All Films

Minoru: Memory of Exile

1992 • 19 min • Canada

The bombing of the American naval base at Pearl Harbor, by a nation he knew only by name, thrust nine-year-old Minoru Fukushima into a world of racism so malevolent he would be forced to leave Canada, the land of his birth. Like thousands of other Japanese Canadians, Minoru and his family were branded as an enemy of Canada, dispatched to internment camps in the interior of British Columbia, and finally deported to Japan. Directed by Michael Fukushima, Minoru's son, the film artfully combines classical animation with archival material. The memories of the father are interspersed with the voice of the son, weaving a tale of suffering and survival, of a birthright lost and recovered.

Doin' Time In Times Square

1992 • 39 min

Documents the view and action outside director Charlie Ahearn's 43rd Street apartment window from 1981 to 1983.

Rhythm Divine: The Story of Disco

1992 • 55 min • United Kingdom

The evolution of disco music through interviews and clips - Acid House, House, Disco, Funk, Italo-Disco, Italodance. Interviewed – Baby Ford, Deee-Lite, Frankie Knuckles, Mark Moore, Mel Cheren Featuring 5000 Volts, Amii Stewart, Anita Ward, Baby Ford, Bananarama, Black Box, Cerrone, Communards, The, Deee-Lite, Donna Summer, Eartha Kitt, Edwin Starr, Evelyn Champagne King, Evelyn Thomas, Farm, The, Giorgio Moroder, Gloria Gaynor, Hot Gossip, Hues Corporation, Isaac Hayes, Kool And The Gang, Kylie Minogue, M, Michael Zager, Miguel Brown, Musique, New Order, Odyssey, S'Express, Shannon, Shirley & Co, Sylvester, Three Degrees, Trammps, Van Mccoy, Village People

God's Girls

1992 • 49 min

God's Girls describes life in a Sisters of Mercy convent in country New South Wales from the 1940's to present day. This courageous and clever film investigates the subtle complexities of change within a society that has been surrounded by mystery for hundreds of years. The stories from the women in the film reflect the often intricate paths of social, political and religious history, not only in Australia but also in the rest of the world.

Heritage Minutes: Saguenay Fire

1992 • 1 min • Canada

One family's quick thinking helps them to survive the 1870 fire in Saguenay, Quebec.

Is It Worth Your Life?

1992 • 18 min • United States of America

This video shows ways to prevent or defuse violent situations in retail stores, particularly during an armed robbery.

Confessions of a Male Prostitute

1992 • 17 min

A reporter pays a young male street hustler for an interview over a burger and iced coffee.

The Beatles: The Making of Sgt. Pepper

1992 • 53 min • United Kingdom

This was an official documentary shown on television featuring George Martin taking us through the album tracks and Paul, George and Ringo giving us their memories of the sessions. The Making Of Sgt. Pepper was transmitted in the UK on ITV on 14th June 1992 and featured separate interviews with Paul (filmed on 9th April 1992), George (12th April) and Ringo (19th April). The show also features George Martin playing some unreleased Sgt. Pepper's recordings directly off the original studio 4-track master tapes.

Return Home

1992 • 29 min • Canada

After the near death of her grandfather, Chinese Canadian filmmaker Michelle Wong embarks on a personal journey back home to her small town of St. Paul, Alberta to speak to her grandparents about their journey from China to Canada.

Birdhouse - Feasters

1992 • 19 min

The first skateboard video from Birdhouse Skateboards

Love Child

1992 • 18 min

World Industries Love Child video featured Randy Colvin, Chico Brenes, Daniel Castillo, Jed Walters, Chris Branagh, Shiloh Greathouse, Spencer Fujimoto, Jovontae Turner and Daewon Song.

Children of Jerusalem: Neveen

1992 • 29 min

This short documentary presents a portrait of Neveen, a 12-year-old Palestinian girl who lives in the Shufat refugee camp on the outskirts of Jerusalem. Neveen gives us a tour of her typical day: helping her mother with chores, attending school, learning English with her aunt. Throughout, Neveen discusses her family history and her faith; her classmates engage in a lively discussion about the history of Israeli-Palestinian relations and what they think the future holds for all people in the region.

Love Story

1992 • 10 min • Ukraine

Worm, trying to save himself from death, accidentally ends up in a cinema watching a frank film for adults. Since then, he is obsessed with the idea of finding a lover. First, he chooses a ladybug, who actually turns out to be a man, reacting aggressively to the worm's courtship. But this is only the beginning of the search...

Kurt - You Shall Laugh

1992 • 30 min • Germany

Kurt Wans(z)ki has spent his life in psychatric clinics. He is diagnosed as: retarded to the level of early childhood, incapable of learning. Free from all pressure he has constructed a world of himself in the clinic. A survivor, musican and painter in the streets of East-Berlin. The Film questions the conventional concepts of „normaly“.

Parisienne People Cigarettes

1992 • 1 min

A commercial by Jean-Luc Godard and Anne-Marie Mieville for Parissiene cigarettes from 1992

Hard & Loose

1992 • 45 min • Japan

Based on the manga by Tsuchiya Garon (aka Marley Carib) and Kawaguchi Kaiji, serialized in Action in the 80s. A detective thriller in which former boxer Shozo is thrown into a web of intrigue when he picks up a ringing phone in a room whose occupant he is supposed to be following.

A Certain Morning

1992 • 13 min • Burkina Faso

Fanta Nacro’s debut film is a provocative look at cinematic illusions versus deadly realities. Riga is a farmer who lives peacefully with his wife and children on the Mossi plateau. When he hears a woman calling for help one day, his entire world is called into question. The first fiction film directed by a Burkinabé woman, A Certain Morning was presented at the 1992 Carthage Film Festival.

Homage by Assassination

1992 • 28 min • Palestinian Territory, Tunisia, United States of America

A Palestinian filmmaker is writing a script in his New York apartment during the first Gulf war. As much as he tries to shut himself off from the exterior world, images of past wars in the Middle East come back to haunt him.

John Hejduk: Builder of Worlds

1992 • 28 min

A poet among architects and an innovator among educators, John Hejduk converses with poet David Shapiro at The Cooper Union about the mystery and spirit of architecture. His own sketches and structures are shown

The Bottle Imp

1992 • 15 min • United Kingdom

Robert Louis Stevenson's supernatural chiller is updated to present day Edinburgh.

Tom Sweep

1992 • 3 min • France

A cute little guy is trying to do the right thing and clean up his neighborhood. However, when he approaches a garbage can to empty it, one thoughtless person after another come by and make an even bigger mess.

The Teddy Bears' Christmas

1992 • 23 min • Canada

Sally, the little sister of teddy bear Ben's owner, Simon, would like her very own teddy bear and asks Santa Claus for one. Simon teases Sally about her letter to Santa, whose existence he is a little skeptical about, and at the same time tries to find out what it is she wants. But for Sally, it is a secret between herself, Santa and Ben.

Intrepidíssima

1992 • 7 min

A cathartic triumph for every little tomboy who’s ever been forced to go shopping for dresses when she’d rather be conducting an imaginary orchestra through the Brandenburg Concerto Number 3 in her attic.

Latifah and Himli’s Nomadic Uncle

1992 • 15 min • United Kingdom

“Where I come from we don’t worry about where we come from”. So says Latifah to her cousin Himli in Alnoor Dewshi's illuminating film about two cousins who discuss ideas of culture and history while wandering through London.