All Films

Little Mountain: An Election from the Inside

1984 • 28 min • Canada

A behind-the-scenes documentary that examines the role of NDP campaign volunteers in the Vancouver riding of Little Mountain.

The House, 1984

1984 • 56 min • East Germany

Thomas Heise's documentary portrays the meeting of officials and citizens in the district office of Berlin-Mitte in 1984. The movie uniquely displays how socialist officals and citizens interact.

Women's Voices: The Gender Gap

1984 • 17 min • United States of America

Filmmaker Jenny Rohrer explores the growing difference in voting patterns between men and women.

Free Show Tonite

1984 • 59 min • United States of America

Academy award winning filmmaker Paul Wagner and folklorist Steve Zeitlin produced this 1983 oral history of the old-time travelling medicine show performers, with a recreated medicine show staged in a small North Carolina town.

How Petryk Pyatochkin Counted Little Elephants

1984 • 10 min • Soviet Union

Petryk Pyatochkin goes to kindergarten and loves to play around. One day he counted elephants so that he could fall asleep with the other children during quiet time. And when he succeeded, Petryk got to Africa in an amazing kindergarten, where he had to take care of baby elephants, who did not miss the opportunity to have fun.

Venom: The Seventh Date of Hell

1984 • 57 min

Blistering live performance by British black metal pioneers Venom captured at the Hammersmith Odeon in London in June of 1984. One of the most legendary shows in the history of metal featuring the classic line-up of Cronos (vocals/bass), Mantas (guitar) and Abaddon (drums). TRACKLIST: 01. Leave Me In Hell 02. Countess Bathory 03. Die Hard 04. 7 Gates Of Hell 05. Buried Alive 06. Don't Burn The Witch 07. In Nomine Satanus 08. Welcome To Hell 09. Warhead 10. Stand Up And Be Counted 11. Blood Lust

2084: Video Clip for the Trade Unions' Reflection and Pleasure

1984 • 10 min • France

Made for the centenary of France’s trade union laws, Chris Marker’s 2084 imagines a future in which a computer looks back on the labor movement of the 20th century. Mixing documentary reflection with speculative fiction, the film envisions contrasting paths for the future of workers and unions.

Hackers: Wizards of the Electronic Age

1984 • 26 min • United States of America

All interviews in this documentary were shot over a long weekend at a 1984 hacker conference by the Whole Earth Catalog editors Stewart Brand and Kevin Kelley in Sausalito, California. The event itself (the hacker conference) was inspired by Steven Levy's classic book "Hackers - Heroes of the Computer Revolution"

Lullaby

1984 • 10 min • Soviet Union

The cartoon is based on one of the famous Ukrainian lullabies. It tells the story of a newborn baby, which is surrounded by the maternal care and affection. In the video sequence, unusual ornament is replaced by fairy tale characters and animals that appear near the baby lying in his cradle.

Starring: Jouko Turkka

1984 • 49 min • Finland

The controversial Jouko Turkka, actor, writer, teacher and stage director. With his mostly devoted students at the Theatre Academy/University of the Arts Helsinki, Finland. Where he was appointed professor of stage production 1981-1984.

The Sauna

1984 • 38 min • Sweden

A story of a Finnish family which moved to Sweden and is very unhappy lacking the traditional Finnish sauna in a new place. Based on the novel by Nils Parling.

Betrayed

1984 • 54 min • United States of America

Special training for young girls... Carla knew all about it... She had been there once herself. Now it was time to teach her naughty niece, Lisa, the ropes, literally. Carla arranged the set up to look like they were both being so Lisa would never suspect her. After they were caught and then separated, Carla is released to go home. However, just the thought of her niece being punished makes her excited that she has to return to the training center to see Lisa beg. Watch as Carla herself gets caught, and is put through a montage of B&D with Lisa.

É Tudo Invenção Nossa

1984 • 10 min

Pedro Costa first foray into filmmaking was a short-film co-produced for RTP within a series named “Cartas a Júlia.”

Seascape

1984 • 10 min

A rhythmic flow of image with sound, weaving a mood suspended in time.

How Merrily I Shall Laugh: Danièle Huillet and Jean-Marie Straub on Their Film Class Relations

1984 • 42 min • Germany

Filmmaker Manfred Blank (director of the excellent Pharos of Chaos) interviews Danièle Huillet and Jean-Marie Straub at some length about their then-current production, Klassenverhältnisse (Class Relations), in which he, himself, performed as an actor.

Os Comprometidos - Actas de um processo de descolonização

1984 • 42 min • Mozambique

The film deals with the judgment of the so-called "compromised", who integrated the colonial apparatus. At Josina Machel school, in an amphitheater with a full audience and balcony, there is a stage where Samora Machel and the members of the Frelimo political committee are located. He records Samora, an impeccable political actor, sometimes histrionic, in the role that he is attributed as the animator of the scene in the trial.

Jane Bonda's Bizarre Workout

1984 • 37 min

How can you call a bondage film "cute?" Don't all of those whips and chains hurt? I guess they do, sometimes, but what we have here is a real first: a dominatrix with a good sense of humor. This neat little parody of exercise videos has all of the spikes, leather, plastic balls in the mouth, collars and whips you'd ever want —yet it has the ability to make us laugh, easing our way into at some bizarre fetishes.

Oscar Peterson's Easter Suite

1984 • 30 min

World Premiere of Oscar Peterson's Easter Suite for Jazz Trio specially composed for this recording Easter Suite for Jazz Trio by Oscar Peterson in nine movements: 1- The Last Supper, 2- The Garden of Gethsemane, 3- Denial, 4- Why have you betrayed me, 5- The Trial, 6- Are you really the King of the Jews?, 7- Why hast you forsaken me?, 8- Jesus Christ lies here tonight, 9- He has risen

Vanya and Crocodile

1984 • 10 min • Soviet Union

The story of how a Crocodile appears in Petrograd and frightens the inhabitants of the city. The little boy Vanya Vasilchikov is not afraid of him. The crocodile turns out to be not scary and makes friends with Vanya.

Mystery Mister Ra

1984 • 51 min

Sun Ra, Archie Shepp and company in concert in Paris, 1984. Documents performances and rehearsals in Paris, France, 1984. It includes the compositions "Love in Outer Space," "Nuclear War," and "1984" by Sun Ra and the standards "Tea for Two" and "Blue Lou," as well as interviews with Sun Ra and Archie Shepp.

Council Matters

1984 • 10 min • United Kingdom

Freda the cleaner takes the lid off the Town Hall in this animated film about the services provided by local authorities, and illustrates what life would be like without them. As Freda's vacuum cleaner transforms itself into a 'hoovercopter' and flies over the city, she explains the structure of the local authority and the relationship between voter, council and central government.

Burnett Discovers Domingo

1984 • 60 min • United States of America

Funny woman Carol Burnett teams with tenor Placido Domingo in this musical comedy special.

Anna & Bella

1984 • 8 min • Netherlands

Two sisters look back on their life together.

All About Mighty Lady

1984 • 30 min • Japan

A 1984 direct-to-video tokusatsu short film produced and distributed by Daiei Video. The film is roughly divided into two portions; in the first, the main character speaks directly to the audience and introduces several pilots for the movie, which are played in their entirety. These include The Mighty Lady—an 8-milimeter student film produced in 1983—and two 1984 films simply titled Mighty Lady. This is followed by the film's main body, an original story in which Mighty Lady attempts to live life as a schoolgirl, then fights a giant robot.