All Films

Marian Apparitions of the 20th Century: A Message of Urgency

1991 • 58 min • United States of America

Deeply rooted in humanity's history, the Blessed Virgin Mary has been making repeated visitations throughout the world, particularly in the latter part of the 20th century, to warn us that we are on the brink of destruction unless we heed her messages for repentance, prayer, conversion, fasting and reconciliation. Is humanity on the verge of self-destruction? Can the world be delivered from the fear engulfing it today? Fatima Portugal, Beauraing & Banneux Belgium, Garanbandal Spain, Zeitun Egypt, Akita Japan, Medjugorje, Yugoslavia, Bethania Venezuela, Kibeho Rwanda, Naju South Korea, Ukraine and more...

Invisible Hands

1991 • 13 min • United States of America

Originally aired on MTV’s Liquid Television and based on Sala’s first self-published comic, Invisible Hands is an animated six-part serial about a turban-clad sleuth who solves cases.

The Cinema and the Wind and Photography

1991 • 56 min • Germany

How should one define the relationship of documentary film to reality? Does it aim at authenticity or is it rather an “exile of reality”, a “foreign homeland of reality”, where the pre-filmic, stripped of its immediacy, comes to its own right in the first place? Where in its mis-en-scène would be the line drawn to a fictional film, if drawing a line would succeed at all? These are the kind of questions this film essay on the history and aesthetics of documentary film deals with in its seven chapters.

El crimen de las estanqueras de Sevilla

1991 • 60 min • Spain

July 11, 1952. Two sisters are savagely murdered in their tobacco shop in Seville. The money was in plain sight, but it wasn't touched. Without leads, the police follows a jail rumor pointing to three petty criminals.

Involuntary Conversion

1991 • 9 min • United States of America

This apocalyptic linguistic comedy meditates on the relationship between language, meaning and social decay and is scripted from "double-speak" language found in a variety of media sources. Drawing its title from the Pentagon's term for crash, Involuntary Conversion evokes the hollowness and free-floating anxiety that characterizes late 20th century culture. In a voice that could belong to a hypnotist or a government spokesman, a disembodied speaker recounts a string of events whose common thread is a sense of impending disaster. The mood is suspended somewhere between nightmare and deadpan and is propelled by a narrative as enigmatic as the language it exposes. The iconic shape of a fighter jet floating in a perfect sky has the creepy feel of a video game and the texture of television is used to make the images feel domestically ingrained.

finally destroy us

1991 • 4 min

Kalin's short video works function both as visual poems and as alternative music videos. With their astute conjunctions of image, music and text, these tapes respond to issues of sexuality and human interaction in the 1990s, more than a decade into the AIDS crisis.

The Lazar Tape

1991 • 40 min • United States of America

In 1989, Bob Lazar came forward with an incredible story: He had been recruited by the US government to work at the top secret Groom Lake/Area 51 research base better known as "Dreamland" (actually at the S4 site, Papoose Lake which is a few miles to the south of Groom Lake) to reverse engineer alien spacecraft!

The Human Face

1991 • 60 min

A highly innovative arts documentary, which uses the latest special effects, to investigate the cultural and scientific background behind the way we judge people by their face. The documentary was presented by US artist and musician, Laurie Anderson whose face was transformed into iconic and historic stereotypes as she talked. Special effects were created by Christopher Tucker.

Women Like That

1991 • 25 min • United Kingdom

Filmed a year after Neild's "Women Like Us", the same group of women comment on how they felt after the first film and how their lives have changed.

Manipulation

1991 • 7 min • United Kingdom

A discarded cartoon character and some spilt ink combine and interact as if the cartoonist had drawn their actions. Discovering them, the cartoonist then joins in the interaction.

The Pick, the Shovel and the Open Road

1991 • 50 min

Documentary which follows three gangs of migrant Irish street workers as they tunnel beneath the streets of London to lay pipes.

The Room of Laughter

1991 • 10 min • Soviet Union

The system of curve mirrors ugly deforming human features. We laugh, seeing the reflection, not noticing that the ugliness becomes our essence.

Inside Track: Senna and McLaren

1991 • 60 min • United Kingdom

The story of the Ayrton Senna / McLaren partnership of 1991, and their amazing chronicle of success.

Sept alphabets pour une seule mer

1991 • 18 min • Belgium, Georgia

A journey through Georgia in the midst of conflict with South Ossetia. The story of an impossible encounter.

The Gestapo: Hitler's Secret Police

1991 • 52 min

The rise and fall of Nazi Germany's terrifying secret police force from 1933 through 1945.

One-Night Stand: Taylor Negron

1991 • 29 min

Stand up special

Kevin Pollak: Stop With The Kicking

1991 • 59 min

Actor and master impressionist Kevin Pollak delivers sharp wit, spot-on celebrity impressions, and hilarious Hollywood tales in his first hour long stand-up special for HBO.

Moanologue

1991 • 2 min • United Kingdom

A girl decides that the problem with her relationship with her boyfriend is him - listing all the things he doesn't do - buy gifts, look happy to see her, give her compliments etc etc - when he finally storms off she has a change of heart...

Up and Down

1991 • 1 min • United States of America

An educational short film directed featuring the Luxo Jr. discovering the concept of "Up" and "Down" with the help of his dad, Luxo Sr.

Bombing L.A.

1991 • 43 min

From tagging to piecing, this controversial documentary chronicles some of L.A.'s hottest graffitti writers and crews. Shot from a graffitti writers perspective, the question of whether it's art or vandalism is left for you to decide. Segments were featured on NBC News/Today Show.

The All American Girls Dance Funk Workout

1991 • 25 min • United States of America

High-stepping, fast-paced dance standards flow throughout this aerobic workout tape from Parade video. Follow along with the All-American girls, who hoof their way into peak physical condition. Dance routines include the Robocop, Go-Go, Steppin' and just Hanging Out. While the steps are intense, there is a beginner level to warm-up before kicking it into high gear with the more advanced versions. This 30-minute workout takes the boredom out of getting into shape, by taking the viewer outside the gym and puts them into the dance halls. The results are a great mix of new age performing arts and conventional exercising.

Experienced. Signal!

1991 • 15 min • Soviet Union

The theme of the film is the political responsibility of the CPSU to the people. Along with newsreel footage and fragments of feature films, a brief fragment of the speech of Yu. Boldyrev, member of the Committee of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, at the XXVIII Congress of the CPSU, as well as speeches in different years by N. Khrushchev, M. Suslov, D. Likhachev, which touch on aspects of this complex problem, is given.

The Stranger: Summoned by Shadows

1991 • 34 min • United Kingdom

Wearied by his travels through time and space The Stranger has rejected his long-time companion and is in self-imposed exile on a barren planet. Can he ignore the pleas for help from the locals who are tormented by The Conjuror?

Back to the Future: Dickens of a Christmas

1991 • 24 min

Trying to beat the summer heat, Dr. Brown takes all out to London on Christmas Eve 1845, where they encounter citizens who may have inspired Charles Dickens characters in A Christmas Carol, Oliver Twist, David Copperfield, and others.