All Films

Rock Wives

1996 • 50 min • United States of America

About the wives, fans, escorts, groupies and other females that surround the male rock stars.

Peter and the Lord

1996 • 15 min • Brazil

Written and directed by Luiz Bolognesi, this short film tells the adventures of two homeless men on the streets of São Paulo. The film was inspired by old popular legends about the wandering of Jesus and Saint Peter around the world.

Jon Stewart: Unleavened

1996 • 42 min • United States of America

Jon Stewart performs a solo standup routine, telecast live from Miami, Florida.

Didn't You Used to Be Satan?

1996 • 24 min • United Kingdom

A short documentary on Linda Blair's controversial role in The Exorcist and the problems she encountered when the public seemed unable to separate fact from fiction. Originally aired 19 October, 1996, as part of Channel 4's Fame Factor series.

Sinbad: Son of a Preacher Man

1996 • 56 min • United States of America

Experience veteran comedian Sinbad as he returns to his college town of Denver and performs at the Paramount Theatre for this next installment of his famed HBO Comedy Specials. Sinbad: Son of a Preacher Man is a self-styled monologue that comments on the perils of skiing, para-sailing during a bad vacation, fashion trends in lingerie, and more!

The Mysterious Origins of Man

1996 • 47 min • United States of America

The documentary challenges what we have been taught about human evolution and the rise of early civilization.

Jodie: An Icon

1996 • 25 min

Jodie is a fast paced, breezy look at the transatlantic phenomenon that has made Hollywood actress Jodie Foster an icon for lesbians who identify with, adore and celebrate the screen personas of her remarkable career.

Sworn Oath

1996 • 5 min • France

A commissioned short film about the AIDS crisis in France in the late 1990s.

Remember Me

1996 • 10 min • United Kingdom

Remember Me is a dark, obsessive and emotive treatise on death. Its aim is to explore the intimate, personal and often secret relationships that people have with mortality and loss. The tape uses original and found footage to capture the complex web of emotions which surround death and to create a passionate journey through difficult private territories.

G.R.E.S. Concentração

1996 • 44 min • Brazil

The film reveals the moments that preceded the Samba Schools' competitive parade in Rio de Janeiro's 1996 carnival. Narrated by actor Hugo Carvana and filmed by three separate 16mm camera units, the documentary focuses exclusively on the gathering of each school before its parade at the Sambadrome Marquês de Sapucaí - the real and imaginary space where everything happens.

Night Hustler

1996 • 5 min • France

A young man prostitutes himself near the Bois de Boulogne (16th). A motorist stops; the young man rides and protects his client. Produced by Lesbian and Gay Pride Films, this film is part of a program of ten short films from a screenwriting competition launched in October 1995 on the theme of homosexuality in the time of AIDS.

Pizza Boy in No Tip

1996 • 7 min • United States of America

If the pizza delivery boy delivers a pizza to the Arctic circle in 5 minutes or less he will get a big tip, or so he thinks.

Special Effects: Anything Can Happen

1996 • 40 min

An IMAX production that explores the ground-breaking special effects portrayed in Hollywood films from the very originals to the breathtaking special effects in movies today. Takes the audience on a "behind the scenes" look into what goes on during the production of a movie and how the special effects are created.

Star Trek Story

1996 • 52 min • United Kingdom

Gene Roddenberry's Utopian vision of humanity in the 24th century had a profound effect on American viewers. During the height of the Cold War, the tension of the civil rights movement and the jingoism of the Vietnam War, they saw a multicultural crew working together on the bridge of the Enterprise. Leonard Nimoy, Patrick Stewart, Nichelle Nicols, Brent Spiner and others reflect on Star Trek's cultural impact over its 30-year history, and contemplate its future on the small screen.

How Do You Spell God?

1996 • 32 min

Children from diverse religious and cultural backgrounds offer candid views on God, miracles, prayer, angels and faith.

Gallipoli - The Dardenelles Campaign

1996 • 25 min • United Kingdom

An overview of one of the greatest disasters of the first World War WWI - the Dardanelles Campaign at Gallipoli, Turkey.

Never Be A Victim

1996 • 26 min

POLICE OFFICER JIM BYRNE, Canada's most honoured Safety Education Specialist brings you his famous TEN RULES, with which he has personally tested more than 25,000 students. Learn key strategies now taught in many schools and used by police working with the full NEVER BE A VICTIM Institutional Study Program. Develop your own personal streetproofing skills so you can train and test your family. Robert Gordon, who created this remarkable program in partnership with Metropolitan Police introduces this family video library against a backdrop of today's troubled society. TEACHING LIFE SKILLS FOR A SAFER COMMUNITY OFFICER JIM'S TEN RULES FOR STREETPROOFING • STRANGER MYTHS • ABDUCTION • BEING FOLLOWED • DANGEROUS PLACES • AVOIDING CARS AND VANS • GOOD TOUCHING-BAD TOUCHING

From Almost Night Till Almost Day

1996 • 42 min

From Almost Night Till Almost Day was Chris Seaver's attempt to make fun of all of Quentin Tarantino's films in ONE movie. But the biggest inspiration was of course, From Dusk Til Dawn. It's almost a shot for shot parody of that film with Seaver's wacky comedy thrown in and his LBP style. Shot in 1996, two weeks BEFORE the original movie came out, he used Quentin Tarantino's script to base the movie off of, it was at the time the Biggest LBP film ever - with Action, lots of blood, Gay Vampires, home made squibs, this and that and what not and so forth. It has even been seen by Quentin himself when passed along to him through many a friend and was mentioned on his appearance on The Keenan Ivory Wayans Show.

Los Pascoleros - Tarahumaras 85

1996 • 27 min • Mexico

This film was shot during Easter 1985. It shows the preparation and staging of the Passion in the village of Norogachic, Mexico. The initiation rites of two Pascoleros, filmed for the first time, form the center of this document.

Minamata Disease Video Q&A

1996 • 30 min • Japan

A film answering "eight questions about Minamata disease," produced for the October 1996 Minamata-Tokyo Exhibition

Das Karussell des Todes

1996 • 46 min • Germany, United Kingdom

Lady Osborne's gardener becomes the victim of a burglar when he catches him in the Lady's house. Soon more mysterious murders occur and Inspectors Higgins and Lane suspect a connection between the victims and the Lady's long-dead husband.

Chris Rock: Bring the Pain

1996 • 58 min • United States of America

A true equal-opportunity offender, Chris Rock's brand of humor will make you think after you're done laughing.

Reindeer-scoring in Jukkasjärvi

1996 • 10 min • Sweden

Malkon is sent to the dentist while his parents are reindeer-scoring in Jukkasjärvi. The strange dentist does not behave as a dentist usually does, not at all.

Beyond the Image

1996 • 53 min • Germany

The film traces the history of the camera obscura, the understanding of perspective and anamorphosis, peepshows and it shows the beauty of historical shadowtheaters and shadow toys.