaten to shut down the financially strapped Paws and Claws animal shelter, owners Dylan, Jill and Kat must find a way to keep their doors open or risk losing their Dalmatian pup Scoot and other adorable critters. How could they ever close this special place where the animals can communicate with each other? Kevin Summerfield directs this charming, kid-friendly tale.

Biopic about revolutionary Ernesto Che Guevara.

Little Sophie is very mischievous and naughty. With her best friends Paul and Madeleine, she is constantly inventing new games that lead to new problems every time. Her rich imagination often plays tricks on her.

Based on a poem by R.M. Vaughan about the torture and murder of a Somalian teenager by members of the Canadian Airborne Regiment, this haunting work examines individual responsibility versus systemic corruption and the homophobic and racist elements central to the military enterprise.

Andrew O'Hagan looks at a critical point in the life of Beat Generation writer Jack Kerouac. In 1956 he spent spent 63 soul-searching days as a fire-watcher on Washington state's Desolation Peak. After this stint he was never the same creative force again.

A family of outsiders is attacked by a possesed bowl of noodles.

Paul Young, a teacher of drawing and perspective at the Ontario College of Art of Design, goes from his final classes as a teacher into his first year of retirement. After 33 years of dedication to his students, he strives to become the artist he always dreamed of being.

A romantic drama from 1997, that revolves around the coupling of a big city businessman and a lowly plasterer based in the countryside, who decides to stay in her home despite the apparent benefits of leaving

This is a witty story, full of suspense, about a group of promising eleven-year olds who unintentionally become involved in a not too childish adventure. Their straightforwardness, sincerity, cleverness, resourcefulness help them to interfere with the plans of adult offenders and bring them to justice.

Evaristo Sauce lost his family in a fire. Now Evaristo wanders the streets looking for God to take revenge on him for taking away what he loved the most. Until he finds an old teapot, and from it emerges Demeryat, an old genius who has been locked up for more than three thousand years.

Reaching 5 1/2 miles into the sky, Mt. Everest is a massive pyramid of intimidating rock, freezing cold and hurricane force winds. This extraordinary mountain is the highest point on Earth and has become the ultimate test of man's strength, endurance and will power. It is also deadly...for every five people who reach the summit, one dies trying. All who attempt its slopes risk their lives. Some survive in triumph, but many others never return from its icy heights.

In spring 1997, after several delays, The Video Dream Mixes was released. It features music material from The Dream Mixes, combined with films of US landscapes and alienated sights of Venice, pictures and computer animated graphics and virtual views from outer space. The film material was mixed up with clips showing the band on stage or during journeys. Most of the material was filmed by Edgar Froese.

Faith No More - Live at Bizarre Festival in Cologne, Germany 1997

Reminiscing

Set in the Himalayan districts of Kumaon and Garhwal, the film explores the lives of three generations of women, ending with the fourth, a small girl on the threshold of growing up.

Just when you think you're in the clear, you never know what could come next.

Filmed at London's Gielgud Theatre at the culmination of his 1998 tour, Jack Dee Live and Uncut puts the UK's favourite "whinger" in his element--on a stage performing stand-up comedy. Dee has presence in his orange shirt and tailored blue suit, but although he's derogatory about himself--he's a stay-at-home man, he's short, he's fat--he's also unapologetic. Dee isn't afraid to throw harsh words at his audience or swear like the proverbial navvy along with an onslaught of observational humour. He doesn't go in for surrealism, one-liners or complex structural payoffs. He prefers to tackle one subject at a time, explore it, then move on. His themes are universal rather than original but he usually brings a fresh perspective. Take builders… he puts himself at the centre of their Neanderthal attentions rather than women.

We see a person cruising the red-light district, looking at the girls. We think it is a man looking for a night's entertainment, but it turns out to be a woman who is a hooker herself. She had acquired the AIDS virus years ago and is now about to spread it further.

