All Films

Ayrton Senna: Chequered Flag to Green Light

1991 • 51 min

No rest for the elite of Grand Prix racing. Cutting edge R&D is the norm for Formula One teams and their drivers between the end of one season and the beginning of the next. In this groundbreaking documentary we follow the F1 McLaren team and its star driver Ayrton Senna from the Chequered Flag at end of the last race in 1990 in Adelaide for the Australian GP - to the Green Light start of the first race of 1991 in Phoenix, Arizona for the US Grand Prix. A unique behind-the-scenes look at F1, this video shows the state-of-the-art McLaren headquarters in Woking, England, rigorous testing in Estoril, Portugal, followed by Barcelona, Spain and finally Suzuka, Japan. Bonus footage includes a close up and personal look at Senna during his offseason in his homeland, Brazil, and finally to the US for the start of the new Grand Prix season.

The Pleasures of Uninhibited Excess

1991 • 45 min

A fast-moving and comprehensive documentation of three Survival Research Laboratories performances 1989-1990. Includes "Illusions of Shameless Abundance ...", ArtSpace Computer-Controlled Installation, "A Carnival of Misplaced Devotion ...", plus details of the 1989 bomb hoax incident.

The Expert Halima

1991 • 27 min • France

Kamar, who just arrived at Bassra, falls in love with the young wife of the old Obeid. But, until now, nobody has survived to be able to praise himself for obtaining favors from this beautiful, capricious woman.

George Romero & the City of the Living Dead

1991 • 30 min • United States of America

When Pittsburgh Magazine named George A. Romero (1940-2017) Pittsburgher of the Year in 1991, Rick Sebak explored how the filmmaker's career has intersected with the city. See how Romero used the greater Pittsburgh area as the setting for many of his films, and learn about his early work in advertising and television, including Mister Rogers' Neighborhood.

Two Sisters

1991 • 10 min • Canada

Viola writes novels in a darkened room. Marie, her sister and only companion, takes care of her every need. Together, they are an island unto themselves, quiet and complete in their isolation. And then the abrupt arrival of a stranger throws their tenuous order into chaos. An animated short etched directly onto tinted 70 mm film.

Miss New Year

1991 • 9 min • Soviet Union

On New Year's Eve, in the forest palace of culture, the animals staged a beauty contest, in which the winner was determined by a computer. Meanwhile, the computer-savvy mother crow wants to make sure her daughter wins. She succeeds, and the beautiful Fox leaves the palace upset. The kind-hearted winner gives her the crown, realizing that she received it undeservedly. When Foxy won the competition and became Miss New Year, little Crow became Miss Honesty.

The Man from the Sea

1991 • 50 min • Japan

A middle-aged man comes to the coast in search of some place to die. But that beach was a gay beach. There, the man meets a gay young man for a reason...

Quartet Number One

1991 • 8 min

Quartet Number One (1991) 8 min.

Rock Video Girls

1991 • 55 min

You've seen them in some of the hottest videos from bands like Van Halen, Aerosmith, Cinderella, Slaughter, and more. Now get to know the Rock Video Girls as they share sexy rock 'n roll stories and tantalize your senses during steamy never-seen-before video segments. Rock Video Girls... exposed at last!

When the Oak Leaves Fall

1991 • 28 min • Czechoslovakia

The story is a celebration of the cleverness and wit of the simple peasant Čupera, who triumphs not only over the demon of alcohol, but also over the bureaucratically persistent and thorough devil. The hell that the farmer goes through during the withdrawal process is stylized as a shantytown, a galley with a prison and a dehumanized night club.

Heritage Minutes: Superman

1991 • 1 min • Canada

Toronto cartoonist Joe Shuster describes the comic book hero he created.

