All Films

Early to Bed

1975 • 30 min • United Kingdom

Alan Bleasdale’s television debut, this beautifully observed drama stars Alison Steadman as a woman having a passionate tryst with the boy next door while her husband is at work.

Xusum

1975 • 4 min • Canada

Accompanied by a song in the Lil̓wat7úl language, we follow a woman as she makes gwùshum, a Líl̓wat dessert and a very special treat. From the harvesting of the xúsum (soapberries or salmonberries) to the construction of the corn-husk whisk, a dish is created that is equal measures mouthwatering and awe-inspiring.

Campesinos

1975 • 50 min • Colombia

A Colombian documentary that expose the context of the indigenous-farmer movement in the early '70s.

Slatan Dudow: A Film Essay about a Marxist Artist

1975 • 30 min • East Germany, Germany

A biographical documentary about the Bulgarian born film director Slatan Dudow (1903–1963).

The Motorway File

1975 • 31 min • United Kingdom

Part of BFI collection "Worth the Risk?" An investigation into the causes of a fatal accident on a motorway, in the course of which many aspects of road safety are revealed.

Buffo-Synchronists

1975 • 10 min • Bulgaria

A boy and his pets try to comfort a wee harmonica player after losing his tool to a fat grump.

La ciudad es nuestra

1975 • 55 min • Spain

Flower Silueta

1975 • 6 min

United States 1975, Super 8 transferred to digital, colour, silent, 6 min

The Water Circle

1975 • 3 min • United States of America

Celebrating the circulation of the waters of the world, this homage to James Broughton's favorite sage Lao-tsu is illustrated by the dance of sunlight on the sea. Accompanying poem (read and written by James Broughton) was composed to the music of Corelli, from his Concerto Grosso No. 9 in A, performed on the harp by Joel Andrews.

Clorae and Albie

1975 • 36 min • United States of America

Tells about two young Black women and how they cope with their responsibilities as well as pursue their career ambitions.

My Father

1975 • 16 min • Japan, United States of America

"Father, why did you die?" With this deeply intimate statement of grief, Kubota mourns the death of her father. Video and television are central to her ritual of mourning, and allow her father to assume a presence after death. Kubota and her father, who was dying of cancer in Japan, are seen watching television together on New Year's Eve. The suffering of father and daughter is rendered even more poignant when contrasted with the everyday banality of the pop music and New Year's celebrations on TV. After his death, Kubota weeps alone in front of a video monitor. Awash with tears and personal pain, My Father is a cathartic exorcism of grief, with video serving as witness and memory.

A Street Harassment Film

1975 • 12 min

Time: the 1970’s. Place: New York City. This dramatized essay explores how women feel about verbal harassment by men on the street. What do they think? What do they want to do?

The Tale of Elsie Bossing

1975 • 7 min • United Kingdom

A stop-motion animation of a difficult old woman who takes risks crossing the road. Introduced by Henry Cooper.

The Permissive Society

1975 • 29 min • United Kingdom

During an evening spent at his house with his sister, a girl realizes that she doesn't really have much in common with her boyfriend.

An Evening with Robert Klein

1975 • 59 min • United States of America

Comedian Robert Klein performs in HBO's first ever standup special.

Viagem pelo Interior Paulista

1975 • 15 min • Brazil

"A view of São Paulo's rural architecture, from the remains of a sugar mill from the 1500s to a farm at the height of the coffee cycle in 1822. Documentary illustrating Morada Paulista, book by Luis Saia". (ACPJ/CCM)

Really Rosie

1975 • 27 min • United States of America

Convinced of her limitless talent, charm, and ability, Rosie sweeps the neighborhood Nutshell Kids into the beam of her private spotlight as they perform in her pretend movie.

Gleebees

1975 • 1 min • United Kingdom

An Stop Motion Animated Short Film about little Creatures.

Bread and Mud

1975 • 11 min • Spain

Short Film, On display at Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya; alongside Avenue Boulevard de l'Opéra.

The Kirghiz of Afghanistan

1975 • 51 min • United Kingdom

The Kirghiz of Afghanistan are a group of some 2,000 pastoralists living on a bleak mountain plateau in a narrow isthmus of land between the borders of the Soviet Union and China. For nine months of the year heavy snows cover the ground, which was formerly used only by the Kirghiz for their summer pastures before the borders were closed, virtually terminating the contact of this group with other Kirghiz communities. Although the film shows dramatically the ten-day journey which lowland traders must make to reach this remote people, as well as scenes of a Kirghiz wedding and the traditional Central Asian sport of ‘buzkashi’ – demonstrating the horse-riding skills of the people – there is very little about the pastoral economy and society of the ordinary Kirghiz.

The Mysterious Island

1975 • 60 min • Australia

March 23rd, 1885. Fighting rages in the city and the southerners gain ground. Meanwhile, five northern prisoners, accompanied by their dog Tob, manage to escape. In their escape from the enemy, they had no choice but to board a hot air balloon to survive the chaos of the terrain. It is then that the flying machine will take them to a mysterious place, perhaps even more dangerous than the war itself...

Rona Looks at Raquel, Liza, Cher and Ann-Margret

1975 • 60 min • United States of America

Today, four famous glamour queens let their hair down about their lives, loves and marriages.

Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.: A Self-Portrait

1975 • 29 min • United States of America

Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., discusses his development as a writer, including references to some of his major novels, his themes and their meaning, his relationship to other writers, problems in sustaining his special vision of American life, and his future. Accompanied by photographs that chronicle the author’s life and selections from home movies taken during his youth.

Les Princes Noirs de St. Germain-Des-Prés

1975 • 14 min • Senegal

A satire about young African men arriving in the district of Saint Germain des Prés in Paris during the 70s.