All Films

The True Story of Glory Continues

1991 • 46 min

Morgan Freeman narrates this documentary that explores the 54th Massachusetts regiment that is the basis of the motion picture, "Glory".

Andrey Svislotskiy

1991 • 18 min • Soviet Union

This animated short focuses on the lives of three eccentric people living on a farm in the Ukrainian countryside. Told in a non-linear, stream of consciousness style, the film depicts the deceitful relationship between a master and his two servants. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2007.

The Making of Only Yesterday

1991 • 44 min • Japan

A making of documentary on the Studio Ghibli film Only Yesterday

Appalachian Journey

1991 • 58 min • United States of America

Appalachian Journey is one of five films made from footage that Alan Lomax shot between 1978 and 1985 for the PBS American Patchwork series (1991). It offers songs, dances, stories, and religious rituals of the Southern Appalachians. Preachers, singers, fiddlers, banjo pickers, moonshiners, cloggers, and square dancers recount the good times and the hard times of rural life there. Performers include Tommy Jarrell, Janette Carter, Ray and Stanley Hicks, Frank Proffitt Jr., Sheila Kay Adams, Nimrod Workman and Phyllis Boyens, Raymond Fairchild, and others, with a bonus of a few African-Americans from the North Carolina Piedmont.

A Place of Rage

1991 • 54 min • United States of America

Featuring enlightening interviews with Angela Davis, June Jordan, and Alice Walker, this essential documentary is an exuberant celebration of Black American women and their achievements. Within the context of the civil rights, Black power, feminist, and LGBT movements, the trio reassess how women such as Rosa Parks and Fannie Lou Hamer revolutionized American society and the world.

A Year Along the Abandoned Road

1991 • 12 min • Norway

A portrait of a deserted fisherman's village in Northern Norway called Børfjord - a place with an incredible personality in the middle of a magnificent Arctic nature. The 12 minute short film was filmed in 70mm Super Panavision, using a specially developed "nature animation" technique. The result is a magic flight in one single shot, along the remains of an internal village road. At the same time a whole year passes by at 50 000 times normal speed! Most of the year, the village of Børfjord lies empty with virgin snow between cold houses. People show up only during a short and hectic summer season. But the cycles of nature go on as they have always done, totally independent of what people might do.

Departure

1991 • 9 min • Soviet Union

Young man is going somewhere by train with his love interest. While searching for water to drink tea, he encounters different periods of Estonian and Soviet history in each railroad car, though he loses everything he has at the moment.

Further Up Pompeii!

1991 • 40 min

This one-off was shown on ITV in 1991, and by different writers, then the original Talbot Rothwell & Sid Colin. In my opinion a brilliant come-back for Howerd, with a new cast, and funny script. This could have seen a good return as a series on ITV, although Howerds own death in 1992 limited this. The cast in this one-off feature some regulars from other sitcoms from the 1970's including Roy Evans who now stars in Eastenders. The set was more like a theatre than a TV set, no reality at all which, was actually quite a good move. In summing up they successfully bought a true classic back to life with Further Up Pompeii. It's well worth watching at least 2.

Jay Elvis

1991 • 26 min

A profile of Chicago's greatest Presley impersonator, Jay Elvis

Second Floor, Basement

1991 • 14 min • Yugoslavia

We begin with a fragmented portrait of Činča, between the stories she tells and the thoughts of those surrounding her. In The Head, a girl is confronted with the possibility of dying. Intermezzo focusses on the moments of abstraction amid the hustle and bustle of a city. In Our Stock Exchange, unemployed people seek work. Second Floor, Basement shows us a hospital where only two floors separate birth and death.

Cats: Caressing The Tiger

1991 • 54 min

By night, they're ruthless hunters who stalk their prey with a keen sense of sight and smell. By day, they're playful, loving companions for millions. Today, cats outnumber dogs as America's favorite pet. Worshiped in ancient Egypt and persecuted during medieval times, domestic cats over the centuries have been feared and adored. As comforting companions, cats provide therapy for the elderly and autistic. But as dramatic sequences show, the behavior of cats is never far removed from that of their cousins in the wild. If you've ever wondered why cats always land on all four feet or what makes them purr, watch this movie.