Grand Duke Konstantin Romanov was the "father" of the cadet corps in Russia. Today, this tradition is being revived. The cadet corps not only train the next generation of soldiers, but also focus on education and upbringing. This is evident from the personal diary that young cadet Vitya has allowed to be published. In the existing cadet corps in Moscow, boys and girls are taught together, preparing them to become worthy citizens and valiant defenders of their country.

This documentary sets the focus sharply on the often maligned and misunderstood world of sadomasochism. It gives us a glimpse into the life of The Marquesa, a dominatrix who guides us through the S&M community and its rituals and motivations. The Marquesa explores and examines her own relationship to S&M, and to the submissives that make the scenes possible. The video dismantles the myths and fallacies surrounding the practice by a straightforward and frank discussion.

Sade, an American, embarks on a journey to Africa in search of her long lost father who abandoned her in New York as a child.

Nine-year-old Roy likes a bottle of colored sand. A bedouin in Sinai tries to sell it to him.

Join Kyle Petty and the new Hot Wheels Racing team for the ultimate racing adventure. Find out what it takes to create a car and team worthy of the Daytona 500. With only 60 days until the Super Bowl of stock car racing, the race is on for the team to transform frame rails and roll cages into the Hot Wheels #44 racing machine.

Ukrainian cameraman Sasha Shumovich was a shining light in Ukrainian national cinema, but in 1996 he was tragically shot and killed. During his short life he worked with Roman Balayan, Yuri Illenko and, above all, with Sergii Masloboishchykov. In honour of his memory, the director made this sensitive documentary that serves both as a farewell and a declaration of love.

The film is based on a true story. In June 1945, Joza Čop and Paula Jesih, two well-known pre-war Slovenian mountaineers, attempted to scale the central pillar towering in the north wall of Tricorno. The film begins with the history of the conquest of Tricorno and retrospective footage.

Kenji Onishi’s 16mm independent road movie. A couple and their winter journey through the city and a desolate countryside.

A film about sweatshops and child labor in the Los Angeles garment industry

A drag queen diva, Pitiful Bitch, does an over-the-top lip synching performance to Edith Piaf.

A young boy faces difficulties in both his family life and his school life after talking back to a teacher.

Abstract film set to electronic music.

A film by Kim Finn.

Documentary examining the way women are shown and described in newsreels from 1930-1960.

The tale of Mauricio, a 150-year-old ghost with a crush on the mortal Dafne. He solicits the afterlife committee to allow him a last fling on earth, with the expected ironic consequences.

Eels is an American alternative rock band, formed in California in 1995 by singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Mark Oliver Everett, better known as "E". Band members have changed across the years, both in the studio and on stage, making Everett the only official member for the most of the band's work. Often filled with family, death and lost love themes, Eels' music straddles a wide range of genres, which is evidenced with the peculiar musical style of every album.

Gitte and Martin are going to take revenge on Lars. They abduct him in their Ford Mustang and carry out an extremely violent interrogation.

Featuring over 40 minutes of vintage performances by the world's greatest gospel singer, this is Mahalia at her most powerful, singing the beloved songs of the holiday season.Originally intended as musical vignettes for CBS's 1960-61 television season, this beautiful footage has been digitally remastered for optimum sound and picture quality form the original 16mm Kinescopes.

This 1997 film considers the downfall of the Daily Mirror, the newspaper Pilger worked on for 23 years: a popular, intelligent tabloid once read by a quarter of the British population and which genuinely reflected its readers' concerns. Pilger asks why the qualities seen in the paper prior to the 1970s are no longer apparent, examining the contraction of the press following the Sun's symbolic move to Wapping, coverage of the Hillsborough disaster, the fate of the Daily Mirror under Robert Maxwell, and the stranglehold of Rupert Murdoch.

A documentary film about Soviet composer Dmitri Shostakovich. It focuses on the period between 1936 and 1945, during which Shostakovich composed his Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, and Ninth Symphonies, but also briefly discusses other works in the composer's oeuvre, such as his Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District.