All Films

Distracción fatal

1993 • 12 min • Uruguay

A woman that is an excellent wife and mother, and responsible and efficient in her work, commits a shameful act pushed by fate.

First Apocrypha

1993 • 13 min

Short film by Vladimir Kobrin.

BurLEZk Live! II

1993 • 60 min

Live from the lesbian striptease show, BurLEZk! The creme de la creme of the art of striptease. These dancers are masters at blending artistry and humor with potent eroticism.

2 x 5

1993 • 4 min

The artist’s hands have their own life, they threaten, caress or turn into a landscape of wrinkles and shadows. This is the third film made by Geta Brătescu and Alexandru Solomon.

Bloodbath

1993 • 7 min • Germany

Deep in a deserted forest stands an old log cabin... A bad-tempered redneck has barricaded himself here and is becoming a nightmare for a group of teenagers who want to play war! The cannibalistic hillbilly attacks the band with brutal force, leaving a veritable bloodbath in his wake...

High Rise and Fall

1993 • 30 min • United Kingdom

Documentary about Queen Elizabeth Square, Sir Basil Spence's block of Brutalist style flats built to replace the Gorbal's tenements in Glasgow during the 1960s. His vision was based on architect Le Corbusier's ideas and inspired him to transform the Gorbals into a Modernist Utopia. The film is about the life and times of one building told by some of the people involved in its history. The block was dynamited in 1993 amidst controversy and the death of a spectator. It is mentioned in Pevsner's Notable Buildings of Britain. This film was shown on BBC Scotland's Ex-S strand in 1993. Produced by May Miller and directed by Conrad Blakemore. This film is posted for educational and research purposes only and is copyright of BBC Scotland. Archive material courtesy of the Scottish Film Archive and the film's contributors.

Love Sonnets

1993 • 29 min

A film adaptation of Michèle-Ann De Mey's "Sonatas 555" - choreographic variations on the highways and byways of love.

Amigo Lupi

1993 • 17 min • Brazil

The most famous popular composer in Rio Grande do Sul, Lupicínio Rodrigues (1914-1974) has his life remembered through his songs and testimonies from friends.

Keshka and the Terrorists

1993 • 17 min • Belarus, Russia

Fall-Out (aq)

1993 • 9 min

A reimagining of the water segment from 'Between God and Inspiration Lie Heaven and Hell'

Playboy Celebrity Centerfold: Jessica Hahn

1993 • 52 min

She's come a long way from humble beginnings as a shy schoolgirl to toppling the religious empire of Jim Bakker, to becoming an overnight sensation. She's Jessica Hahn and she'll unveil everything in this bestselling video.

Aleksandr Volodin: My Soul Is Restless

1993 • 56 min • Russia

Playwright and poet Aleksandr Volodin looks back at his life and career.

Hidden Hawaii

1993 • 34 min • United States of America

Discovered by the Polynesians centuries ago, Hawaii has seen dramatic changes since its exploration by the Europeans. This documentary shows how the islands were formed and are still being formed to this day, plus their abundant wildlife.

Thumpkin and the Easter Bunnies

1993 • 26 min

Little Johnny learns the secret of the Hill Burrow bunnies.

Hotel Narcis

1993 • 7 min • Netherlands

A young man, on holiday in a strange and exotic country, is too busy admiring himself to notice the thread hanging above him.

Downs Are Feminine

1993 • 10 min • United States of America

Per Mark McElhatten, it "unveils a kind of rainy day, indoor, peaceable kingdom of desultory and idyllic debauchery, masturbatory reveries and hermaphroditic transformations."

Le P'tit Bal

1993 • 4 min • France

A stylized work by a choreographer and dancer, evoking a past world of nostalgic music, passing loves, and drinking and dancing establishments on the edge of Paris.

Celluloid Memory

1993 • 6 min • Japan

The village, the street, the house you spent your childhood in and where memories always mean flowers, nature and movement in a dark surrounding while the sun is shining outside. You can smell the sea, hear the waves and your shoes will always be dirty from the long way you walked. The father tries to breathe, close to death and pieces of pain are captured in that little camera. But what better can happen to a human being than dying surrounded by your family? The tender hands on your knee and the fresh water. The preparations are taken for the funeral. And outside the light goes on shining, the waves continue their way and it is dark during the night. And the next morning there will be white clouds in the sky again.

El Macho

1993 • 10 min • Brazil

An adulterous man hires a private detective to follow his adulterous wife.

Trisha Yearwood: The Song Remembers When

1993 • 60 min

A filmed concert special starring Trisha Yearwood.

A Simple Matter of Justice

1993 • 58 min

A powerful and moving piece documenting the lesbian, gay and bisexual movement in the early 1990s, A Simple Matter of Justice expresses all the emotions of the joyful protest that was the 1993 March on Washington. Sections on civil rights, AIDS and health care, the military and families are woven together from coverage of the music, comedy, speeches and marchers. Performers include Melissa Etheridge, RuPaul, BETTY, Holly Near and The Flirtations. Martina Navratilova, Sir Ian McKellan, Rev. Ben Chavis and Eartha Kitt are just a few of the speakers. Events include The Wedding, The Dyke March, ACT UP Hands Around the Capitol and a reunion of African-American veterans. A must-see for LGBTQ History.

No More Privacy: All About You

1993 • 59 min • United States of America

A camera crew stood on a freeway overpass & picked a car license number at random. This documentary shows what they were able to learn in half a day by searching public records & spending $13: a dossier on two people they'd never met, containing the car owners' names, where they live, their business & its financial status, their religion, the husband's health problems, the names of their grandchildren, the basic floor plan of their home. Program examines rapid exchange of vast amounts of information made possible by computers & bought & sold without the subject's knowledge or permission.

Ephemeral Solidity

1993 • 5 min • United States of America

This is one of the most elaborately edited of all the hand-painted films of late - a Haydenesque complexity of thematic variations on a totally visual (i.e., un-musical) theme. This film is composed of 35mm hand-painted images reduced to 16mm film, single-frames, shots of two, three, four frames and, occasionally, slightly longer shots, all interspersed with a variety of calculated lengths of black leader which cause a flickering of abstract patterns in rhythmed darkness.

Cooking with Cathy the Microcrisp Way

1993 • 57 min

Follow along with Cathy Mitchell in her own kitchen as she shows you how to bake, brown and crisp in your microwave oven. She also demonstrates her innovative Stackable Cooking method which allows you to cook an entire meal in about 15 minutes featuring your favorite meat, fish or poultry.