All Films

A Beverly Hills Christmas

1987 • 48 min • United States of America

An evening of Christmas music from stars living in Beverly Hills, California.

Michael Jackson: The Magic Returns

1987 • 30 min • United States of America

CBS TV special premiering Michael Jackson's Bad short film.

Janna - Where Are You?

1987 • 30 min

'I left home about six weeks ago. Came home from school, washed, changed and went. I had enough of being grateful. When I said we ought to shoot the horse and make it into hamburgers for Africa, Dad laughed. Mum thought it was an ungrateful thing to say' Janna leaves home, but is life on the streets better than life at home?

Meet Julie

1987 • 44 min

Carol is a nine-year-old, with a very special doll given to her by her father. Carol's father is the owner of a company that provides security services, and when he gets an assignment to guard an art exhibit at the Louvre, he takes Carol with him. During their transatlantic crossing, Carol falls overboard.

The Dante Quartet

1987 • 6 min • United States of America

A visual representation, in four parts, of one man's internalization of "The Divine Comedy." Hell is a series of multicolored brush strokes against a white background; the speed of the changing images varies. "Hell Spit Flexion," or springing out of Hell, is on smaller film stock, taking the center of the frame. Montages of color move rapidly with a star and the edge of a lighted moon briefly visible. Purgation is back to full frame; blurs of color occasionally slow down then freeze. From time to time, an image, such as a window or a face, is distinguishable for a moment. In "existence is song," colors swirl then flash in and out of view. Behind the vivid colors are momentary glimpses of volcanic activity.

Bombin'

1987 • 56 min

First broadcast in 1987 on the UK's Channel 4, Bombin' is a documentary about Afrika Bambaataa's Zulu nation bringing American hip-hop culture to the UK for first time. The main focus is the graffiti art of Brim and the variety of reactions he is faced with from the British public and press.

Nakazawa Keiko vs Takagi Yōko: Daburuōgazumu

1987 • 47 min • Japan

Beyond

1987 • 15 min • Italy

With the powers of his mind, a young man plans to link up with the brain of a dying man and follow him into the afterlife.

Il court, il court, le monde

1987 • 10 min • Belgium

John, a television director, is preparing a show on speed. A phone call from his girlfriend Sophie makes him leave the studio in a hurry. Ηe drives fast and quarrels with another driver. John is upset; he insults the other man and drives off. In the meantime, the producer of the show changes John’s editing. John’s assistant calls him at home but John tells him that they should talk later. John hears the sound of another car and looks out the window. We hear the sound of an accident. John shouts and runs out onto the road. Sophie has hit a pedestrian. She was on her way to tell John that they are expecting a child.

Jay Leno's Family Comedy Hour

1987 • 48 min • United States of America

Jay Leno hosts "Jay Leno's Family Comedy Hour," a one hour special featuring a humorous look at the American family.

Jonathan Winters: On the Ledge

1987 • 50 min • United States of America

From an uproarious news spoof to a luncheonette that specializes in some sandwiches, Jonathan Winters and his wild bunch wreak comedy havoc in this wacky walk on the wild side.

The Sea, Reefs, Letters

1987 • 9 min • Yugoslavia

The intellectual and the sensual are combined in this essay presentation of the work of the painter Ivo Vojvodić from Dubrovnik. Through the presentation of three frequent motifs of Vojvodić's painting - the sea, reefs and letters - Berković touches upon the emigratory fate of Vojvodić's family in desire for a home and the Ragusan ideal of freedom.

Submit to Me Now

1987 • 17 min • United States of America

Oddballs dancing, leering at camera, guy shaving a nontraditional part of his body and man ripping his own throat out, woman stabbing herself to death.

おしゃべりメイキング

1987 • 27 min • Japan

Actress and former Showa era idol Tomomi Nishimura - おしゃべりメイキング - Japanese VHS

Lyle, Lyle Crocodile: The Musical - The House on East 88th Street

1987 • 25 min • United States of America

The Primm family moves into an old brownstone house on East 88th Street, where they find a crocodile named Lyle in their bathtub.

Feathers

1987 • 49 min • Australia

Conflicts of interest arise when a country couple are visited by a couple from the city.

What If I'm Gay?

1987 • 45 min • United States of America

The popular and macho captain of the high school soccer team is forced to confront his homosexuality after his buddies discover a male pornographic magazine in his bedroom.

Crack: The Big Lie

1987 • 15 min • United States of America

A high school student visits a drug rehabilitation center to interview young drug addicts.

Mr. Corbett's Ghost

1987 • 60 min • United Kingdom, United States of America

Mr Corbett is a cruel employer to Ben Partridge. One night on New Years Eve Ben is sent out to deliver some medicine. Along the way he wishes his master was dead, little knowing that the man he is delivering to is the Collector of Souls.

Catch a Fallen Star

1987 • 40 min

A portrait of Jessie Matthews, a once famous British singer, dancer and film star

I Know What It's Like to Be Dead

1987 • 15 min

A previously unreleased provocation from queer cinema’s outrageous auteur Bruce LaBruce

To a Safer Place

1987 • 59 min • Canada

Sexually abused by her father from infancy to early adolescence, Shirley Turcotte is now in her thirties and has succeeded in building a rich and full life. To further reconcile her past and present, she is returning to the people and places of her childhood. Her mother, brothers and sister, all of whom were also caught up in the cycle of family violence, openly share their thoughts. Their frank disclosures will encourage survivors of incest to break through the silence and betrayal to recover and develop a sense of self-worth and dignity.

No C4 for Daniel Daniel

1987 • 13 min • Belgium

A mock trailer for a spy film about a secret agent called Daniel Daniel.

Shake! Otis at Monterey

1987 • 19 min • United States of America

Renowned documentary filmmaker D.A. Pennebaker captures Otis Redding in his ascendancy, singing at the historic Monterey International Pop Festival in June 1967. Comedian Tom Smothers introduces Redding to a crowd that is leaving -- until Redding grabs them with his charged rendition of "Shake." Redding's performance also includes "Respect" (which he wrote), "I've Been Loving You Too Long," "Satisfaction," and "Try a Little Tenderness." Tragically, Redding died in a plane crash six months later. An innovative filmmaker who started in the 1950s making experimental films, Pennebaker garnered an Oscar nomination for Best Documentary Feature in 1993 for The War Room, his behind-the-scenes look at Bill Clinton's 1992 campaign. His other subjects have included Norman Mailer, Bob Dylan, and David Bowie.