Cinematic Era: 1998 Vintage

The film is about Zhou Enlai, a revolutionary, diplomat, and prime minister of the new China.

No family is immune to the hidden war with drug and alcohol addiction. Each year, more people than anyone would ever imagine are being lured into the dangerous masquerade of substance abuse. The reality behind the mask is disillusionment in life, destroyed families and even death. In Face Realily, popular speaker Milton Creagh blows the cover off the "casual user" myth and exposes the truth that drug and alcohol use is not just a problem with youth but is an even more serious issue with adults. This 30-minute, dramatic exposé shares the startling fads and risks of substance abuse through eye-opening interviews, devastatingly true stories and hopeful insights. Families learn that they are responsible for their choices and they can live a meaningful, drug-free life. It's a critical message every family needs to hear

A teenage couple move on their own and have their first child.

Amusing burlesque about a cannonball liberated. The pathway of our spherical friend is not restricted by temporal or spatial dimensions, and neither is the soaring imagination of director Líviusz Gyulai.

The film shows interviews with 36 contemporary witnesses and deals with the question of contemporary knowledge of the Holocaust among people not directly involved in it, but also among individual Nazi perpetrators and victims.

In 1949, before the celebration of Stalin's 70th anniversary, disabled veterans of the Second World War were shot in the former USSR. The state could not even provide them with an elementary existence and simply destroyed them. Some of them were shot, some were taken to the far islands of the North and to the remote corners of Siberia. The film reproduces a possible story of such a destruction of crippled soldiers in one of Stalin's camps. Combat commander Alexei finds his old military friend, who must also be shot. A real riot begins...

In 1968, CBS News forever changed the face of broadcast journalism with the premiere of '60 Minutes'. It was a revolution in television programming created by veteran newsman Don Hewitt (1922 - 2009).

A two hour prime time television spectacular, commemorating the golden jubilee of the CBS TV Network.

A man and a woman promise each other their love in the heavenly realm, but there is trouble on their way down to earth.

A man has a last telephone conversation with the lover who just left him. Call Waiting draws its inspiration from La voix humaine by Jean Cocteau.

Experimental 8mm short by Akira Hoshino.

Ditto is an idealist. He does not, unlike Lina, his life companion, attach importance to the things around him. Lina, on the other hand, is captivated by objects and all her attention is focused on collecting them. One day all things revolt against Ditto. The objects complain to Lina that it is Ditto who mistreats them and Lina believes the objects. Ditto decides to turn himself into a thing to show Lina their true nature. However, the things are not malicious towards Lina. After a while, Ditto begins to understand that he has lost the war with things.

Joe and his friends are watching Playing Tennis.

16mm fiction documentary filmed in Brazil, Argentina, and Poland.

A sensitive and probing portrayal of the filmmaker’s Korean immigrant grandparents.

A Girl thinks of pancakes on a rainy day. She wonders why people ear pancakes when it rains. She decides to have potato pancakes, but finds out that she don't know how to cook it. So she settles for Kimchi pancakes. She feels satisfied with watching rain after she finishes cooking.

Four girls in a settlement on the outskirts of Vienna. An afternoon is long. Especially for Manuela.

The Push Kings are back in action, this time live at Boston venue TT The Bear's. They celebrated their sophomore release, Far Places, with this hour-long setlist containing hits both old and new!

From the High Altai mountains of Mongolia, through the barren desolate Gobi desert, over the Pamir mountains in Tajikistan and into Turkmenistan, John Lewton and Safari Video follow international hunters Gary Hansen and Sherwin Scott on their quest for the greatest trophies of Asia.

Short film by Cao Kai.

A man who accidentally saw a UFO, falls into a painful illusion as his body is torn apart by a mysterious power. His illusion gets worse as he actually has his lovers kill themselves. But after…

In three easy lessons, you’ll learn many Cantonese phrases that are useful in a gay bar, a cruising park, and a bathhouse. These three self-contained episodes can be viewed as a single video or as a recurring serial in a program of shorts.

An irresponsible bureaucrat gets into a myriad of awkward situations with his colleagues.

The postcards in this film were all sent to me by my friend and filmmaking mentor, Warren Sonbert, who died of AIDS in 1995. Warren was a great traveler and postcards were his preferred method of communication. (..) - Jeff Scher

In a rural Costa Rican village, José Blas—known as “El Moto”—falls in love with Cundila, the daughter of a powerful landowner. As their secret romance grows, class barriers, manipulation, and misfortune conspire against them.

Aji Dolma is the fourth daughter of the second generation of the Caita family in Lushui Village, Lugu Lake. She lives in the Mosuo matriarchal family that still retains the custom of "marrying" between males and females. In 1993, by chance, she left home and went to the provincial capital Kunming. Since then, her fate has changed. At the same time, a large number of tourists poured into her village, which brought wealth to her hometown and also brought an impact on the culture here. Several versions of the film exist, with the earliest completed in 1998 and latest in 2005.

Genocide by Sanctions: The Case of Iraq, 1998 award-winning documentary produced by PSL presidential candidate Gloria La Riva, based on her investigative work in Iraq during the three times that she traveled to Iraq during the 1990s.

Video #6 "A power of perception beyond the five senses” Brad Staba, Brian Anderson, Frank Hirata, Josh Kalis, Kenny Anderson, Mike Crum

Torgny Anderberg goes back to the Peruvian rain forest after 17 years, to meet again with the Ashaninka people. They tell of their current situation, and the struggles they face.

