The second of three pilot shorts that eventually became the 1989 movie Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland.
Filmmaker Jonas Mekas follows the surrealist artist around the streets of New York documenting staged public art events.
In this tape, Ko Nakajima and Video Earth Tokyo interview a homeless man. The subject is initially angry and frustrated, but gradually opens up and shares stories about his life. Under A Bridge was later broadcast on cable television.
London, 2101. The automotive world is turned upside down by new cars with unrivalled skills. A new era of gaming emerges, a competition between prisoners and drivers. Prisoners have the chance to get out of prison, while the professionals rake in the cash. It a dangerous competition in which everyone risks their lives. Aaron, a young prisoner, is asked to take part in this year’s games. Having found himself in prison for a minor crime, he sees this as an opportunity to reunite with his family. After winning all the preparatory races, he now finds himself in the final against the favorite.
Narrated by Indigenous elder Balang T E Lewis, this inspiring documentary will take you on an adventure to explore the culture and wildlife of Australia’s remote wild north. Far Northern Australia is a land of extremes, from bushfires to torrential floods. Explore the wildlife and meet the people in Australia’s wild top end, from the Kimberley coast through the mysterious Arnhem Land, and deep into the world’s oldest rainforest in Cape York.
A boy's life is turned upside down when he learns that he is the last of a group of immortal warriors who have dedicated their lives to fighting the forces of the dark.
'Coffea arábiga' was sponsored as a propaganda documentary to show how to sow coffee around Havana. In fact, Guillén Landrián made a film critical of Castro, exhibited but banned as soon as the coffee plan collapsed.
The 16th short film as part of the Magica series dealing with pre-cinema. Mr Seymour, the hero of the book by London doctor Mr Paris, shows his invention – the thaumatrope – to a little girl and explains how it works. The superimposition of the images is not perfect, so he invents the use of elastic instead of the usual string. Only by recording the two successive images of the thaumatrope on a title bench can they be viewed perfectly. Numerous examples are shown.
This film looks at the world of children with hearing loss and the importance of early diagnosis. With its straightforward, rigorous cinematic style and intimate approach to the subject, the film focuses on the human rather than the technical side of the problem of hearing impairment.
Short film about Hitler's rise to power in 1933
The story of an energetic Russian woman, Tamara Fedorovna who moved to Leninabad in the 1950s and, as a pensioner, became a trainer for a men’s soccer team and performed in the local amateur theater. Then, after three or four years, thousands of Russians would have to leave Tajikistan as would Tamara.
Im Wald der wilden Bienen
An overview of the best methods and techniques for taking nude photographs.
When a young Autistic boy, suddenly manifests superpowers on his 9th Birthday, he and his family are forced to deal with the potential ramifications.
An in-depth look at Dirty Harry (1971), featuring interviews with such film artists as Michael Madsen, 'Hal Holbrook', John Milius, 'Shane Black' and John Badham.
Rosa is from Croatia and lives in Switzerland, with her husband who depends on her care. She takes care of everything. Her children have grown up and want to leave home. Rosa stays behind alone.
A young Black girl navigates high school while dealing with the death of her father, moving to a new city, and adolescent pressures.
A 20-minute documentary film about the Kyrgyz people living by the Narym River.
A location tour of the Rocky filming locations in Philadelphia.
This is a film about how war settles in the bodies of the people who are forced to experience it directly. And then, thousands of miles away and dozens of years ahead, how, like a virus, it can still infect other human beings.