Portrait of the children born while the war was still going on and members of the Pioneers, MPLA’s youth organisation. As the title predicts, the film is made at a time when, in the aftermath of the Independence War, there’s hope in the future of Angola and the revolution.
A face, on an old song sheet, with eyes that peer out from the past; a quiet room with sunlight seeping thru the drawn blinds. Tranquil moments, as the camera pans down the lyrics of an old song. A film made with a memory of a similar song sheet, that impressed me at the age of 14. –B. F.
The film aims to show the fall of revolutionary ideals and broken ideologies.
Norwegian women's experiences with abortion boards
A video diary of a trip to Nepal by artist Ed van der Kooy.
A non-verbal parable about what it means to be a Christian. Adoration, Rejection, Humiliation, Crucifixion, and Resurrection are re-inacted in the life of a clown who celebrates life in unlikely ways and places
Short by Andrea Granchi.
It is a psychological and social series, the protagonist of which is a doctor, Dr. Bognar. He is characterized by honesty, vocation, professional passion and stubbornness. Falsely accused of euthanasia and suspended from the right to practice the profession, he decides on his own - regardless of the investigation conducted by the MO authorities - to investigate and find the real culprit. To this end, he moves from place to place, changes jobs several times, meets different people. Each episode presents the next stage in the search for Dr. Bognar. Bognar goes through a complex process of gaining life and human experience - from section to section it becomes richer with experience gained from working in rural health centers or provincial hospitals.
Land Art performance by Nanda Vigo.
On 7 July 1978, the Solomon Islands regained its independence from Britain. This documentary, filmed by cinematographers John Hosking and Academy Award winner Dean Semler, looks at the people of these islands and their views on independence, and records aspects of their way of life, including their songs and dances. It also describes some of the problems facing the new nation and what is being done to combat them.
In Charente, in Mansle, it's la frairie, the local festival. We attend the preparations and the celebration itself.
A Latvian engineer returns as an expert to the shipyard on the Coast, which he had to leave once.
Experimental film by Alida Walsh
This is the first comprehensive U.S. film to explore the origins and growth of traditional Puerto Rican music. Interviews with musicians living in New York reveal how traditional music is used as a source of resistance against cultural domination. Their music is also a means by which Puerto Rican culture is maintained and transformed. The film focuses on the music of "Lexington Avenue Express", a group that has taken their music to community centers, political events, prisons and music festivals.
A film about the relationship between real life and art in photography, photo as the capturer and interpreter.
Arthur (Grandpa) Stavig takes us on a journey through the various trolls which once called Norway their home.
No Commercial Potential is composed of 19 separate video performance works. Each piece utilizes some aspect of video processing; From the playful to the aggressive, Gusella's early works in the medium are notable. The sounds are both natural (zoom lens being manipulated in 'Wolfzooming') and electronic, or a combination of both, as in the hypnotic 'Neo Plastic Key'.
