All Films

The Ten Commandments Number 2: Thou Shalt Not Commit Blasphemy

1995 • 5 min

The story tells about a man who steals a cross from a church and replaces it with a toy boat. He’s caught by his fellow villagers, and condemned to death by being burnt at a stake. But God intervenes, causing a flood, only rescuing the man and his family.

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: The Concert for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

1995 • 53 min

In September 1995, what had been a wild dream for so many became corporeal reality as the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame finally opened its doors. To celebrate such an august moment, a concert to end all concerts, featuring a Who's Who of rock and rhythm and blues greats, was held at Cleveland's Municipal Stadium. The Concert for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame contains eleven of the greatest performances from that day, ranging from the street-smart sounds of Lou Reed and Soul Asylum to the sanctified soul of Al Green. If you were lucky enough to be there, you know how incendiary the concert was. If not, the material on this DVD will blow your mind and send you straight to rock and roll heaven!

The Ten Commandments Number 3: Remember to Keep Holy the Sabbath Day

1995 • 7 min

The short tells the strange tale of Ezechiel Mittenbender, a citizen of Joesville. When Ezechiel witnesses the landing of a flying teacup, he gets abducted by evil aliens called Zogs. The Zogs want to destroy the earth, but Ezechiel saves the day by reminding the Zogs that it’s Sunday…

Backcomb

1995 • 6 min • United Kingdom

In Backcomb the demonic is unleashed on domestic space. It takes the form of two of femininity’s mildest tokens, hair and embroidery, that serve here in the creation of a sexualised surrealist experience. Within the claustrophobic space of a table-lay, a forceful and erectile mass of hair comes alive and slithers across its surface. The hair probes into vessels and punches through the cloth till finally order overturns and all smashes to the ground.

Edward James: Builder of Dreams

1995 • 58 min • United States of America

This film takes you on an extraordinary journey into the world of the Surrealists as the life and accomplishments of the surrealist collector, poet, and architect Edward James unfolds. For the last 20 years of his life, aided by 40 full time laborers and craftsmen, he built one of the biggest and yet least known architectural monuments of the 20th century,dedicated to Surrealism and hidden in the jungles of Mexico. He created over 36 extraordinary concrete structures, some over 100 feet high, at a personal cost exceeding 5 million dollars.

America's Godly Heritage

1995 • 59 min

America's Godly Heritage clearly sets forth the beliefs of many of the famous Founding Fathers concerning the proper role of Christian principles in education, in government, and in the public affairs of the nation. The beliefs of Founders like George Washington, John Adams, John Jay, Thomas Jefferson, James Wilson, George Mason, John Quincy Adams, and many others are clearly presented. America's Godly Heritage also provides excerpts from court cases showing that for 160 years Christian principles were part of official American public life. You'll see numerous charted statistics showing what has happened to America since the courts began rejecting the Founders' beliefs. America's Godly Heritage is an excellent primer for those who want to know more about what was intended for America by the Founders and what can be done to return America to its original guiding philosophy.

Hanan Ashrawi: A Woman of Her Time

1995 • 52 min • Palestinian Territory

In the aftermath of the peace accord signed by Israel and the PLO in September of 1995, Palestinian spokeswoman Hanan Ashrawi emerged as a formidable negotiator and a persuasive voice on the international stage. But beyond the polished rhetoric and the public poise, what drives this mother of two whose high profile and personal integrity have made her enemies as well as friends? Palestinian filmmaker Mai Masri profiles Ashrawi in this intimate portrait, exploring how she juggles her responsibilities as political activist, writer, and mother—all against the backdrop of challenges facing the Palestinians in their struggle to build a viable state.

Jonas and Lisa

1995 • 9 min • Canada

A group of young, working children are terrorized and robbed by their stepfather.

Great Pyramid: Gateway to the Stars

1995 • 60 min

A theory suggests the pyramids were designed to propel pharaohs' souls to heaven.This documentary was based on book, The Orion Mystery.