In the Arms of Russian Intelligence

1991 • 10 min • Soviet Union

Dolphin Tristan, after training in a dolphin special intelligence school, was sent on an important mission to a disguised military base of the USSR to obtain information about a new strategic weapon of the Russians - a submarine transforming into an airplane... After receiving a message that it had been discovered in our territorial waters unidentified object moving straight towards a secret base, Soviet command

Vidéolettres / Videoletters

1991 • 56 min

"Hi Steve" and "Dear Robert" exchanged between two filmmakers: Robert Kramer and Stephen Dwoskin. "The Videoletters strip away the formalities that had littered our work and thinking. Through the making of the 'video letters' we started to relearn and re-look.". The Videoletters provide the benefits of reflection -- a lubricant for thought made out of very basic stuff -- the reduction of complexity -- and they cemented a brotherhood. Sadly, Robert's untimely death prevented the continuation of the "video letters" and they remain unfinished and unedited. (S.D.)

Out of the Blue

1991 • 28 min

On January 8, 1989 a Pickering, Ontario flea market was robbed. Witnesses reported the robbers consisted of one white male and four Blacks. Later that day, police disrupted a Scarborough church service, arresting one South Asian boy and four Black youths including a girl of thirteen. All were later released when it was proven that they were in church when the robbery occurred. Julien Didier was twenty at the time and the oldest of the arrested. This tape follows his experience of the events.

Light and Heavy

1991 • 1 min • United States of America

An educational short film featuring the character of Luxo Jr. discovering and showcasing a "light" and "heavy" with the help of his dad, Luxo Sr.

Lord Arthur Savile's Crime

1991 • 10 min • Soviet Union

Lord Arthur Savile, is introduced by Lady Windermere to Mr Septimus R. Podgers, a chiromantist, who reads his palm and tells him that it is his destiny to be a murderer. Lord Arthur wants to marry, but decides he has no right to do so until he has committed the murder.

The Wiseman

1991 • 5 min • United States of America

The pseudo-spiritual ramblings of a self-proclaimed ‘wiseman’ are interspersed by bizarre things happening to his head.

The Marvellous World of the Cucu Bird

1991 • 21 min

A strange love-story between a mad butcher and a young prostitute, they both inserted in a paradoxical Time structure, like Escher engravings.

Images of Waco

1991 • 18 min • United States of America

“You are the heirs of a glorious heritage, and to you has come a responsibility as honorable as it is mighty.” Dr. Samuel King challenged his congregation in the First Presbyterian Church of Waco with these words almost one hundred years ago. Today, with this film, the images of Waco Foundation responds to Dr. King’s challenge by tracing our heritage- from the Waco Indians and the Spanish Conquistadors, through the frontier days of the Chisholm Trail, to the suspension bridge and the founding of our colleges and universities- to show how the quality of life Wacoans currently enjoy emerges from a complex tapestry woven from the dreams and efforts of our forebears. The breathtaking images of Waco captured in this evocative film challenge us to acknowledge and appreciate the qualities of today’s Waco and build on our glorious heritage to create an even better community for our children.

Sepultura - Under Siege (Live In Barcelona)

1991 • 54 min • Spain

Brazilian speed-thrash-death metal band Sepultura are legendary for the extreme degree to which they delve into the depths of their genre. Always striving to be louder, faster, and deadlier (metaphorically, of course), Sepultura have inspired a countless number of modern metal bands as well as legions of obsessive fans. Under Siege was filmed live at Zeleste in Barcelona, Spain. For nearly an hour, Sepultura thrash through ten of their songs.

Birdnesters of Thailand

1991 • 26 min

Oscar nominated documentary short from 1991

Kaiki Senyaichiya Monogatari: Yoru no Maki

1991 • 50 min • Japan

Horror film released in 1991.

The Trouble With Agatha Christie

1991 • 52 min • United Kingdom

An investigation into the mysterious world of the crime novelist Agatha Christie, with comments from poison experts, policeman and pathologists and members of her family.

Predators of the Wild: Bats

1991 • 51 min • United States of America

Fascinating footage of swooping bats, their remarkable habits and habitats, and close-up looks at their interesting yet eerie faces are featured in this documentary, volume seven of the Predators of the Wild series. Most bats eat insects, which may not always come to mind when one thinks of predators and prey -- although the fact that a swarm of bats can eat 30,000 pounds of insects in one night is staggering. Bats make up almost one-fourth of all of the mammals in the world, but only three species of bats are "true vampires" who rely on the blood of other animals for sustenance.