All Films

Torture: America's Brutal Prisons

2005 • 48 min

The recent Abu Ghraib prison torture scandal shocked the American public. But they might be even more stunned to discover that strikingly similar violence occurs inside prisons throughout the United States, where prisoners are routinely abused, even tortured, by prison guards. TORTURE: AMERICA'S BRUTAL PRISONS visits correctional institutions in Texas, Florida and California, uncovering penal systems with deeply ingrained cultures of punishment, rather than rehabilitation.

Joe Zawinul & WDR Big Band - Leverkusener Jazztage

2005 • 49 min

Zawinul is onstage with the WDR Big Band from Germany and a special international rhythm section. The music is a tribute to the pioneering 1970s fusion collective Weather Report, originally with Wayne Shorter on sax, Zawinul on keys, and later Jaco Pastorius on bass (among other personnel). Zawinul and the WDR play "Brown Street" and "Carnavalito." Arranger Vince Mendoza re-imagines this colorful, small-group music for Europe's longest-lived jazz orchestra. And they can play!

Day of Miracles

2005 • 55 min

Documentary - Was God called upon on 9/11, and did He answer? This documentary, a Christian look at the tragedy's survivors and heroes, contends that He did. - TJ Myers, Patrick Williams, Brenda Epperson

Noodlebug: Let's Pretend

2005 • 30 min • United States of America

Get ready to sing dance and exercise your imagination with NOODLEBUG® in this all-new collection of stories songs and activities set in the world of make-believe! Drawn from the pages of the award-winning LADYBUG® magazine Let's Pretend is a delightful blend of music animation and live-action footage of real preschoolers dressing up role-playing and pretending. Unlock your child's imagination with NOODLEBUG® Let's Pretend - a fanciful journey they'll want to explore time and again.

From Kansas City to Hollywood

2005 • 9 min

This featurette is available on the 'Walt Disney Treasures: Disney Rarities' DVD.

Inside Van Der Graaf Generator

2005 • 54 min

Progressive rock pioneers Van Der Graaf Generator opened doors for groups including Genesis and Pink Floyd and remains one of the most influential yet unappreciated bands of the genre. This inside look features rare archival performance footage, plus critical reviews and in-depth analysis of the band by former Van der Graaf members Judge Smith, Nic Potter and David Jackson, as well as a team of prominent music critics and rock journalists.

Tsugaru Shamisen: The World of Michihiro Sato

2005 • 49 min

art documentary and part concert, this video features Michihiro Sato, the preeminent player of the Tsugaru shamisen -- a three-stringed instrument vital to Japanese folk music -- performing and discussing his craft. Sato chats about the history and role of shamisen minstrels, the Tsugaru shamisen's future and his collaborations with jazz and progressive musicians in the United States and Europe

Q1 The Journey

2005 • 18 min • Australia

Q1 The Journey documents the construction of the then world's tallest residential tower, developed by the Sunland Group.

Film for Tom

2005 • 12 min

A lyrical homage to a friend and formative influence. Tom is eloquent and effusive, yet finds no resolutions to the issues that haunt him. Yet to whom is he speaking and how – is his speech a lecture or a conversation? How do we understand the domestic space shown – is it home or the scene of a crime?

Test One Two

2005 • 5 min

Two women and a man test poor sound equipment by shouting "test one two" into the orange microphone increasingly loud and aggressive.

Catalog

2005 • 11 min

CATALOG is a composition of stillness. An inversion of the spectacle. Actors are posed, recreating various photographs in surroundings unfrozen. The soundtrack is a dense tale of spaces. A photograph more mutable than an image should be.

Vanishing Points

2005 • 4 min

2005 short by Schatzl

Thomas & Friends: Peep! Peep! Hurray!

2005 • 57 min

More animated adventures with Thomas the Tank Engine and his friends Ivor, Henry, and the Fat Controller.

Slaughterhouse: The Task Of Blood

2005 • 59 min

The vast majority of people in Britain eat meat but have little knowledge of how that meat ends up on their table. In a powerful observational documentary, Slaughterhouse: The Task of Blood reveals the day-to-day workings of a small, family-run abattoir and attempts to get inside the minds of the people who work there.

Sunbeam Hunter

2005 • 3 min

‘With a car from 1966-1977 and a manual for violence prevention, you drive. The distance is now your compass so follow the shadows to your resting spot. Or: I was wondering if sincerity could override irony and flood out some emotions from our past. Then - all for the extension of time, follow the echo, it might disappear into the clouds.’

Pre-Hibernation News

2005 • 6 min

“hit the slopes with colorful exaggerations, take a long sleep, and hope to wake up without an anxious yawn.” – JS

For Them Ending

2005 • 3 min

…a poem made of imagery from a gardening volume, a book of flower prints, and the sound of a firework display. The images of the colored flowers, when added to the sound of pyrotechnics, become a graphic representation of exploding buoyancy. Like in a Lewis Klahr film, the images appear to collage a story-driven narration. There is motion created by the succession of cuts, and by the hand-handled camera movements so essential to Schwartz’s style–allowing a non-aggressive, handcrafted, and detail-oriented approach to the world. Movement is more essential than any possible tale. The camera follows the shape of printed instructions, drawing verses in the air. The vivid texture and colors of these images transform the ink into trails of meaning, ways to translate inner subtleties into corporeal nature. – Monica Saviron

A Joy

2005 • 3 min • United States of America

Direct animation with stained-glass contact paper, ink, and acetate.

Around Five

2005 • 54 min

Abbas Kiarostami on his film Five Dedicated to Ozu.

Reckless Eyeballing

2005 • 13 min • United States of America

Taking its name from the Jim Crow-era prohibition against black men looking at white women, this hand processed, optically printed amalgam is a hypnotic inspection of sexual desire, racial identity, and film history.

Stereolab: Oscillons From The Anti-Sun

2005 • 40 min

DVD of the "Oscillons From The Anti-Sun" Boxset.

Tough Guy!

2005 • 6 min • Japan

An aggressive and martial arts-devoted mantis kicks cans and hunts down cicadas, bringing havoc into the life of a couple of humans. This personal opus by Shintaro Kishimoto, now steady collaborator of Production I.G's 3D crew, won the prestigious Ofuji Award in 2005.

Lost in America

2005 • 6 min

2005 short by Paul de Nooijer

Wave

2005 • 15 min

Numinous tracings of beautiful light on the sea, augmented by the artifice of video.