From Danger to Dignity: The Fight For Safe Abortion

1995 • 52 min • United States of America

The film weaves together two parallel stories: the evolution of underground networks that helped women find safe abortions outside the law, and the intensive efforts by activists and legislators to decriminalize abortion through legislative and judicial channels. This film combines rare archival footage with interviews that document the courageous efforts of those who fought to break the silence, change the laws and end the shame which surrounded abortion when it was a crime. The film is the second of the Abortion Rights Film Trilogy.

Snail, Cabbage, Cabbage

1995 • 12 min • Spain

A psychotic killer with an affection for snails is welcomed by an abused wife in this gruesome comedy.

aletheia

1995 • 16 min • United States of America

An introduction to Kim-Trang's video series on metaphorical and physical blindness, ALETHEIA explores the interconnected issues of cosmetic surgical alteration of the eyelids, technology, language, race and gender. This video is a highly graphic examination of dominant notions of normalcy, beauty and their effects and impositions on the body. Part of the Blindness Series.

Angelyne

1995 • 25 min • United States of America

Documentary about actress, model and Hollywood billboard superstar, Angelyne.

Sapphire and the Slave Girl

1995 • 17 min

This film is loosely based on the 1950's British detective film SAPPHIRE, in which two Scotland Yard detectives investigate the murder of a young woman who is passing for white. Referencing everyone from Marlowe to Shaft, SAPPHIRE AND THE SLAVE GIRL situates its analysis in the persona of the hard-boiled detective in order to highlight transgressions of identity and location. Featuring a multifarious cast of identity-shifting Sapphires, this fast paced genre-bash visualizes and problematizes how identity is negotiated and performed within urban spaces.

Weybridge

1995 • 3 min

A Super 8 film.

A Beauty Contest

1995 • 10 min • Vietnam

An amazing theatre performance of animals, and how to behave in an audience.

Jamie Really Liked to Eat

1995 • 7 min

Jamie Really Liked to Eat shows the life of a young boy living on a homestead around 1830 and how many pioneer parents depended on their children to help them gather and prepare the family's food. Jamie fishes, plucks ducks, and traps rabbits. He helps his mother churn butter, collect eggs and bake bread. Children can compare the food Jamie eats with the food they eat - some of it the same, like buckwheat pancakes and blueberry muffins, and some of it different, like rabbit stew and duck pie.

Waco: The Inside Story

1995 • 42 min

The true, inside story of the Waco siege. When a raid on a religious cult goes wrong, the FBI spent 51 days negotiating the release of over one hundred people.

Tepú

1995 • 28 min • Mexico

Don Agustin Montoya de la Cruz (aka Tepu) is a prestigious mara' acame (shaman, medicine doctor and man of knowledge). This film is about his visit to Mexico City in 1994.

Paranoia Corridor

1995 • 3 min • United States of America

This film is an elaborately hand-painted step-printed work composed primarily of luminescent greens and blues in constantly shifting symmetrical shapes which suggest, rather than delineate, passage through a corridor. An increasingly menacing evolution of patterns is finally interrupted by a series of static shapes which almost appear to be symbols of resolution, ending on an almost-thigh-bone image.

Clocks

1995 • 7 min • Germany

Clocks offers the impression of the working life of the 37-year old composer and pianist Elena Kats-Chernin.

Eine kleine Nachtmusik. Romanze Andante z Serenady G-dur KV 525

1995 • 7 min • Poland

From the series of animated films to classical music.

Spiral Tribe

1995 • 6 min • Austria

Marcus Kanter from Vienna/Austria has created this short, yet very interesting video-documentary in 1994-1995 about the iconic free-tekkno collective Spiral Tribe from the UK.

Uta Makura (Pillow Poems)

1995 • 20 min • France

In 10th. Century Japan, Sei Shonagon, lady-in-waiting to the Empress, wrote of the goings-on at the Japanese court. Fearing vengeance, she hid these secret notes in her pillow. UTA MAKURA is also a collection of humorous observations on modern-day Japan ranging from waterfalls to shopping malls, from kids in kimonos to fresh makimonos, from ancient wisteria to teen- age hysteria, from homemade noodles to live painted poodles.