Filmmakers Alan and Susan Raymond spent three months in 1976 riding along with patrol officers in the 44th Precinct of the South Bronx, which had the highest crime rate in New York City at that time.
The documentary tells the story of Uschi, a farmer living free and recluded in the bavarian alps. Shot in epic black and white pictures, Still follows Uschi's life over a ten year period. From an untroubled summer of making cheese through pregnancy and the uncertain future of the parental farm, Matti Bauer portrays Uschi's struggle to keep alive the dream of a way of life that has become rather untypical in this day and age.
Jean Vigo : le son retrouvé
Presents life in 18th century Spain as the painter Francisco de Goya showed it to us.
Leonardo da Vinci
A day in the city of Berlin, which experienced an industrial boom in the 1920s, and still provides an insight into the living and working conditions at that time. Germany had just recovered a little from the worst consequences of the First World War, the great economic crisis was still a few years away and Hitler was not yet an issue at the time.
This black-and-white archival film outlines the importance of Canada's forests in the national war effort during the Second World War.
A cinematic portrait of the homeless population who live permanently in the underground tunnels of New York City.
Compilation of images of the amateur recordings of Madronita Andreu, Catalan intellectual of the nineteenth century, daughter of Dr. Andreu, famous for its pills and cough syrup.
Drei Frauen
Short film about Hitler's rise to power in 1933
Le Théâtre National Populaire
Cinema and painting establish a fluid dialogue and begins with introspection in the themes and forms of the plastic work of a woman tormented by the elongated specters, originating from her obsessions and nightmares.
A reframing of the classic tale of Narcissus, the director draws on snippets of conversation with a trusted friend to muse on gender and identity. Just as shimmers are difficult to grasp as knowable entities, so does the concept of a gendered self feel unknowable except through reflection. Is it Narcissus that Echo truly longs for, or simply the Knowing he possesses when gazing upon himself?
A cameraman wanders around with a camera slung over his shoulder, documenting urban life with dazzling inventiveness.
Cinéastes de notre temps : Erich von Stroheim
Cinéastes de notre temps : Jean Vigo
Filmmakers of Our Time: François Truffaut or the Critical Spirit
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