All Films

Zane Forbidden

1972 • 10 min • United States of America

Dorothy Wiley's film portrait of her mischievous son Zane, with soundtrack by William T. Wiley and Jim Hockenhull.

Growing, Growing...

1972 • 11 min

An experimental film showing young children exploring the mystery of plant growth. While watching their planet’s development, the children sing, write, recite, talk, film and make collages about plants. They revel in the elements of water, earth and sun which provides the plant’s nourishment.

In Transit: The Chinese in California

1972 • 25 min

A unique blend of animation, live-action, and still photography, In Transit: The Chinese in California documents the history and experience of Chinese Americans on the West Coast from the 19th to mid-20th century. Featuring powerful narrative performances, this film offers an insight and perspective into Asian American history that was not often discussed in the mainstream at the time the film was made.

Sons intérieurs

1972 • 31 min • Canada

The passive-spectator, without device, becomes his / her own interpreter and listener. In this video-montage made for a group experience of sound, the sound of an oscilating fan becomes increasingly high-pitched. Instructions then appear on the screen inviting us to listen to our own breathing, the sounds of our body, and to silence. This video concludes with the sound of the oscillator ending the experience.

Decathletes

1972 • 17 min • Soviet Union

The documentary observes athletes of one the most difficult yet interesting track and field sports – decathlon, the king of all sports, as they say. Slow-motion filming of competing athletes makes it possible to see the details that otherwise would be lost within the dizzy speed. Using the 1000mm lens adds a new unexpected angle while expressing the character of a decathlete, his ability to focus with all his will in order to win.

Ian Hugo, Engraver and Filmmaker

1972 • 7 min

Film by Ian Hugo.

Film Graphics: Abstract Aspects of Editing

1972 • 15 min

A "didactic" and "educational film" (distributed by Grove Press until they went out of the film business), FILM GRAPHICS uses clips from Buñuel and Eisenstein, along with animated overlay, to illustrate basic principles of classic film editing. Good for film editing and film study classes. Made with Paul Aratow, who went on to produce Sheena Queen of the Jungle.

Adaptations of Birds

1972 • 10 min • United States of America

Shows the adaptations of several birds which enable them to obtain food, fly, swim, and live efficiently in certain habitats. Examines the differences in bills adapted for spearing fish, breaking seeds, tearing prey, or chipping wood. Demonstrates the various toe arrangements adapted by perching, climbing, ground, swimming, and wading birds.

Sheikh Lotfollah Mosque

1972 • 15 min

A short documentary about Sheikh Lotfollah Mosque

Black & White/ Noir et Blanc

1972 • 8 min • Canada

A black male dancer in a white room, white noise and variable shutter speeds in camera editing, reflections on dance, race, the gaze, the OTHER, play, voyeurism and spontaneous response.

Lämmelår

1972 • 23 min

The mass migration of lemmings.

Autumn Comes to the Forest

1972 • 11 min • United States of America

Displays the various changes which take place outdoors with the onset of autumn. Illustrates the color changes in leaves. Depicts the animals hibernating or storing food and the birds flying south in preparation for winter.

Christian und sein Briefmarkenfreund

1972 • 6 min

Homophobic educational film about sexual abuse.

Dossier Peñarroya : les deux visages du trust

1972 • 20 min

This film, commissioned by the Penarroya workers on the eve of their strike in February 1972, presents their demands against the powerful LE NICKEL-PENARROYA-MOKTA trust, which constitutes the majority of the industrial activities of the Rothschild group.

Dwellings

1972 • 10 min

Since 1970 Simonds has created Dwelling places for an imaginary civilization of “Little People” who are migrating through the streets of neighborhoods in cities throughout the world; New York, Paris, Shanghai, Berlin, London, Dublin among many others. Below is a selection of films of Simonds constructing Dwellings on the Lower East Side of New York.

Secrets

1972 • 11 min

An experimental film which deals with human awareness of existence. Shows design transmutations to suggest how the basically constant position in consciousness has persisted and felt the human experience over thousands of generations.

Second Tape

1972 • 11 min

A sequence of short demonstrations of the quirks and artifacts unique to early black-and-white video equipment, things like static produced by rough edits and abrupt changes in white balance. [Overview Courtesy of James Welling via The Brooklyn Rail]

Wrapping with Julia

1972 • 5 min • Germany

My little daughter sits on my lap. Accompanied by the musical sounds of breathing, I tie us together with transparent gauze bandages. We are in any case inseparably joined.

Natural Timber Country

1972 • 54 min

Tells the story of the logging industry in Oregon, with emphasis on older logging techniques. The film lacks a traditional narrator, instead giving us interviews with loggers taped in the field or their homes. To help us visualize the words of the loggers, Finne edits them together with shots of the Northwestern wilderness, both in Oregon and Washington. Also featured is old footage and photographs of loggers, stunts and jokes of the loggers.

Pueblo de lata

1972 • 23 min • Venezuela

Migrants from the countryside and unemployed people from neighbouring cities take over some unused land and establish a neighbourhood in the industrial zone of Maracay. The event coincides with a presidential election campaign, which motivates political demonstrations in that town.

San Francisco Christmas Breakfast

1972 • 14 min

1972 Documentary about a yearly event in San Francisco. What makes San Francisco different? In the 70's you could invite your friends to Christmas Breakfast and make a musical. Everyone pitches in-artists, models, society ladies, gays, straights, lawyers, bohemians, international types--all the colorful crew that makes the city so memorable.

Her Love – Editing Material

1972 • 11 min

Footage from the shoot/editing of Her Love (Excerpt).

Mountain fantasy

1972 • 15 min

Indigenous people of north have an old legend about the mountain of stone idols Man'-Pupy-Nor. Once upon a time giants-man eaters invaded the land of mansi. They went and devoured everything on their way. But then the sky split into lightnings and villians belt-dropped into the ground turning to stone. Their copper shields and giant maces decorated with diamonds are still laying somewhere near covered with leaves and overgrown with wild herbs.

La riflessione negata

1972 • 5 min • Italy