All Films

Nirvana: Terminal 1, Munich

1994 • 10 min

the final Nirvana concert

Warrior Marks

1994 • 54 min • United Kingdom

WARRIOR MARKS is a poetic and political film about female genital mutilation from the director of A PLACE OF RAGE, presented by the Pulitzer Prize winning author of THE COLOR PURPLE and POSSESSING THE SECRET OF JOY. Female genital mutilation affects one hundred million of the world’s women and this remarkable film unlocks some of the cultural and political complexities surrounding this issue. Interviews with women from Senegal, Gambia, Burkino Faso, the United States and England who are concerned with and affected by genital mutilation are intercut with Walker’s own personal reflections on the subject.

In Search of Oz

1994 • 60 min • United Kingdom

BBC 2 produced this documentary on the Oz books of L. Frank Baum and the films and fantasies that they inspired, particularly the first book `The Wonderful Wizard of Oz'. Includes clips from the several silent film versions of the stories produced by Baum that have survived as well as the 1939 film with Judy Garland, and interviews with such enthusiasts as Salman Rushdie, Gore Vidal, Ray Bradbury, Geoffrey Ryman and Nora Ephron.

The Making of the Opening of Without Borders

1994 • 3 min • United States of America

Behind the scenes of the computer animated documentary Without Borders.

The Tibetan Book of the Dead: A Way of Life

1994 • 46 min

Narrated by Leonard Cohen, this two-part series explores ancient teachings on death and dying and boldly visualises the afterlife according to Tibetan philosophy. Tibetan Buddhists believe that after a person dies, they enter a state of "bardo" for 49 days until a rebirth. Program 1, The Tibetan Book of the Dead: A Way of Life documents the history of The Tibetan Book of the Dead, tracing the book's acceptance and use in Europe and North America. Program 2, The Tibetan Book of the Dead: The Great Liberation observes an old Buddhist lama and a 13-year-old novice monk as they guide a deceased person into the afterlife.

The Adventures of Mary-Kate & Ashley: The Case of the Logical i Ranch

1994 • 30 min

The pint-sized twins this time are headed to Deald Gulch, USA to explore the mystery of the missing cattle at the Logical I Ranch! It's up to our detective posse to solve this ten-gallon case before high noon.

Eu, Mulher Negra

1994 • 31 min • Brazil

Prepared by the team of the Program for Training Black Researchers, The video brings together images and voices that talk about the reproductive health of black women, diseases taking into account the racial/ethnic background, habits, customs, the physical and social environment and the inhuman conditions imposed by racism.

Flattened

1994 • 13 min • Mexico

A woman with a flat tire waits on a lonely road. A suspicious man stops and offers to help her.

Hole in the Soul

1994 • 53 min • United Kingdom

A self-portrait documentary of Dusan Makavejev who travels to former Yugoslavia, and charts the changes of the society which parallels to his own life.

The Evil Surprise

1994 • 16 min

In the form of a playful conspiracy, ten pseudo-educational sequences deconstruct film techniques and medical teleology An unbridled recycling of archival films explodes the stereoypes of mass culture, contaminated by a shapeless and frenzied gangrene. The gap between the promise of science and human frailty.

Not Just Passing Through

1994 • 52 min

A documentary about lesbians preserving their history, with a focus on the work of the Lesbian Herstory Archives. Includes interviews with Joan Nestle, Jewelle Gomez, and Mariana Romo-Carmona, among others. Profiled are Mabel Hampton, Marge McDonald, theater group 5 Lesbian Brothers, and Asian Lesbians of the East Coast.

The Hero

1994 • 5 min • Mexico

In a subway station, a man watches a girl acting strange.

The Peyote Road

1994 • 59 min • United States of America

The Peyote Road addresses the United States Supreme Court 'Smith' decision, which denied protection of 1st Amendment religious liberty to the sacramental use of Peyote for Indigenous people, one of the oldest tribal religions in the Western Hemisphere. Examining the European tradition of religious intolerance & documenting the centuries old sacramental use of the cactus Peyote, The Peyote Road explains how the Smith decision put religious freedom in jeopardy for all Americans.

Africa, My Africa...

1994 • 53 min • Burkina Faso, France

Eugene, an idealistic young African farmer and musician, decides to leave his village and family momentarily to try out his luck in the city. He makes new friends there, who accompany him on his musical career. He also meets up with Kassi, a childhood friend who has become a prostitute, with whom a new, closer friendship begins. However, when she dies from AIDS, Eugene is confronted by the harsh reality that his spontaneity and innocence blocked out and decides to put his singing talents and fame as a singer to the service of fighting the disease of AIDS. Once back home in his village, the reunion with his wife and children make him realize that life and hope are more powerful than anything else.

Let's Fly?

1994 • 6 min • Latvia

The strange creatures Munk and Lemmy encounter very human problems and attempts at solving them. Here, they try to help their friend the rabbit, who is unable to reach the fruit he desires. A film from the Munk and Lemmy series.

Overdose

1994 • 5 min • Canada

School, tennis lessons, swimming lessons, art classes, homework, piano practice... a boy's parents have organized his life to such an extent that he has no time for himself. Based on article 31 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, this film illustrates children's right to rest and leisure. Film without words.

Fish in the Trap

1994 • 30 min • Japan

The story is about Tsukamoto Yuuji, a young buisnessman and great swimmer, and Matsui Takahiro, who is still attending school and is also a beginner in swimming.

Arnold: The Man Behind the Muscle

1994 • 60 min

Arnold Schwarzenegger -- his name is known around the world-- a name that means big money at the box office. For over a decade, this Hercules of Hollywood has been at the top, knowing what movie fans want and knowing how to deliver.

The Wild Swans

1994 • 30 min

The narration of Sigourney Weaver, the music of Jason Miles and an animated format bring to life this classic fairy tale

A Hypnotic Television Experience

1994 • 27 min • France

A shortfilm directed for Canal + TV Show "L'Œil du Cyclone", Episode 74. "What interests me is the hypnotic trance in which one can plunge a viewer. When you make a film and it works, you're like a shaman, a hypnotist."

Gagarin

1994 • 3 min • Russia

A young caterpillar yearns to fly like the butterflies and birds, but cannot launch himself high enough to do so ... until a couple start playing badminton nearby.

An Audience with Bob Monkhouse

1994 • 60 min • United Kingdom

The late, great comedian Bob Monkhouse entertains a celebrity audience that includes Stephen Fry, Mandy Smith and Eamonn Holmes in this 1994 special. Watch him answer questions, tell funny tales and crack jokes.

Don Van Vliet: Some YoYo Stuff

1994 • 13 min • United Kingdom

Don van Vliet, alias "Captain Beefheart", is one of the most influential, misunderstood, talked about, admired, copied, treasured, loved and quoted musicians and yet he is still an obscure and mysterious artist. His quite abrupt artistic transformation from working with a microphone to a paintbrush in 1982 and his consequent move from the desert to the ocean meant even less direct contact with the outside world than before. Subsequently there is very little information about Don from this time onwards and this short black-and-white film made in 1993 is an unique opportunity to see and hear this unique man

Porcaria

1994 • 35 min • Canada

Watch the sparks fly as a cocky college boy with a irresistable derriere disrupts a straight-laced Portuguese couple’s home. Can the hunky husband deal with all this cheek? Will the wife samba into someone else’s arms?