Normal behaviour will resume after the break—but what’s normal when you split up with someone?

A boy meets a new friend thanks to a bouncing ball.

A group of gay friends and lovers discuss love, sex, life and death as they exchange partners and try to dodge the bullet of AIDS in the drama Le traité du hasard. Patrick is a gay man whose circle of acquaintances provides the background for this story. They include Lou Rockfeller III, a flamboyant drag queen; Bruno (Bruno Anthony de Trigance), a former college professor who has since found success in the film industry; Daisy, a middle-aged author whose love life is a long litany of disasters; and Julien, a good-looking man who makes his living as a hustler. Julien was involved with Patrick at one time, and it turns out most of Patrick's friends have been with either him or Julien at one time or another -- which becomes a subject of grave concern when Julien develops a full-blown case of AIDS.

Manfred, who is fascinated by his mother's underwear, becomes the latest addition to Dr Prinz's therapeutic flat-share for transvestites and sexual 'deviants'. During his inspection visits, to prove solidarity with his patients, Dr Prinz himself happily cross-dresses and applies abundant make-up.

A woman with an abusive lover and a boss who sexually harasses her is tormented by nightmares involving a dead psychotic nymphomaniac named Bebe who once tried to murder her. And then a new string of killings begins. Sequel to Love Is a Stranger (1994).

The title Floating by Eagle Rock / She Is Asleep is culled from a) an image in the film that evokes the spirit of relaxed alertness, and b) the title of a quiet John Cage percussion piece that the images accompany.

Yamraaj is a tale of greed. The film is about two thieves Kishan and Birju who dream to become the biggest dons of their city. They start of by working for the city's biggest don Yamraaj, performing assassinations, robberies etc. While Birju has no problem with killing or looting, Kishan's conscience starts to trouble him when he assassinates an honest Police Officer named Hamid Khan who was determined on ending all crime in the city. The more he finds out about Officer Hamids life, the more guilty he feels. He decides to leave the life of crime and start a new life but Birju refuses because he is obsessed by his dream. The difference of opinion leads to conflict between the two childhood friends and results in separation. Birju pursues his dream of becoming Yamraaj while Kishan tries to repent for his crime. Will Birju return to the life of good or will he continue to live a life of darkness? Will Kishan be able to repent his crime? Will Birju ever become Yamraaj?

An educational film about the Kuzuryuu River in Japan. It starts out in the Meiji Era where the villages along it kept getting plagued by floods. The villagers prayed for it to stop but it did nothing. A young boy who lost his childhood friend to the floods grows up into a man and decides to take matters into his own hands. He starts constructing an embankment which leads to a village-wide project which spread to other villages along the river.

While the plots of some films can be readily summarized, others have a spirit so unique that they defy description and categorization. Leda and the Swan is such a film. Perhaps it is a story within a story within a myth.

London 1961. Alex, a jazz musician, and Faith, a singer, share an uneasy life together. With the relationship on the rocks, Faith is willing to try to win back Alex by any means. Alas her attempts at making Alex jealous by leaving the club with a stranger backfire. Assuming that Faith has found a new beau Alex leaves their flat not knowing that Faith has been waiting for him.

A rush sequences (rushes) from different sources: fiction, documentaries and commercials. This film features hunts of all kinds, in the mythical scenery of the American West.

A short film inspired by H.P. Lovecraft

Tiger Sun teaches martial arts to high school students who have never had a positive role model. When a gang member takes the TaeKwonDo class and changes, Tiger is forced to confront an evil drug lord and his entire gang.

When the game is on the line, it all comes down to the men behind the mask. The backbone of all great teams, at times the only player who stands between victory and defeat, the NHL goalie takes the punishment while the leading scorers get the glory. But not anymore! This action-packed title pays homage to the best goalies of the game, including Patrick Roy, John Vanbiesbrouck and Dominik Hasek, and features some of the most incredible saves in hockey history! Hosted by Darren Pang

Friedman documents a model during a fashion shoot, the exaggerated, staccato rhythms of her camera punctuated by machine-gun like bursts of fireworks and the chiming of bells. The model veers wildly between states of calm and hair-wringing distress in a short, hyper-kinetic sequence bookended by image fields of solid color; a slow approach to an intense, intimate proximity.

The Brighton Beach-Coney Island boardwalk is a long, winding, ocean front walkway adjacent to the Atlantic Ocean. Photographed over a three year period, the landscape rendered reflects the seasonal changes, daily activities and the filmmaker's projected future.

A film about sibling love and their diversity, to work to achieve their goals.

The protagonist is doomed from the very first sequence and goes slowly towards his death.

Three college students compete for an award that will determine their future.

A three part story of the North African immigration to France.

This shocking, graphic release from the Banned in America franchise offers a disturbing collection of footage that is most definitely not appropriate for kids. The real, unedited scenes captured for the release include fatal car crashes, brutal acts of extreme, bloody violence, grotesque stunts, and more.

5 Years in a LIVEtime is the second home video release by Dream Theater. The video contains a mix of concert footage, promotional video clips, and behind-the-scenes and interview footage from the five years in between the release of their previous home video, Images and Words: Live in Tokyo, and this video