All Films

Once años decisivos

1981 • 32 min • Peru

Narrates the workers' struggles at the beginning of the 20th century, the lengthy process of achieving the 8-hour workday, finally conquered on January 19, 1919, in which anarchist ideas played a fundamental role. Subsequently, during "el Oncenio de Leguía" (1919-1930), ideological and political currents of aprismo and socialism emerged, led by Víctor Raúl Haya de la Torre and José Carlos Mariátegui, which left a mark on the country's life.

Three Masters

1981 • 11 min • Soviet Union

Based on oriental fairy tales.Three masters -a woodcarver, a tailor and a jeweler -performed a miracle: they created a girl from an ordinary log, who came to life from their art.

Artojų artojas

1981 • 15 min • Soviet Union

A short film by Aleksandras Digimas and Algirdas Tumas.

The Compa Clodomiro and Capitalism

1981 • 4 min

An episode of the series featuring the "compa" Clodomiro, who talks about capitalism in a didactic way.

Keep This Eternal World Safe

1981 • 58 min • Soviet Union

Longing for Something Completely Different

1981 • 13 min • Germany

A young woman strolls through the night, then boards a train. Seeking closeness to others she chooses an unusual method by searching through people’s luggage.

The Grand Match

1981 • 15 min • United Kingdom

The 38th GRAND MATCH of the Royal Caledonian Curling Club held on the frozen Lake of Menteith in 1979.

Monimbo Is Nicaragua

1981 • 31 min

A documentary about Monimbo, a town in Nicaragua.

Slaughter Ahoy

1981 • 16 min • Yugoslavia

A super 8mm film by Davorin Marc.

The Shepherds of Berneray

1981 • 55 min • United Kingdom, United States of America

In 1980, Jack Shae and Allen Moore, two ethnographic filmmakers from Harvard University, moved their families to the island of Berneray in the Outer Hebrides. Over the course of 18 months they documented the everyday lives and struggles of the crofters they lived among, whom were even then a vanishing breed. The film is in English and Gaelic. This carefully observed documentary by filmmakers Jack Shae and Allen Moore is a poetic ethnographic film in the style of their mentor, Robert Gardner (“Dead Birds”). It follows the rhythm of life on a wind-swept island in the Outer Hebrides through the four seasons and in the filmmakers’ observation of the day-to-day struggles of a vanishing society we see the deep-time legacy of their kind. The film is in English and Gaelic.

$8.50 a Barrel (Huit Piastres et Demie!)

1981 • 58 min

During the Great Depression, shrimp prices spiraled down. Fishermen began to organize, families chose sides, and violence erupted. The Cajun cast recreates the tumultuous Shrimp War of 1938 in this thrilling film. Though made on a tiny scale, its verisimilitude recalls Victor Fleming’s dramatic 1937 film, Captains Courageous. This film is in Cajun French, though TMDB will not recognize it as a language.

The Invincible

1981 • 10 min • Soviet Union

A story about a stubborn and fearless tree, which despite harsh conditions, moves forward and reaches the place it wants, becoming the root of a new forest.

ABBA: Words and Music

1981 • 26 min • Sweden, United Kingdom, United States of America

A TV special documentary made by CBS for the release of Super Trouper.

Little Octobrist Ovechkin's Love

1981 • 48 min • Soviet Union

First-grader Valera Ovechkin, who has a strict mother and a strict teacher, is in love with a ninth-grader Olenka. Mom once, when Valerik was in kindergarten, having learned that he had kissed a girl, threatened the amorous Ovechkin with a colony if he kissed anyone else. Valera believes in the possibility of punishment, but, having fallen in love with Olenka, she breaks the taboos.

The Black Bird

1981 • 9 min • Bulgaria

Man with a Watch

1981 • 13 min • Yugoslavia

Short film about a Bosnian miner.

Jean-Michel Basquiat: An Interview

1981 • 35 min

On this program we see a rare interview with the mercurial painter, Jean-Michel Basquiat, conducted in 1981 in his studio on Crosby Street, in SOHO. Basquiat, an internationally renowed as well as the enfant terrible of the 1980's art scene, died tragically in 1988 at the age of 28. Both during his brief life and since his untimely death, stories and legends abound which chronicle his metoric rise to art world stardom. In 1996, Basquiat's life was fictionalized in the film entitled BASQUIAT, directed by fellow artist Julian Schnabel. On this ART/new york program, the 21 year old Basquiat is interviews by art historian - curator Marc. H Miller, PhD. Already a well known art world figure, Basquiat's fondness for high jinks as well as his exuberant spirit are captured as he describes his working process and comments upon his art world persona.

Stone Faces of the Past

1981 • 9 min • Soviet Union

The film focuses on the statues, patterns of stone in the city of Saratov.

How the Elephant Fell Into the Pit

1981 • 10 min • Soviet Union

About how the Woodpecker and the Finch punished the elephant stubbornly and taught him kindness.

Ciudad vs. Arte

1981 • 12 min • Venezuela

Experimental video by Carlos Castillo.

Rendezvous With a Decibel

1981 • 9 min • Soviet Union

A film by G. Skvarnavičius about noise pollution.

Blood on the Snow

1981 • 10 min

A horde of monsters killing poor travelers in a snowy landscape.

Under The Eye Of Qomolangma

1981 • 49 min • France

The French High Mountain Military Group (G.M.H.M.) expedition to Everest in 1981, led by General Pierre Astorg, took place on the north face of the mountain. Fifteen military climbers participated in this expedition, which lasted approximately ninety days. Their goal was to reach the summit by following a siege approach, but despite their efforts, the expedition failed to reach the summit. The French military, engaged since the beginning of March on the north face of Everest (8,848 meters), gave up less than 300 meters from the summit. The climbers, Jean-Claude Mosca, Hervé Sachetat, and Hubert Giot, gave up on setting up Camp 7, the last planned intermediate camp, at 8,600 meters. Poor weather conditions and the physical condition of the expedition members were the reasons for the failure of this meticulously prepared expedition...

So wie uns geht es tausend anderen

1981 • 43 min

Documentary directed by Dietrich Schubert.