All Films

Little Dancers Club

1997 • 50 min • Israel

A DJ and a singer team up to open a new club for kids who love to dance. They try to find a talented dancer and face various challenges during the club's opening.

Una Vida Mejor: A Better Life

1997 • 60 min • United States of America

In the last few years, thousands of Hispanic people have moved to rural Arkansas, all with the hope of finding jobs and creating better lives for their families. This documentary puts a face on Hispanic immigration in Arkansas. Taped in the communities of Rogers, Springdale, De Queen and Wickes, this documentary centers on the experiences of four families; one of them well-established and the other three just starting out in Arkansas. The AETN crew spent almost a year filming in these communities, shooting more than 20 hours of interviews with families of immigrants, native Arkansans, and city officials. Una Vida Mejor recounts the obstacles these Hispanic families have overcome and their hopes for the future in America.

Fuck TV: Electricity

1997 • 55 min

After concluding the now-legendary public access TV series, The Pain Factory, Michael Nine embarked on a new and more subversive endeavor: a collaboration with Scott Arford called Fuck TV. Whereas The Pain Factory predominantly revolved around experimental music performances, Fuck TV was a comprehensive and experiential audio-visual presentation. This is part one in a ten part series.

Winchester Mystery House Explored: Secrets of the Mansion

1997 • 20 min

In 1884, Sarah Winchester moved out west and purchased an eight-room farmhouse in San Jose, California. And for 38 years, 24 hours a day, craftsmen, artisans and woodworkers were kept busy building (and rebuilding) the most mysterious mansion ever created. Just why did one of the wealthiest women in the United States spend so much time and over five and a half million dollars on her home? Watch this amazing video! You'll be intrigued by the incredible details of Sarah's architectural fantasy, and learn the secrets of this "beautiful but bizarre" 160 room Victorian Mansion. Not only will you see the exquisite master craftsmanship and the beautiful original Tiffany art glass windows, but also the stairways vanishing in mid-flight, doors that swing open to expose... nothing and stair steps each a mere two inches tall!

Avec le Temps

1997 • 3 min

An experiment from the video lab of Hervé Huitric and Monique Nahas.

The Incredible Classroom Eggsperience

1997 • 17 min

Robert, Susan and Maria create and film a video cooking show to demonstrate the nutritional value of eggs.

Jee Karta Tha

1997 • 19 min

Barkha returns to her parents house. Her arrival brings some relief and confusion in Chaman's life. Chaman, now in her mid-twenties is stuck in a small town milieu. A childhood friend, Rekha is waiting to get married. And there is a skein of Wool, that has to be knitted fast to make Barkha's husband happy.

Ein Schloss für Alle

1997 • 44 min • Germany

Film about the inhabitants and neighbours of a castle in the city of Mühlheim an der Ruhr.

The Rise and Fall of the Russian Space Program

1997 • 49 min • United States of America

The history of the Russian Space Program from being the first to send a satellite into space through its downward spiral due to the demise of the Soviet Union.

Free To Sing?

1997 • 56 min

A Bengali politcal singer’s persecution and fame

Echoes Of Silence

1997 • 45 min

Ashgari Bai is one of the oldest exponents alive of the dying art of Drupad, the most orthodox form of Hindustani Classical music. The story about the only woman to have espoused this austere and invocative form of music and she has been conferred national awards including the Padmashree. Ironically however, she remains a curiously anonymous and lonely figure today, battling against insurmountable odds in a small town of Madya Pradesh in India. Showcasing her wit, her forthrightness, her charm and her indomitability, this documentary is a portrait of a precious gem of India who insists on living life on her own terms.

Freedom from Fear

1997 • 25 min

It is a filmmaker's odyssey in his trouble-torn homeland. The film symbolizes the narrator;s search for his past, present and future; a compilation of his experiences in Kashmir over the last few years. On a much more personal level, the film reveals the ultimate desire of the narrator and his exiled minority community to return home one day.

Snakes And Snake Charmers

1997 • 30 min

An ethnographic description of snake charmers and their role in Pakistani society along with supernatural tales and legends of snakes.

Cremation Ceremony

1997 • 33 min

Documenting the dying cremation ceremony of the Lyngngams or Megam sub-tribe of Meghalaya

To Be Alive!

1997 • 50 min

Simple words and glowing faces depict the story of three women social workers who triumph over personal loss and tragedy to empower themselves and other women in need, in the face of complex discriminatory mechanisms in Madhya Pradesh in India.

Veiled in Vapour

1997 • 28 min

A steam train’s journey during the dying days of steam travel in India

Villagers' Choice

1997 • 57 min

Taifuxiang Shopping Mall

1997 • 30 min • China

Documentary short film from 1997. The film documenets the effects of the transformation from a planned economy to a market economy on the Taifuxiang Shopping Mall, a state-owned department store in Zhangjiakou City, Hebei Province. It shows the anxiety and the pressure experienced by various staff members, from managers to ordinary employees, amidst the tide of reform.

Aviary

1997 • 2 min

Short experimental animation by Jules Engel

Smart Mogul Skiing: The Visual Experience

1997 • 40 min

Circa 1995 , Instructional mogul skiing video starring Canadian National Freestyle Team members, John Smart, Mike Douglas and Lane Barrett. Video walks you through the advanced techniques still used today to ski the bumps at the top level. Released in 1995 the tricks focus on all the fun traditional aerial maneuvers of the time: Daffy, Twister, Spreads, Cossack, Iron Cross and spins with mixed and multiple combinations of them all. Get Into It!

Funeral rite

1997 • 15 min

Namskyi Velikden is the widespread Day of Dead in the Polesie. According to the old legends it is believed that souls of the dead ancestors come back to earth.

Between Seven and One

1997 • 17 min

A monologue... until the bell rings!

Hercules Strikes Manhattan

1997 • 60 min

Hercules and friends take over New York City in this magical Disney movie premiere celebration.

Buffalo Bone China

1997 • 10 min

“In Buffalo Bone China Claxton blends performance art, found objects and video to dissect the effects upon First Nations peoples due to policies from colonial Canadian and the United States regarding the state sanctioned extermination of the American bison. Bison were slaughtered and their bones crushed and exported to England to make bone china. In the performance Claxton smashes pieces of china and makes four bundles, placing the bundles in a sacred circle while a video of buffalo plays in the background. ‘Feeling the loss of the buffalo, the backbone of Plains spirituality and sustenance, the artist uses a rubber mallet to destroy plates and bowls. The breaking of the china refers to the use of buffalo bones in the making of bone china during the period of exploitation and decimation of the buffalo.’”