Yokohama Meibutsu Otoko Katayama Gumi!

1991 • 49 min • Japan

When a number of biker gangs ranging from small to large started to appear in Yokohama, Hiromi Katayama united them at the risk of his own life. Set in the present, this OAV tells the story of Toshi Ikeda, a young rookie who returns to Yokohama to join Katayama's group. There, he will encounter an old friend and things will turn violent when the yakuza gang Mad Emperor attacks them.

The Ministry of Paul

1991 • 30 min • United States of America

The Ministry of Paul is a dramatic story of adventure, faith and endurance. From his encounter with King Agrippa to his terrifying shipwreck, Paul’s powerful preaching and example bring amazement and conversion as persecution is answered, again and again, with the gospel of love. Paul’s timeless example beckons each Christian to faithfully witness for Jesus.

Mirrors of Time

1991 • 23 min

This short animated film delves into the mysteries of time: how calendars came to be; why the seasons change; why the year is divided into days, etc. From Babylon to 16th-century Europe, this film presents the history of the measurement of time.

The Comic Book Greats: Todd McFarlane

1991 • 50 min • United States of America

Stan Lee interviews Todd McFarlane

That Burning Question

1991 • 30 min

A downtown teenage couple ride the subway to the outskirts of New York city. They want to track down a man who intends to set himself on fire. His story becomes entangled with their own faltering romance. With

Aisle Six

1991 • 19 min • United States of America

Imagine a treacly high-school docudrama about acceptance, cliques, and the secret shames of peer pressure. Now imagine it set in a world where all anyone cares about is plumbing, and the ultimate social crime is to cast a longing glance at a box of electrical supplies.

A Touch of the Tar Brush

1991 • 40 min

Black filmmaker John Akomfrah believes that, for too long, being English has meant being white. In an attempt to show Englishness from the point of view of mixed-race English people, he visits Liverpool, one of England's oldest multicultural communities.

Ynang-Bayan: To be a Woman is to Live at a Time of War

1991 • 36 min

A documentary film, which focuses on the subject of women’s movement in the Philippines. Myth and legend overlap with history and politics as the women’s struggle is laid to bear in the individual stories and achievements of those featured in the film. The fragmented mosaic of voices and scenes allow for a plurality of views and opinions to account for the multifaceted and complex nature of Filipinas. From poetry to dance, politics to poetry – women chart their own lives in the auspicious event of change happening with the ascent of a woman to the country’s pinnacle of power.

Os Bigodes da Aranha

1991 • 14 min • Brazil

Sensuality, beauty, sophistication, elegance turning into a great debauchery. Both sides: chic and tacky. Where does one start? Where does the other end? Black tie party with pool, "waterfalls", champagne and murder. A police farce full of humor to the sound of great hitz by Artie Shaw, Marilyn Monroe, Alberta Hunter, Andre Previn and Gipsy Kings.

Umbrella

1991 • 5 min • China

On a sunny day, the old man brings umbrella with him. On his way it starts raining, and he sees a woman carrying a child. He hurries over them, to cover them with his umbrella. Someone felt envious of them, trying to steal the umbrella...

Homo Paradoksum III

1991 • 24 min • Soviet Union

This film decisively breaks out of a numerous politicized and social films, it does not dictate to the viewer any particular point of view, perception of the film takes place at the level that the viewer chooses for himself.

Ness and Nessie

1991 • 59 min • Latvia

The story of love between two huge sea creatures that is complicated by distance and ecological issues.

The Square Root of Negative Three

1991 • 7 min

An ad for the famous Ka-bala Ouija board by Transogram (1966), the first game to glow in the dark, opens a powerful barrage of optical effects in which Lysol disinfectant, the silence of stones and the hope of angry children intermingle with scientific ravings.