All Films

Exorcist

1976 • 2 min

A SOV remake of The Exorcist, made by children.

Cordiais Saudações, Mr. Kissinger

1976 • 51 min • Brazil

Dina Sfat plays Carlos Dolabella's romantic partner in a fictional soap opera that fascinates the daughter and wife of a simple country man, played by Jofre Soares. After receiving a TV set, Soares begins to doubt his traditional knowledge of weather forecasts and begins to worry about the end of the world due to the oil crisis and pollution.

The Sixth Player

1976 • 11 min • Yugoslavia

The personality of Lazar Lečić, coach of the basketball club “Rabotnički” from Skopje, is an example of enormous dynamism and professionalism in his work. Following his reactions during a basketball game, we witness a real drama filled to the maximum with a variety of emotions and gestures. His face fully and in a very characteristic way expresses everything that happens on the court.

Otherwise Unexplained Fires

1976 • 14 min

"Filmed in large part during H.F.'s lecture-screening tour in the bay area: visit(s) to the Musee Mechanique, Land's End, the Cliff House. The San Francisco fog is proclaimed, as also are the cypress trees that line parts of our local beach. A visit to the Brakhage Colorado residence provided images of chickens/roosters."–Gail Camhi

Four Frames

1976 • 10 min

"Color/form, light/shadow, flatness/depth, figuration/abstraction, landscape/paint, all collaging and colliding in an exploratory, arrhythmic, kinetic dance constructed a frame at a time by Fred Worden on his optical printer. This early film now reveals itself as a revelatory early warning sign of Worden's filmmaking to come, comprising ten minutes extrapolated from only four frames of source imagery." (Mark Toscano) Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2009.

Mother Earth

1976 • 21 min • Soviet Union

Every corner of the mountains has its guardian angel - the Adgilis Deda (“place mother”). An old woman who has no right to die has become the Adgilis Deda of the abandoned mountain village. As long as she is alive, the village is called a village, only with her death will any sign of life disappear from that corner.

Textur

1976 • 11 min

Directed by Werner Nekes.

Tipa the Ant

1976 • 9 min • Soviet Union

An animation film about a little ant who leaves the house for the first time in her life and tries to find out what the sun is.

Giấc Mơ Bay

1976 • 16 min

A story about a kid wanting to be the god of heavens (so that he could skip classes and play around all day), Flying Dream’s witticism is equally applicable to situations in the world of adults. The second directorial work of Hữu Đức (who had by then appeared in a number of early Vietnamese animation project, often responsible for the art), Flying Dream marked ‘the maturity phase’ of Vietnamese animation in general and doll-based stop-motion works in particular. Flying Dream also bears the spirit of 1970s Eastern European animation through hazy spaces and colours floating freely between reality and a dream-world (created by artist Mai Long), and a score that recalls the best of psychedelic pop music of the time.

Death Quest of the Ju-Ju Cults

1976 • 30 min

Enter a shimmering forest and encounter the Pot Boiling turbulence of pre-history tribes in conflict. See sacrificial virgins, volcanoes, knife fights, spaceships. It's all in this black-and-white saga of pure escapement.

How Grandfather Disturbed the Great Balance

1976 • 9 min • Soviet Union

Rübezahl und der Schuster

1976 • 15 min • Czechoslovakia, East Germany

Animated fairy tale about the mountain ghost Rübezahl and his dealing with a thieving shoemaker.

The Mathematician

1976 • 3 min • United Kingdom

The salutary tale of a genius mathematician who discovers that mankind is heading for environmental disaster. Ignored by all, he sets out to prove it — however the proof, represented by “a little black box”, is taken up by those previous doubters and exploited.

The Boy and the Song

1976 • 4 min • United Kingdom

An animated film by the South Shields film maker Sheila Graber in which the boy and his cat feature in a set of adventures inspired by the lyrics of some well-known songs the boy sings. This film is a follow up to her earlier film entitled the Boy and the Cat.

Eva's Man

1976 • 11 min • United States of America

A short film, based on a novel by Gayl Jones. The film treats a black woman, Eva, who kills her lover. She refuses to speak to a white psychiatrist who questions her about her motives, so he leaves her with a tape recorder to confide in. In flashbacks, we see the abuse Eva suffered at the hands of a husband and two lovers.

Modulated Horizontal Lines

1976 • 19 min

"Abstract video art created in 1976. Video by Dean Winkler and Chris Lambiase. Music by Terry Riley. This was created in real time using an RE-4 Rutt/Etra analog video synthesizer. After spending our January college break building the facility that housed the RE-4 and related equipment, we created this tape (with lots of patch cords) the night before we headed back to school." -Dean Winkler

The Snow Queen

1976 • 56 min • United Kingdom

The Devil makes a mirror -and it shatters.This is the story of what happens to little Kay when one of the pieces finds its way through his eye and into his heart. The powers of evil are unleashed ... the Summer Garden Witch - the Robbers in the Wood - but above all - the mysterious elemental figure of The Snow Queen. Only Gerda - Kay's friend - helped by birds and animals - has the power to overcome them all.

Ambush - Tool of Terror

1976 • 11 min • United States of America

Discusses strategies for police officers to anticipate and respond to ambush situations. It highlights the importance of planning, training, and teamwork in counter-ambush tactics. The text emphasizes the need for officers to remain vigilant, vary their routines, and utilize effective communication to minimize risks during potential threats.

The Blizzard

1976 • 10 min • Poland

Adventures of a small pooch who went out on a snowy day.

Sob o Ditame de Rude Almajesto (Sinais de Chuva)

1976 • 13 min • Brazil

Grazia a Grazia

1976 • 26 min • Italy

The Grump

1976 • 57 min • Yugoslavia

The man who was fighting fire is being forcibly sent to seaside hotel to recover, where he spends time with other guests who came there for group holiday. He rejects their company claiming that they live by established norms, but they reject him as well 'cause they think he's no different at all.

For Georgia O'Keeffe

1976 • 4 min

“An exquisite homage to O’Keeffe’s ‘Radiator Building, Night’.” –Mark Webber

The Tapestry

1976 • 56 min

A television drama directed by Maya Angelou. In 1975, the accomplished writer became the first African American woman to join the Directors Guild of America in the director’s category. Produced by trailblazing TV executive Barbara Schultz, Visions often focused on complex themes including social justice, feminism, race and sexuality. Executive Producer: Barbara Schultz. Director: Maya Angelou. Writer: Alexis DeVeaux. With: Gloria Jones Schultz, Glynn Turman, Ebony Wright.