All Films

A Luta do Povo

1980 • 30 min • Brazil

Short documentary on workers' movement in Brazil in the 1970s, such as the Movement Against Famine, and the policial repression against demonstrators and activists.

Soviet Rock

1980 • 43 min • Finland

Documentary for Finnish television about Spring Rhythms ("Весенние ритмы") — one of the first official rock festivals in USSR. It took place in Tbilisi, from 8 to 16 March of 1980. The festival was organised by famous music journalist Artemiy Troitskiy with the cooperation of Georgian government. The "Аквариум" band was taken off scene because of their provocative conduct. In 1981 the official tracklist album was released.

Etosha: Place of Dry Water

1980 • 55 min

Records the wildlife in Etosha, a preserve surrounding a huge dry lake bed in the southwest African country of Namibia. Presents nature's interplay of life and death as it happens

Elevator/Dance

1980 • 4 min • United States of America

Sherman creates an elegant, graphically precise choreographed dance from the rhythmic, symmetrical movements of two elevators, two escalators and their two riders (a man and a woman) tethered to the aural image of an imposing jukebox.

Rock Against Religion

1980 • 8 min

In this announcement/anti-commercial for the Rock Against Religion concert in Kaasee Rotterdam (1979), you can hear ear-splitting punk by Rode Wig and REVO. Kassee burnt to the ground, the bands disappeared and singer Aram Slappendel only made the headlines again when – in a haze of black magic, speed and LSD – he killed two of his girlfriends and himself.

Mała sprawa

1980 • 42 min • Poland

A few hours before the official visit of the communist party representative, the management of the visited factory learns about it. Everything must be prepared to show the guest how well the place is being managed.

Super Christian

1980 • 27 min • United States of America

It's a bird, it's a plane, it's-- Super Christian? Clark Kant is a mild-mannered Christian teenager with a super secret. Through light-hearted humor, the Super Christian series sets out to teach us something about Christian growth. In the first installment of Super Christian, we find that Clark Kant lives in two different worlds. During the week, Clark follows the standards of the world. "Why not?" he asks himself. "Isn't everybody doing it?" But on Sunday, in his Super Christian Best, Clark presents quite a different image. Then Clark learns through a friend that the Christian faith is for every day of the week, not just for Sundays.

Dawn of the Night of the Dead: The Musical

1980 • 5 min

A wacky musical comedy parody of George A. Romero's zombie films.

The Guest

1980 • 24 min • Soviet Union

On New Year's Eve, a small company gathered. An unexpected call interrupted the fun. Behind the door stood a neighbor whom the owners did not like. They turned off the light, pretending that there was nobody at home. After some time, shame seized everyone.

Operneïa

1980 • 46 min • France

A single plan and its inverted double: a portion of the Avenue de l'Opera, cut out in the city where "the zoom gliding over this space, rather in a deserted space, which anticipates or participates in a disaster. "(Claudine Eizykman in Erres, No. 5, Toulouse, 1978).

Fogo-Fátuo

1980 • 15 min • Brazil

The Claws of the Divine Beast

1980 • 45 min • Japan

Based on a mystery by Taiwanese-Japanese author Chin Shun-shin. After two elderly men in Yokohama quarrel over a Tang dynasty artifact, one of the men turns up dead with mysterious claw marks across his face. A detective takes up the case, and uncovers secrets dating back to war crimes committed during Japan’s invasion of China in WWII.

A Party for Ten, Plus Three

1980 • 54 min • Poland

A bunch of unemployed and unqualified workers are hired to unload a few railway wagons. Because of the low wages, the manager needs to encourage the workers in some other way.

Stay

1980 • 56 min • United Kingdom

A married landlord has an affair with a young man renting out one of her apartments in Greece.

Ghosts of Cape Horn

1980 • 54 min

Set prior to the opening of the Panama Canal in 1914, the 1980 documentary 'Ghosts of Cape Horn' retraces the journey made by sailing ships during the days when it was necessary to travel 18,000 miles around Cape Horn in order to sail from the East Coast to the West Coast of the U.S.

The Bells of Astercote

1980 • 50 min • United Kingdom

An adaptation of the novel by Penelope Lively. The plot revolves around the ghosts of plague victims in a sleepy wood.

Dive to the Edge of Creation

1980 • 60 min

1 hour-long TV special about deep sea exploration of the Galapagos Rift.

Kimoto

1980 • 30 min • Japan

Format: 16 mm standard; Color; Sound; 30 min 10 sec Sponsor: Japan Sake and Shochu Makers Association

The Mexicans

1980 • 52 min

1980. A report on political repression in Mexico.

John Ritter: Being of Sound Mind and Body

1980 • 49 min • United States of America

John Ritter shows off his comedic talent with a collection of comedy sketches.

Pete!

1980 • 59 min • United States of America

Narrated by Phil Harris, a longtime friend of Fountain's, "Pete!" uses performance film, interviews, behind-the-scenes footage and a home videos to offer an intimate portrait of Fountain, the walking, talking embodiment of his hometown. Produced and directed by by John Beyer, the film originally aired on PBS stations nationwide. When it aired locally as part of a PBS membership drive, "Pete!" was credited with raising "more than had ever been raised by a single program in the history of WYES," according to a story published in The Times-Picayune in August 1980.

Snuden 1 - Snuden rejser hjemmefra

1980 • 17 min • Denmark

Snuden is a secret and peaceful animal who lives in a green bog. He is a friend to all animals. One day a hunter tries to shoot Snuden's best friend, the otter Otto. Snuden decides that he will try to find an explanation to why humans are that mad.

Shirley Bassey: A Special Lady

1980 • 60 min

Recorded and broadcast by British TV (Thames Television) in 1980 with special guests Robert Goulet and Richard Clayderman

Rock/String

1980 • 1 min • United States of America

The filmmaker effects a variety of visual tricks that confound spatial relationships and defy gravity.