All Films

Bamse and the Two Horse Rides

1981 • 37 min

Bamse saves a little donkey from a nasty man. Together with his friends he builds a stable for it.

Death of a Prophet

1981 • 60 min • United States of America

After breaking ties with the Nation of Islam, Malcolm X became a man marked for death...and it was just a matter of time before his enemies closed in. Despite death threats and intimidation, Malcolm marched on - continuing to spread the word of equality and brotherhood right up until the moment of his brutal and untimely assassination. Highlighted by newsreel footage and interviews, this is the story of the last twenty-four hours of Malcolm X. Featuring the music of jazz percussionist Max Roach.

The Fox and the Hound: A Lesson in Caution

1981 • 8 min • United States of America

The important lesson that warnings should not be ignored is stressed in this film.

Bondage and Pleasure Hell

1981 • 30 min • Japan

Women are trained in BDSM...

Strawberry Shortcake in Big Apple City

1981 • 24 min • United States of America

Strawberry Shortcake in Big Apple City chronicles Strawberry Shortcake's trip to Big Apple City, so she can compete in a baking contest at "the little theater off Times Pear". Strawberry's journey, however, is in jeopardy due to the constant interference of the Peculiar Purple Pieman of Porcupine Peak, who is her only competition in the bake-off. The Pieman counts on his kohlrabi cookies and a little trickery to beat Strawberry and her famous shortcake.

Unconscious London Strata

1981 • 22 min • United Kingdom, United States of America

This film, photographed in London, is an exploration into the depths of unconscious reactions.

Magic in the Sky

1981 • 57 min • Canada

Magic in the Sky investigates the impact of television on the Inuit people of the Canadian Arctic. The film also documents the establishment of the first Inuit-language television network, called Inukshuk, which began broadcasting to six Inuit communities in December 1980. The Inuit's efforts to create an indigenous television network mirrors the struggle of any culture trying to preserve its unique identity.

The Cramps: Live in New York

1981 • 29 min • United States of America

The Cramps perform live from NYC's Mudd Club in 1981. Highlights include: "TV Set", "Goo Goo Muck" and "I Was a Teenage Werewolf".

Romeo and Smurfette

1981 • 22 min • United States of America

Spring has the Smurfs all competing for Smurfette's affection and Gargamel decides to put a spell on her to help him capture the Smurfs.

The Garden of Earthly Delights

1981 • 2 min • United States of America

A collage of two-dimensional images of vegetation, each appearing only for a moment, sometimes as a single image, more often with other bits of stem, leaf, bud, or petal. Often we see only the outline of objects against a black background. Black and green are occasionally joined by fragments of orange or of white and blue. The objects in the frame don't move but they are quickly replaced by another collage, giving the feel of rapid motion. Each collage is crisp, its lines etched against the background of black and later of white. Whitman anyone, or Hieronymus Bosch? Although there is no soundtrack, the rapidity of changing images and colors suggests a riot.

Elvis Gratton

1981 • 30 min • Canada

Robert Gratton is a small-town shopkeeper. A right-wing man, he has an unbounded devotion to Elvis Presley. He decides to enter an Elvis impersonation contest.

The Greatest Man in the World

1981 • 51 min • United States of America

This version of James Thurber's tale tells the story of a young amateur pilot who beats Charles Lindbergh's feat of nonstop flying around the world--with his own unique ways of conserving fuel and energy.

Balzaquianas

1981 • 20 min • Brazil

Based on interviews with married women, aged 20 to 40, from different social classes, the film portrays with a certain irony the hardships and the petty side of marriage. An actress plays five different women who, living in banal situations, reproduce multiple facets of subordination to the role of a good wife.

Van Halen: Oakland, CA @ Oakland Arena 1981

1981 • 13 min • United States of America

On June 11-13, 1981, Van Halen recorded their performances of "Hear About It Later", "So This Is Love?", and "Unchained" at the Oakland Coliseum. The three videos were aired as promos on MTV and other tv networks.

Somewhere More Central

1981 • 30 min

A TV play by Beryl Bainbridge. Formby. As the family gathers for Grandma's funeral, it seems to Olive that the eccentric old lady they have come to bury is far from dead.

The Girl on the Edge of Town

1981 • 60 min • United States of America

Patty Duke Astin received an Emmy nomination for her role as a mother whose teenage daughter learns she is pregnant thus bringing back memories of her own teenage years and mistakes.

The Goosehill Gang and the Mystery of Howling Woods

1981 • 22 min

The Goosehill Gang goes camping and must discover who or what is causing a howling noise in the woods. Did we mention there's also an escaped convict who is armed and dangerous?

Portrait: A Film of Stockholm

1981 • 25 min • Sweden

Images of Stockholm and the people who live there set to music.

Something for the Boys

1981 • 52 min • United Kingdom

A woman runs an 'establishment' for gay servicemen during World War Two in Scotland. A Scottish and an American serviceman meet and spend the night together there.

Bizarre Bondage Lady

1981 • 60 min • Japan

A younger brother picks up a woman on the street and takes her home, and his older sister ties her up with rope, shaves her pubic hair, trains her in a perverted way, turns her into a fine perverted masochist, and then sells her off to a man who is an enthusiast in that field. In the heat of excitement, the master and disciple indulge in incest. One day, the younger brother, who was living this lifestyle, sees a girl on the street. The girl sells a match to a drunkard for 500 yen and shows her private parts by the light of the match. When the younger brother asks her why she does this, she answers that her mother did the same thing. She says that since her mother died, she is doing the same thing to survive. When the younger brother takes the girl home, the fate of the master and disciple begins to change...

Dennis the Menace in Mayday for Mother

1981 • 24 min • United States of America

Mischievous Dennis Mitchell wants to give his mother a gift for Mother's Day.

Funnymen

1981 • 56 min • United States of America

Early home video relic from International Home Entertainment, Inc. Hosted by Marty Allen, this compilation also features stand-up by George Burns, Frank Gorshin, and Pat Henry.

Dream Documentary

1981 • 5 min

"A masterpiece of compilation film" (Berlin Kinemathek), Dream Documentary uses footage from other films to create a surreal and foreboding societal landscape

Kinvig (TV pilot)

1981 • 26 min

Lazy repairman Des Kinvig's life changes when he imagines meeting a glamorous alien from Mercury, who looks a lot like his latest customer Miss Griffin.