All Films

Time of Darkness and Silence

1982 • 60 min • Germany

An investigation of Leni Riefenstahl’s infamous film production of “Tiefland” during the Holocaust, one which used Sinti extras under forced labor conditions. After filming finished in 1944, these extras were sent to Auschwitz. Nina Gladitz interviews the survivors and perpetrators, wondering if Riefenstahl knew this would happen at the end of production. Tiefland was filmed from 1940-1944 but was not released until 1954. Leni Riefenstahl sued Gladitz over the documentary.

The God Makers

1982 • 56 min • United States of America

Two former Mormons seek to file a class-action lawsuit against The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, detailing for skeptical attorneys the history, doctrines and secret rituals of the Mormon religion.

Come to the Clearing

1982 • 9 min • Hungary

Experimental short animated film by Péter Molnár

Imitation of Life

1982 • 25 min

Finally, manipulating the "natural" flow of the film image represents another kind of intrinsic interruption. I have in mind such devices as artificially slowing motion by step printing the home movie footage for Imitation of Life in the KAPITAL cycle.

A Search for Myself

1982 • 60 min • Japan

At Tourkovounia

1982 • 25 min • Greece

Greek internal migrants in Athens, after the Greek Civil War colonize the tops of the Tourkovounia hills.

The Chorus

1982 • 17 min • Iran

An old man with a hearing aid tires of listening to the noises of the town. But when he takes his aid out he can't hear his grandchildren coming to see him.

Baby Doll

1982 • 3 min • United States of America

Tessa Hughes-Freeland’s “Baby Doll” is a tiny slice of cinéma vérité from 1982 about the girls working the now defunct Baby Doll Lounge on Church and White St. in downtown Manhattan. It captures a moment before NYC got sanitized.

Festival of Mask

1982 • 24 min • United States of America

Filmmaker Don Amis was one of the very few Black student filmmakers at UCLA (including Carroll Parrott Blue and Denise Bean) working in a documentary mode. In this film, preparations, parade and performances from the Craft and Folk Art Museum’s annual Festival of Mask illustrate L.A.’s diverse racial and ethnic communities (African, Asian, Latin American) expressing themselves through a shared traditional form.

The Voyage of Odysseus

1982 • 28 min • United States of America

The voyage section of Homer's classic tale is retold by the voice of a muse, actor Julie Harris, who recalls the essence of the adventure. A remarkable visual experience that captures the mythic quality of the ancient story.

Three Ivans

1982 • 10 min • Soviet Union

About the inextricable friendship of the Eastern Slavs: Russian, Belarusian and Ukrainian Ivan.

Centralia Fire

1982 • 28 min • United States of America

A TV documentary detailing the Centralia, Pennsylvania underground mine fire and its environmental effects on the town and residents above some 20 years after its start.

Quad I+II

1982 • 14 min • Germany

Cloaked, cowled figures wander in patterns to rhythm instruments. First transmitted by the Süddeutscher Rundfunk in Germany on 8 October 1981. "Between the two parts there is an intermission of 100,000 years." -S.B. during the rehearsals.

Your Very Personal Poetry

1982 • 20 min • Soviet Union

This poetic core in youngsters is also touched in Stanukina's less known Your very personal poetry (Свои, совсем особые стихи, 1982), a wonderful film about a poetry class. It is here that one recalls Kogan's admiration of Lyalya's emotional documentary skills. And it is here that one recalls Kosakovsky's depiction of Lyalya as a person of extraordinarily prosperous feelings, sensitive and energetic, childish and female, shrill and quiet. The young poets are marvellously sneaky, respectfully adoring and creatively playing with - maybe even deconstructing - "Aleksandr Sergeevich", Mr. Pushkin, Russia's exclusive trade mark of high culture and literature.

Beardsley and His Work

1982 • 49 min • United Kingdom

Aubrey Beardsley was a phenomenon, as his contemporaries recognised. Between 1893 and 1898 (when he died from tuberculosis aged just 25) he developed into one of the world's most exciting graphic artists, and turned out hundreds of black and white drawings, which retain their power to fascinate, to amuse and to shock. In this film Brian Reade, Brigid Brophy, Ralph Steadman and a psychiatrist, discuss Beardsley's work and recall the story of his short life. The film has been made almost exclusively from Beardsley's original drawings.

An Unearthly Story, In Other Words Games In The Park

1982 • 7 min • Poland

A little, green guy relaxes in the park. He is joined by a pink lad and he starts to behave more and more aggressively. The green guy starts to enjoy the revenge. Violence breeds violence, even when mild creatures are concerned.

A Start in Life

1982 • 3 min • Soviet Union

The Sharkcallers of Kontu

1982 • 55 min

Believing that the spirits of their ancestors dwell in the mako shark, shark callers are not only hunting but also maintaining a connection with their past.

Give Me a Gun, Give Me Freedom

1982 • 60 min • Japan

Live action film by Katsuhiro Ôtomo

Berlin – Bauplatz der Jugend

1982 • 20 min • East Germany

Documents the work of youth work action on construction sites in East Berlin.

Fritz Teufel oder Warum haben Sie nicht geschossen?

1982 • 53 min • Germany

Documentary by Hans-Dieter Grabe.

Ghost Rider

1982 • 15 min • United States of America

Kevin, feeling very sad and lonely after spending his first day in a new junior high school, meets a young girl on his bus ride home who drops a pencil and suddenly disappears. Is this mysterious young girl the ghost of a girl who died on a bus years before? And why is she so adamant that Kevin learns bus safety rules?

Homes Around the World

1982 • 1 min

A tour of home designs in different times and places. Created for Sesame Street.

Zagreb

1982 • 21 min • Yugoslavia

The film tries to capture the spirit of Zagreb, which makes it different from other places. What is shown is usual, everyday stuff, yet new in the life of this city.