All Films

Judith

1987 • 58 min • Denmark

A white deck chair, a large fan, a bonsai, combs of mother-of-pearl, a decapitated head carved out of wood, long hat pins to pierce its eyes and tongue and for adorning the hair, a red dressing gown, a white silk nightdress. Through the justification of the biblical story of Judith, the performance explores the theme of violence and vulnerability, plunging into an ocean of luminous and murderous eroticism.

Couleur du temps. Berlin, Août 1945

1987 • 11 min

Not much film stock, an inspired camera, a meditation on time, period songs: using contemporary images, shot at a time when the broken city was starting to heal its wounds, Jean Rouch recalls his impressions in Berlin immediately after the war.

Hot Chicks on T.V.

1987 • 7 min • Canada

The excitement and traumas of two girls turn into 60 seconds of huffing and puffing with computer animated explosions, blithely representing the hectic pace of a woman's middle years. Calmly, a serene white-haired woman emerges from this multi-layered explosion. She chats with her old friend (who is now a bag lady with a cellular phone) about survival and getting older.

I'm Beginning to See the Light

1987 • 3 min

Street Frogs: Keep on Rappin'

1987 • 40 min

They're the most "street-wise" kids on the block. Hip-hop is their style, breakdance is the way they move, and rap is their beat. Their dream? To get a rap band together and really make it big. Through "The Hop Line," The Street Frogs can earn money and meet the coolest DeeJay in town, Typhoon Toad. The Street Frogs hop to their jobs as gas station attendants to buy "The Crate" - a treasured convertible to take the cool dudes cruising on The Pond. In "Typhoon Take Off," The Street Frogs win the opportunity to be the guest disc jockeys on radio station WRIB.

Moon Dreamers

1987 • 50 min

The Moondreamers are a group of celestial beings whose main purpose is to give the children of the world good dreams.

Saber Rider and the Star Sheriffs: The Star Sheriff's Betrayal

1987 • 45 min

In the distant future, a team of four high tech Star Sheriffs defends frontier space colony Yuma from outlaws, as well as Outriders, an army of humanoid alien beings called Vapors, led by mysterious Nemesis, who need Yuma's resources.

Mendiola Massacre

1987 • 21 min • Philippines

Mendiola Massacre is a newsreel of the massacre in Mendiola Bridge on January 22, 1987. The protest action for genuine agrarian reform by peasant organizations led by Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) resulted in the deaths of thirteen farmers and injuries of hundreds of civilians.

You: A Navy Officer (Black Opportunties)

1987 • 10 min

A young black recruit is shown the world open to him as a Navy officer

Aerosmith Video Scrapbook

1987 • 54 min • United States of America

Documentary film focusing on the American rock band Aerosmith, featuring live material, music videos, and interview segments.

Beyond the Walls of Prison

1987 • 60 min • Philippines

A film essay on life within and beyond the prison walls of the Marcos dictatorship. Features interviews with former political detainees who all expressed their desire to be reintegrated to the mainstream of society, while keeping alive their commitment to social transformation.

Buns Of Steel

1987 • 52 min

We're gonna squeeze those cheeseburgers outta those hips - alright, and those French fries - and that carrot cake!

Body Fluid

1987 • 22 min • Canada

A skillful, sensual rendering of an intriguing performance orchestrated by the artist. Through a fog-laden atmosphere, iconic figures emerge to perform on a huge turntable. Our look at this garishly lit spectacle is mediated by the gaze of a female Red Guard. All flesh and brilliance, this tape appears to critique popular culture by robbing it of any ostensible content. Hollywood proverb says, beneath the surface of fake tinsel lies only the real tinsel – the detritus of our times.

Facades

1987 • 10 min • Australia

“I was interested in how people behave at street crossings… particularly at ‘Walk’ and ‘Don’t Walk’ signs. With a 200mm lens I shot stills of people at traffic lights and pedestrian crossings. The look was flat and harsh. Again I used the matte-box image shifter, to create motion where there was no motion…to create a tension. I wanted to show the frustration you sometimes feel when the damn light doesn’t change. You stand there…in your mind you’re already moving…but you can’t move.” (Paul Winkler)

Ich, Georg Baselitz

1987 • 42 min • Germany

For more than thirty years, film director Heinz Peter Schwerfel has been observing the German-born painter and sculptor Georg Baselitz in interviews and studio visits. This film was his first television appearance, where the nonconformist artist gives a well-prepared performance with provocative statements and surprising explanations of his work: the rejection of the abstract painting of the 1950s, the reversal of his portraits, which are painted upside down, and his sculptures, which are influenced by the primitivism of African art. Today, Baselitz has become one of the most famous and praised contemporary artists.

Triángulo

1987 • 3 min • Spain

Film by Ignacio Pardo

Say No to Drugs

1987 • 10 min

The Grim Reaper dispatches drug-users in various gory ways.

Peppy

1987 • 2 min • Japan

An animated short film about a pineapple playing a guitar.

Oscar Thiffault

1987 • 56 min • Canada

A documentary about the folk country musician Oscar Thiffault, the famous songwriter of Le Rapide blanc.

How Long Have You Known Barbara?

1987 • 22 min • Canada

A man who works for an "issues" related magazine comes to Herring Cove, N.S. to look at photographs by a female photographer for possible publication.

Myth Makers 13: John Levene

1987 • 56 min

In 1987, when Nicholas Briggs first interviewed John Levene, it was a hot summer’s day in Richmond Park. John had begun a career in audio-visual presentation and was looking forward to a new chapter in his life. Eight years later John had moved to the USA and was living with his partner Jenny. He was now hosting gala charity events and looking to continue his acting career. During all this time there have been two constants in his life, Doctor Who and his irrepressible sense of humour. Nick managed to catch John on one of his rare visits to the UK and they take up the story so far including Wartime and Return to Devil’s End.

TV Syndrome Self-Diagnosis Software Part 9

1987 • 2 min • Japan

Broadcasted as a short film in an experimental video series for Fuji TV’s late night program blocks titled “TV’s TV”. The nineth part of a mock ‘TV AV self diagnosis system’.

Axolotl Wooper Looper’s Lair

1987 • 10 min • Japan

Experimental short by Utako Koguchi.

Without Fear Of Vertigo

1987 • 11 min