All Films

Pull!

1989 • 2 min • Bulgaria

A little cockerel digs in the ground and notices a worm. He starts to pull it, but after the worm, a dog, a fox, a worker, and a train come out of the ground. The locomotive is decorated with flowers and flags. He moves quickly back, accompanied by a mighty shout of "Hurrah!".

Charles Gatewood's Weird Amsterdam

1989 • 60 min

How weird is weird? See for yourself. Join Hurricane Martha on this bawdy romp through Europe's Capital of Raunch. See Amazing Astrid showing her Queen-sized pierced nipples. Not for the faint-hearted. See tattoo museum, sex museum, clubs.

Artist In The Schools

1989 • 10 min

Documents a 1986 video-workshop at the South Carolina School for the Deaf and Blind.

Den blå jaguaren

1989 • 51 min • Sweden

A visual poem from southern Bolivia that follows the myths and stories of the Guarani Indians through a suite of poems from the creation myths to the notion of the downfall of the earth. The first part of the trilogy "Jordan minne".

The Testament of Vera Mukhina

1989 • 21 min • Soviet Union

A look at the life and works of Vera Mukhina, nicknamed "the queen of Soviet sculpture."

Michael Monroe Live At The Whisky 1989

1989 • 58 min

Filmed at the Whisky A Go-Go, Los Angeles, Dec. 14, 1989. Setlist: "Shakedown", "She's No Angel", "Man With No Eyes", "All Night With The Lights On", "Not Fakin' It", "Tragedy", "Malibu Beach Nightmare", "Dead, Jail Or Rock 'N' Roll", "Taxi Driver", A Medley Of Little Richard Songs: Hey Hey Hey Hey, Rip It Up, Good Golly Miss Molly, Tutti Frutti, Lucille, Ooh! My Soul, Long Tall Sally"

Ecosystem 6 ~ A Sort of Mycelium

1989 • 17 min • Japan

Ecosystem-6: A Sort of Mycelium is a mesmerizing compound of patterns found in the organic world. Static elements – ropes, a forest – come to life, while living sea creatures like an octopus or a starfish resemble ornamental patterns in motion. Inspired by the elaborate chaos systems present in nature, Koike creates an exuberant and splendid new dimension to explore.

Dr. Seuss' ABC

1989 • 27 min

Beginner Book Video When The Cat in the Hat was published in 1957 as the first Beginner Book, it revolutionized reading. Today, Beginner Books are still revolutionary - and just as much fun! Now new generations can enjoy Dr. Seuss' unpredictable humor in these great DVD's. Three classic Dr. Seuss stories: Dr. Seuss' ABC I Can Read With My Eyes Shut Mr. Brown Can Moo! Can You?

Amazon Diary

1989 • 17 min

Oscar nominated short film from 1989. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2012.

The First Love

1989 • 20 min • Japan

"Hatsukoi" (The First Love, 1989) is a rarely-seen early short film from a Goth-lolita-oriented experimental film-maker, Mari Terashima. Ritualized action and repetitive elements might remind some viewers of Maya Deren's strategy.

Les Silences de Manet

1989 • 56 min • France

In this in-depth portrait of painter Édouard Manet, filmmaker Didier Baussy visits the milieus that fueled the vision of the celebrated artist -- hailed as the leader of the French impressionist movement -- whose works had a sweeping influence. Filmed throughout Spain and France, the rich retrospective traces the roots of such Manet essentials as Le déjeuner sur l'herbe and the controversial Olympia.

Testing the Limits: NYC

1989 • 30 min

In 1987, the Ronald Reagan administration faced criticism from AIDS activists for its mismanagement of the AIDS crisis. Chanting "Test drugs, not people" and "Educate, don't isolate", activist groups took to the streets of New York City to denounce mandatory testing as a discriminatory practice and to demand more HIV/AIDS research and educational initiatives. Shot by the Testing the Limits Collective, this video is an informative record of the early struggles against the federal government's inaction over the HIV/AIDS epidemic.

Pinhole Film (The Man Without a Movie Camera)

1989 • 13 min • Italy

Film made with a tiny pinhole camera and 16mm film.

Stiff Sheets

1989 • 19 min

Stiff Sheets indicts public health officials and politicians for the lack of adequate and humane care for people with AIDS in Los Angeles, this time documenting a mock fashion show staged by ACT UP activists.

Lightning

1989 • 9 min • Philippines

An editorial cartoon-like satire of a truth-seeking journalist up against a crooked politician and his private army. Like Pinocchio's nose, the newsman's pencil acts as a barometer of the lies being fed by the unfinching politico, as they play a game of cat vs. mouse, truth vs. lies.

Hotel Acapulco

1989 • 12 min • Germany

A man tells a strange tale about a hotel he once visited.

My Family

1989 • 7 min • Soviet Union

A student must do his homework, writing a story about his family. As the boy was watching a program about animals, he inadvertently added fantastic facts, such as the number of a million people, and described special feature of relatives using phrases that inform about the different birds and animals. The writing, of course, turned out to be funny and ridiculous.

I Wish I Knew

1989 • 4 min

With Lorie, Wind and BB.

Hi-Fi Cadets

1989 • 11 min

A short animation film by Lewis Klahr.

Museum Highlights: A Gallery Talk

1989 • 30 min

Jane Castleton leads a farcical tour of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

The Sisters Habits

1989 • 10 min • Soviet Union

Three punk girls exploit their slave in different ways.

Our Mother is a Hero

1989 • 45 min • Soviet Union

The film, shot in 1979, but allowed to be shown only 10 years later, talks about the traditional hero of Soviet propaganda. It consists of two parallel plots. The first is the classic "newsreel" about the hero of labor, a noble weaver Golubeva. Golubev at the machines, Golubev on the podium. The second line of the film is the life of the Golubeva family. More precisely, the life of her husband and son. Mom is not at home.

Witchcraft - Yesterday And Today

1989 • 60 min • United States of America

This is a video by recognized Witchcraft authority Raymond Buckland, whose purpose is to straighten out the popular misconceptions about the Wiccan religion. For the approximately 70,000 to 75,000 people in the United States who consider themselves Wiccans or Pagans, this is the only completely factual "how-to" depiction of the rites and practices of their religion in the world.

Hard Core Home Movie

1989 • 5 min

HARD-CORE is a frank and irreverent documentary that asks the question, "what is hard-core?" Seedy, grainy, and fast-paced, this is a nostalgic look at an ephemeral moment in the history of a subculture: punk rock in San Francisco in the late eighties. Everyone from fucked-up teenagers to elderly Mexican tourists attempts to explain the allure and mystique of the scene. Filmed at SF's historical petting-zoo/theater/punk rock emporium The Farm.