All Films

North Korea: The Parade

1989 • 60 min • Poland

Defilada was made on the occasion of the 40th anniversary celebrations of state's founding in North Korea, which the regime intended to use to eclipse the 1988 Summer Olympics taking place that year in Seoul, South Korea. The North Korean regime invited filmmakers from countries then considered friendly (read: Communist), including People's Republic of Poland, which sent a team under Andrzej Fidyk. The documentary is primarily composed of declarative statements, as well as texts of North Korean newspapers and books. There was no author's commentary. Fidyk commented that he and his team were likely “the most disciplined” foreign team of filmmakers in North Korea, as they did not trouble the regime by looking under the surface - they were content with what they were given and asked to do. (Wikipedia)

Stanley and the Dinosaurs

1989 • 16 min • United States of America

Stanley is no ordinary caveman. He paints pictures, grows flowers, and befriends a quartet of dinosaurs, who help him build the world's first house. Filled with lively music and lots of fun, this program helps viewers discover the value of individuality, manners, friendship and sharing.

Dreams from China

1989 • 30 min

Dreams from China, shot from 1983-85 while working in Tianjin and Beijing, is a highly lyrical, diary-like film essay, lending perspective to the tragedy of Tiananmen Square. "Extremely sincere...presenting a paradox of Chinese politics and society." (New York Times)

That's Black Entertainment

1989 • 56 min • United States of America

This documentary presents clips from black films from 1929 through 1957.

Kiki & Lala's Blue Bird

1989 • 58 min • Japan

Kiki and Lala go on an adventure to find a blue bird that's said to bring happiness, and discover the true meaning of that word along the way. The first and single feature-length theatrically released film for Sanrio mascots Kiki and Lala, screened alongside Hello Kitty no Cinderella and My Melody no Akazukin at the first Sanrio Sekai Meisaku Eigakan theatrical road show.

Det smakar fågel

1989 • 59 min • Sweden

Stage show with Frank Gunnarsson, Claes Malmberg and Mikel Lindberg

Marvin: Baby of the Year

1989 • 30 min

This animated special based on the popular comic strip following the adventures of 1-year old Marvin Miller. In this story, Marvin is being babysat by his grandparents who enter both him and his cousin Megan, in the local "Baby of the Year" contest, while his parents are away for the weekend.

L'Ete

1989 • 5 min

Music video for Ichiko Hashimoto 'L'Ete' from the album 'D.M.' (1989).

The Witness At Your Door

1989 • 45 min • United States of America

A dramatic presentation of how innocent people become ensnared by the Watchtower Society. An inside look at how the Jehovah's Witnesses recruit, brainwash, and train new members.The Witness at Your Door is a compelling, fast-moving drama which presents an inside look at how the Jehovah's Witnesses recruit, train and exercise mind-control over their members. Based on true-life experiences, this powerful and humorous DVD follows one man's story from beginning to end. Joe Simpson becomes a convert to the "Watchtower Society" at a vulnerable time in his life. But he is eventually freed from the organization after the real Jesus of the Bible is presented to him by a caring Christian. When you watch this DVD, we know you will want to see the exciting sequel, The Witness Goes Out.

The Cow

1989 • 10 min • Soviet Union

A boy recalls the story of how his family lost its cow. Based on a short story by Andrei Platonov.

Criminal

1989 • 4 min • Soviet Union

An animated film about how a cunning cat stole a piece of meat from a cook, and shows the imperfection of some laws.

Day of Revelation

1989 • 55 min • Soviet Union

About the leaders and the nature of the activities of informal groups in Moscow: “Democratic Union” and “People’s Front”.

The Mummy's Dream

1989 • 6 min • Japan

The filmic version of a city in which all surface beauty has rotted away. In order to find images of death like landscapes of the city from which people have vanished, and buildings from which the decorations have been stripped away and the inner organs exposed, I walked all over Tokyo taking photographs, then animated them. (T.I.)

Time to Go

1989 • 14 min • United Kingdom

Ken Loach documentary, pushing for British withdrawal from Northern Ireland.

Rita Moreno: Now You Can!

1989 • 60 min • United States of America

More than just an exercise video, this tape offers a whole revitalizing philosophy that turns beauty and fitness into a daily gift every woman can give to herself.

There's a Team In the Building

1989 • 25 min

The story of the 1988-89 Pittsburgh Penguins

The Samaritans - Scream

1989 • 1 min

Having suffered years of neglect, Saira decides that her life is meaningless and that it's possibly time to end it all. She tries to confess, but nobody else knows what she is talking about, which this cinema PIF for The Samaritans represents through distorted, eldritch guitar riffs. They, of course, understand. Directed by Michael Seresin at BFCS. Rated 15.

Cambodia: Year Ten

1989 • 52 min

1989. An examination of how the UN protected and revitalised the Khmer Rouge.

For The Whales

1989 • 58 min • Canada

Writers, artists, and musicians celebrate the whale.

John's Not Mad

1989 • 28 min • United Kingdom

John's Not Mad is a QED documentary made by the BBC in 1989. It was ranked, in a British public poll, as one of the 50 Greatest Documentaries. The film shadows John Davidson, a 15-year-old from Galashiels in Scotland, who had severe Tourette syndrome. John's life was explored in terms of his family and the close-knit community around him, and how they all coped with a misunderstood condition.

Gary Cooper: American Life, American Legend

1989 • 47 min • United States of America

Hosted by Clint Eastwood, Hollywood Remembers: Gary Cooper -- American Life, American Legend is a biographical portrait of the life and times of movie star Gary Cooper. The 47-minute tribute chronicles the actor's life from his early days as an "extra" in silent pictures to his acceptance of the 1960 Academy Award for lifetime achievement in film. Cooper's real-life role as a cowboy and his talent as a cartoonist are discussed, as are many of the Westerns, adventures, comedies, and war films in which he starred.

Miracles in Guslyar

1989 • 20 min • Soviet Union

The alien asks Korneliy Udalov to help him repair the spaceship, but the resident of Velikiy Guslyar is completely incompetent in this matter.

Relatives

1989 • 8 min

Ishmael Huston-Jones physically carries his mother, Pauline Jones, into the improvisational dance space. While she dyes eggs and speaks about family history, he improvises a rhythmic dance-counterpoint to her speech.

The Legend of the Pope Lick Monster

1989 • 16 min • United States of America

"A monster, a hideous half-man, half-sheep mutation whose hypnotic powers are so intense that he lures you out onto the tracks and into his eyes...." Such are the stories that have captured the imaginations of Louisville teenagers for three generations. Stories that have lured youths to the Pope Lick trestle in search of a dare, a thrill, a place to drink, an opportunity to scare a date or a friend. A legend kept alive only by word of mouth - confirmed by the excitable and credulous minds of adolescents and emphasized by the ominous presence of 100-foot railroad trestle. One crisp, October evening finds Clancy, Ben and Katie on a quest - for excitement, for beer, for danger and a rendezvous with...the Sheepman!