All Films

Not Because Fidel Castro Says So

1988 • 10 min

One of the first documentaries of its kind, Not Because Fidel Castro Says So is a candid look at the situation for Cuban LGBTQ people. It examines the relationship of gays to the Cuban revolution and the Spanish Catholic Church as the root of homophobic attitudes.

Save the Desert

1988 • 27 min • Soviet Union

Saving the desert from being watered (to grow cotton) with water containing pesticides and other chemicals and that end up killing sheep, camels and other animals of the desert. And yet, ‘Turkmen without the desert is dead,’ says a shepherd. The desert saved the Turkmen people who could hide in the desert from attacking tribes. Portraits of old men and the message that saving the desert is to save the nation.

Transformer AIDS

1988 • 29 min

At the end of his second term, Ronald Reagan finally addressed the issue of AIDS. Or did he? Certainly not without the homophobia, insensitivity and blatant lack of knowledge which plagues the whole of government around such issues. “Transformer AIDS” looks at the governmental response to AIDS at this crucial point in history, when activism forced the issue onto the public agenda. A sarcastically funny, yet poignant critique engineered spearheaded by critic Bob Kinney.

The Feast in Dream Village

1988 • 27 min

The eastern Indonesian island of Sumba is the last island in the Malay archipelago where the majority of the people still follow their ancestral religion, called marapu. This film, shot in 1986, focuses on a challenge to the authority of the spirits and ancestors in a village ritual to restore fertility after a fire and famine. Narrated by the priests who communicate with the spirits in prayers and sacrifices, it documents a week of offerings, dancing and oratory in "Dream Village" in the western Kodi district. The name comes from a dream of prosperity the village founder once had, and dreams are also the ways in which priests are called to serve the spirits.

Up North - The Bigg Market

1988 • 15 min

Documentary about the night life in Newcastle's Bigg Market.

S-8 Diary: Wildwood 2/88

1988 • 2 min

a Sunday drive down the Jersey shore and back which we often did when Linda's parents (from Wildwood) were alive.

Isle St. Martin

1988 • 2 min

Short film.

Bell

1988 • 5 min • Japan

An 8mm study on the synchronization between image and sound.

Dear T. in B.

1988 • 6 min

Short film.

米屋

1988 • 26 min • Japan

Short film by Sho Fujiwara, 1988.

JabJabLand

1988 • 2 min

Computer animated short film screened at SIGGRAPH. Inspired by the imaginary creatures described in Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking Glass.

Womanwords

1988 • 1 min

Titles for a Channel 4 project that didn't get aired. Released later on YouTube.

Road

1988 • 20 min • Soviet Union

Georgian Movie Made By Levan Kitia (1988)

Copan Thriller

1988 • 4 min

Downtown of one of the world's biggest cities. The heart of Sao Paulo. One of the world's largest apartment buildings. Copan Building!

Mi-cro-phone!

1988 • 20 min • Soviet Union

At the time of its creation, this documentary had a great public resonance, as the director was one of the first to bring to the public the true information about the ecological consequences of the Chornobyl disaster and uncompromisingly publicize problematic issues. The film quickly went around the screens of the world and won awards at prestigious international festivals.

Terre, or et azur

1988 • 16 min

The tradition of ceramics with metallic reflections, discovered in the eighth century in Mesopotamia, spread to the East before being introduced to Spain, where it gave birth to the Hispano-Moorish style. In Nabeul in Tunisia there are a very large number of potters' workshops. The phases of pottery making are shown in detail: kneading the earth, turning the shape according to two different techniques (Nabeul-Djerba), firing in a traditional kiln and applying a decoration with metallic reflections. In Manises in Spain, a potters' workshop still manufactures ceramics with metallic reflections according to traditional techniques kept secret. The appearance of the metallic reflections is due to the cooking methods, each piece undergoing three successive firings. The potters turn, dry and apply this decoration on different dishes and jars.

The Flower of the Fern

1988 • 49 min • Soviet Union

The theme of the film is the essence of the Ukrainian song as the cradle of the Ukrainian people, the whole nation. Its depth, the antiquity of its history. The film also tells the tragic story of the brilliant folk opera “When the Fern Blossoms“. This opera, together with the Veriovka Choir, was created by the world-renowned composer Yevhen Stankovych, our contemporary. However, the Soviet government of the time was afraid of Ukrainian song and banned the opera, breaking the set. The film features excerpts from the opera performed by the choir, as well as testimonies from the authors and performers about the work.

Dodenspel

1988 • 18 min

A dormant evil is unleashed.

Mount St Helens: Keeper of the Fire

1988 • 29 min • United States of America

On-site filming by Otto Sieber and his film crew as they staggered down the ruined slopes of Mt. St. Helens. Combined with additional film shot before, during, and after the eruption.

Chimera

1988 • 3 min

Marsha McDevitt, Thuy N. Tran, Kevin Reagh & Marla Schweppe — Chimera ISEA Symposium Archives: [FISEA 1988]

Access: Your Future

1988 • 23 min • United States of America

From Bob Jones University, this video will teach young Christians how to pick the perfect college.

Citazioni

1988 • 2 min • Italy

Citazioni is inspired by the painting "The Hell of Musicians" by Hieronymus Bosch.

Zij, namelijk ik

1988 • 10 min

Djana Mileta was one of the founders of Studio één. Her films have a powerful simplicity. Her oeuvre is only known to a very few people and a re-evaluation is long overdue. In this film, two gloved hands meet each other, at first they are both curious, feeling their way. Step by step they get to know each other, love is awoken, they passionately remove each other's gloves. An unprecedented game of love ensues.

Untitled 8

1988 • 7 min

16mm short by Masaru Noto.