All Films

Os Comprometidos - Actas de um processo de descolonização

1984 • 42 min • Mozambique

The film deals with the judgment of the so-called "compromised", who integrated the colonial apparatus. At Josina Machel school, in an amphitheater with a full audience and balcony, there is a stage where Samora Machel and the members of the Frelimo political committee are located. He records Samora, an impeccable political actor, sometimes histrionic, in the role that he is attributed as the animator of the scene in the trial.

Jane Bonda's Bizarre Workout

1984 • 37 min

How can you call a bondage film "cute?" Don't all of those whips and chains hurt? I guess they do, sometimes, but what we have here is a real first: a dominatrix with a good sense of humor. This neat little parody of exercise videos has all of the spikes, leather, plastic balls in the mouth, collars and whips you'd ever want —yet it has the ability to make us laugh, easing our way into at some bizarre fetishes.

Oscar Peterson's Easter Suite

1984 • 30 min

World Premiere of Oscar Peterson's Easter Suite for Jazz Trio specially composed for this recording Easter Suite for Jazz Trio by Oscar Peterson in nine movements: 1- The Last Supper, 2- The Garden of Gethsemane, 3- Denial, 4- Why have you betrayed me, 5- The Trial, 6- Are you really the King of the Jews?, 7- Why hast you forsaken me?, 8- Jesus Christ lies here tonight, 9- He has risen

Vanya and Crocodile

1984 • 10 min • Soviet Union

The story of how a Crocodile appears in Petrograd and frightens the inhabitants of the city. The little boy Vanya Vasilchikov is not afraid of him. The crocodile turns out to be not scary and makes friends with Vanya.

Mystery Mister Ra

1984 • 51 min

Sun Ra, Archie Shepp and company in concert in Paris, 1984. Documents performances and rehearsals in Paris, France, 1984. It includes the compositions "Love in Outer Space," "Nuclear War," and "1984" by Sun Ra and the standards "Tea for Two" and "Blue Lou," as well as interviews with Sun Ra and Archie Shepp.

Council Matters

1984 • 10 min • United Kingdom

Freda the cleaner takes the lid off the Town Hall in this animated film about the services provided by local authorities, and illustrates what life would be like without them. As Freda's vacuum cleaner transforms itself into a 'hoovercopter' and flies over the city, she explains the structure of the local authority and the relationship between voter, council and central government.

Burnett Discovers Domingo

1984 • 60 min • United States of America

Funny woman Carol Burnett teams with tenor Placido Domingo in this musical comedy special.

Anna & Bella

1984 • 8 min • Netherlands

Two sisters look back on their life together.

All About Mighty Lady

1984 • 30 min • Japan

A 1984 direct-to-video tokusatsu short film produced and distributed by Daiei Video. The film is roughly divided into two portions; in the first, the main character speaks directly to the audience and introduces several pilots for the movie, which are played in their entirety. These include The Mighty Lady—an 8-milimeter student film produced in 1983—and two 1984 films simply titled Mighty Lady. This is followed by the film's main body, an original story in which Mighty Lady attempts to live life as a schoolgirl, then fights a giant robot.

Lisa Lyon: Graphite Woman

1984 • 6 min

On January 25, 1984, at Long Beach State Art Gallery, Lisa called this performance Graphite Woman, as she was coated in this substance, and she recreated her world championship routine for a small audience of art lovers. Accompanied by the Shakuhachi flute, behind a low wall of gold bricks, Lisa again demonstrates her ideas of the body as art. This is something she promoted in her work as she saw herself as an artist whose canvas was her whole body.

Party Games for Adults Only

1984 • 52 min • United States of America

A novelty tape featuring games adults can play at parties.

Neil Young: Solo Trans

1984 • 60 min

Solo Trans is a concert film by Neil Young, released in 1984. It was recorded at the Hara Arena in Dayton, Ohio on September 18, 1983 during Young's Solo Trans tour.

Silver Anniversary for Bhilai

1984 • 19 min • Soviet Union

A short documentary about the visit of the Soviet delegation to India on the 25th anniversary of the founding of the city of Bhilai.

Wave

1984 • 6 min • Japan

Bach: Magnificat - Karajan

1984 • 36 min

Live performance of Johann Sebastian Bach's Magnificat, BWV 243 from Herbert von Karajan's New Year's Eve concert in 1984.

Contacts... Conflicts...

1984 • 17 min • Soviet Union

A satirical film for adults about communication problems.

'Do They Know It's Christmas?' - The Story Of The Official Band Aid Video

1984 • 30 min

A 30-minute video featuring documentary footage shot at the November 1984 recording session of Band Aid's 'Do They Know It's Christmas?'. It includes interviews with the charity supergroup's recording artists and musicians, as well as the completed promotional video.

The Hoboken Chicken Emergency

1984 • 58 min • United States of America

Arthur is asked to pick up a bird for Thanksgiving dinner, so he brings home a 266-pound chicken named Henrietta. The family welcome her with open arms, but the neighbors are not so sure and then Henrietta escapes.

Neil Young and The International Harvesters: Austin City Limits

1984 • 60 min • United States of America

Neil Young and the International Harvesters - Austin City Limits, recorded September 25, 1984. Track list: Are You Ready For The Country? / Are There Any More Real Cowboys? / Comes A Time / Field Of Opportunity / Amber Jean / Roll Another Number / Heart Of Gold / Let Your Fingers Do The Walking / The Needle And The Damage Done (solo) / Helpless (solo at start) / California Sunset / Old Man / Powderfinger / Get Back To The Country / Down By The River

The Fight Between the Snipe and the Clam

1984 • 10 min • China

Fierce battle between a hungry heron and a crafty clam.

Men's Dream Play: Song of the Sorrows of Youth

1984 • 60 min • Japan

Hyoto is a Japanese karate champion. His own career, the dojo he ran, and his students were doing well, and he was at the peak of his abilities. Hyodo's only complaint was his relationship with his wife, which had become completely cold. One day, Hyoto drunkenly bursts into a store, falls in love with the beauty of the woman there. He takes her to a hotel, discovering that she is trans. Hyōto fled the scene in a panic, but after that day, his sexual preference, which had only been interested in women, began to crumble. His student Haruhiko notices this change in Hyōto and confesses that he actually loves his teacher. He would have scoffed at the previous Hyoto, but the current Hyoto was different. He accepted Haruhiko's love, and he actively stepped into a new world of sexual pleasure...

Ballad of the Little Soldier

1984 • 46 min • Germany

A group of Miskito Indians use Nicaraguan child soldiers in their resistance against the Sandinistas.

Archie Shepp: Je suis jazz... c'est ma vie

1984 • 55 min

Jazz legend Archie Shepp toplines this unique and informative documentary. It intercuts performance footage of Shepp with interviews where he speaks candidly about such topics as Jazz's African origins, the genre's "revolutionary" purpose, and the social isolation of African Americans today.

Magister Flykt

1984 • 12 min

Magister Flykt is a short filmseries about a school teacher and his imaginative students