All Films

Lisa Lyon: Graphite Woman

1984 • 6 min

On January 25, 1984, at Long Beach State Art Gallery, Lisa called this performance Graphite Woman, as she was coated in this substance, and she recreated her world championship routine for a small audience of art lovers. Accompanied by the Shakuhachi flute, behind a low wall of gold bricks, Lisa again demonstrates her ideas of the body as art. This is something she promoted in her work as she saw herself as an artist whose canvas was her whole body.

Party Games for Adults Only

1984 • 52 min • United States of America

A novelty tape featuring games adults can play at parties.

Neil Young: Solo Trans

1984 • 60 min

Solo Trans is a concert film by Neil Young, released in 1984. It was recorded at the Hara Arena in Dayton, Ohio on September 18, 1983 during Young's Solo Trans tour.

Silver Anniversary for Bhilai

1984 • 19 min • Soviet Union

A short documentary about the visit of the Soviet delegation to India on the 25th anniversary of the founding of the city of Bhilai.

Wave

1984 • 6 min • Japan

Bach: Magnificat - Karajan

1984 • 36 min

Live performance of Johann Sebastian Bach's Magnificat, BWV 243 from Herbert von Karajan's New Year's Eve concert in 1984.

Contacts... Conflicts...

1984 • 17 min • Soviet Union

A satirical film for adults about communication problems.

'Do They Know It's Christmas?' - The Story Of The Official Band Aid Video

1984 • 30 min

A 30-minute video featuring documentary footage shot at the November 1984 recording session of Band Aid's 'Do They Know It's Christmas?'. It includes interviews with the charity supergroup's recording artists and musicians, as well as the completed promotional video.

The Hoboken Chicken Emergency

1984 • 58 min • United States of America

Arthur is asked to pick up a bird for Thanksgiving dinner, so he brings home a 266-pound chicken named Henrietta. The family welcome her with open arms, but the neighbors are not so sure and then Henrietta escapes.

Neil Young and The International Harvesters: Austin City Limits

1984 • 60 min • United States of America

Neil Young and the International Harvesters - Austin City Limits, recorded September 25, 1984. Track list: Are You Ready For The Country? / Are There Any More Real Cowboys? / Comes A Time / Field Of Opportunity / Amber Jean / Roll Another Number / Heart Of Gold / Let Your Fingers Do The Walking / The Needle And The Damage Done (solo) / Helpless (solo at start) / California Sunset / Old Man / Powderfinger / Get Back To The Country / Down By The River

The Fight Between the Snipe and the Clam

1984 • 10 min • China

Fierce battle between a hungry heron and a crafty clam.

Men's Dream Play: Song of the Sorrows of Youth

1984 • 60 min • Japan

Hyoto is a Japanese karate champion. His own career, the dojo he ran, and his students were doing well, and he was at the peak of his abilities. Hyodo's only complaint was his relationship with his wife, which had become completely cold. One day, Hyoto drunkenly bursts into a store, falls in love with the beauty of the woman there. He takes her to a hotel, discovering that she is trans. Hyōto fled the scene in a panic, but after that day, his sexual preference, which had only been interested in women, began to crumble. His student Haruhiko notices this change in Hyōto and confesses that he actually loves his teacher. He would have scoffed at the previous Hyoto, but the current Hyoto was different. He accepted Haruhiko's love, and he actively stepped into a new world of sexual pleasure...

Ballad of the Little Soldier

1984 • 46 min • Germany

A group of Miskito Indians use Nicaraguan child soldiers in their resistance against the Sandinistas.

Archie Shepp: Je suis jazz... c'est ma vie

1984 • 55 min

Jazz legend Archie Shepp toplines this unique and informative documentary. It intercuts performance footage of Shepp with interviews where he speaks candidly about such topics as Jazz's African origins, the genre's "revolutionary" purpose, and the social isolation of African Americans today.

Magister Flykt

1984 • 12 min

Magister Flykt is a short filmseries about a school teacher and his imaginative students

Robert Klein: Child of the 50's, Man of the 80's

1984 • 58 min • United States of America

1984 Live Recording from campus of New York University.

Las Lupitas

1984 • 54 min • Mexico

Mexican feature film

Slipshod House-Painters

1984 • 9 min • Soviet Union

Story about how the plasticine heroes "Any" and "How" paint factorys fence. The film makes fun of slackers and bungler.

Hair Piece: A Film for Nappy Headed People

1984 • 10 min • United States of America

An animated satire on the question of self-image for African American women living in a society where beautiful hair is viewed as hair that blows in the wind and lets you be free. Lively tunes and witty narration accompany a quick-paced inventory of relaxers, gels, and curlers. This short film has become essential for discussions of racism, African American cinema, and empowerment.

A Rain of Roses (To Rose Lowder)

1984 • 4 min • France

Images from the bridge over Canal Saint-Martin in Paris. The inland waterway vessels Rose and Pluie de roses pass each other. Changes pile up and the camera unravels them, through shooting, for a mise en abyme of the fall.

Love in Exile

1984 • 40 min • United Kingdom

Part of the ,,Forty minute" series of documentaries that have nothing in common besides from their lasting time. This 1984 documentary provides a fascinating account of the lives of the former King Edward VIII and the American divorcée for whom he gave up the British throne in 1936. The Duke died in 1972 but the Duchess lived on until 1986, two years after this programme was transmitted.

7 False Connections

1984 • 60 min • France

Short film showing cinematographer Henri Alekan, director Raúl Ruiz and actress Olimpia Carlisi at work creating sublime visual effects of the sort seen in City of Pirates.

Charade

1984 • 5 min • Canada

A talented, but doomed, gentleman tries to participate in a properly British game of charades.

A Tiger Has Killed Two Cows on the Jailoo

1984 • 20 min • Soviet Union

A resplendent documentary about the ancient art of carpet weaving, the poetics of carpet patterns, and their spiritual and national significance for Kyrgyz people.