All Films

The Little Breeze

1972 • 9 min • Soviet Union

A fairy tale about the friendship of a Breeze and a Baker.

Lalai Dreamtime

1972 • 60 min • Australia

Lalai Dreamtime takes the viewer into pre-settled Australia to show a myth from the spiritual tradition of the people. It is the story of Namarali, as presented by Sam Woolagoodja to his son Stanley and his granddaughter Kerry. Namarali is the law-giving 'Wandjina' of the Worora people who, along with him, have many other such Wandjinas. The 'Wandjinas' are ancient creators whose presence is real in the painted imprints of cave walls and in the shape of specific land formations. The film shows the importance of the Dreamtime in the Aboriginal culture.

A Day in the Life of Willie Faust, or Death on the Installment Plan

1972 • 17 min • United States of America

Jamaa Fanaka’s first project plays off the Blaxploitation’s genre conventions, an adaption of Goethe’s “Faust” presented with a non-synchronous soundtrack and superimposed over a remake of Super Fly (1972). Often out of focus with an overactive camera, the film immediately exudes nervous energy, but unlike Priest’s elegant cocaine consumption in Super Fly, Willie’s arm gushes blood as he injects heroin. A morality tale in two reels. —Jan-Christopher Horak

The Other Side of the Ledger: An Indian View of the Hudson's Bay Company

1972 • 42 min • Canada

The Hudson's Bay Company's 300th anniversary celebration was no occasion for joy among the people whose lives were tied to the trading stores. This film, narrated by George Manuel, president of the National Indian Brotherhood, presents the view of spokesmen for Canadian Indian and Métis groups. There is a sharp contrast between the official celebrations, with Queen Elizabeth II among the guests, and what Indians have to say about their lot in the Company's operations.

Yuki's Sun

1972 • 5 min • Japan

TV pilot based on an original manga by Tetsuya Chiba, about a 10-year old girl named Yuki. An orphan who's being adopted by a family.

Unwittingly Around The World

1972 • 19 min • Soviet Union

A musical animation about a London homeless man who, looking for a place to sleep, unwittingly begins a trip around the world. He manages to act in a movie, take part in a robbery and get married, only to turn back and start the journey again.

Estás creciendo

1972 • 11 min • Argentina

Educational short about contraception and sexual education for the youth.

Off-Duty

1972 • 7 min • United States of America

A Black Man can't catch a cab in New York.

El Diálogo de América

1972 • 51 min • Chile

In November 1971, Salvador Allende and Fidel Castro chat to each other about revolution, imperialism, oligarchy, underdevelopment, cultural dependency and economics.

Albert Brooks' Famous School for Comedians

1972 • 8 min

This short film originally aired as part of a satirical PBS show called The Great American Dream Machine. The film is a parody of The Famous Artists School and was born of an article written by Brooks in Esquire Magazine.

Checking the King

1972 • 36 min • Poland

Two men in a game of chess. One of the players is a country boy who accidentally discovered a chess talent, and the other is a former lawyer who has not played chess for twenty years. The lawyer tells the story of learning to play chess: during World War II, he was arrested for no reason and imprisoned. One day, while waiting for another interrogation, he stole the book "Chess Review" from the investigating officer's coat. He perfected it for several months and started playing against himself. The intense mental effort led him to a nervous breakdown eventually...

When I Go - That's It!

1972 • 11 min • Canada

Ex-fisherman Billy Crane in Brampton, Ontario, at an industrial job with regular hours. Here he tells why he left Fogo Island and says he has no regrets. (See also Billy Crane Moves Away.)

In the 30th Century

1972 • 14 min • Soviet Union

A modern fairy tale about a boy who flew to another planet to help its inhabitants in distress.

Chili Con Corny

1972 • 6 min • United States of America

A dune buggy-riding Woody tangles with Miss Meany and her extremely hot chili and beans.

Winnie-the-Pooh and a Busy Day

1972 • 21 min • Soviet Union

Another Soviet Winnie-the-Pooh story. This time the donkey, known from the Pooh stories as Eeyore, is sad because he has no tail. Pooh goes in search of one and finds it attached to a bell that hangs from the treehouse of one Owl.

Who Sold You This, Then?

1972 • 23 min • United Kingdom

A BAFTA award nominated, light-hearted, documentary looking at the part the service engineer can play in making or destroying his company's reputation.

A Family Talks About Sex

1972 • 29 min

The film discusses a family's approach to openly talking about sex with their children, emphasizing the importance of communication and honesty. Parents Jim and Beth explain sexual topics to their kids, Sarah and Paul, using straightforward language and addressing their curiosity without shame. They establish rules about privacy and public behavior while discussing bodily changes, reproduction, and relationships. The narrative highlights the challenges of discussing sex as the children grow, the need for ongoing dialogue, and the parents' desire to equip their children with knowledge to make informed decisions.

Chicago Blues

1972 • 59 min

Harley Cokeliss's Chicago Blues filmed in 1972 was a remarkable film; remarkable in that it was not just a competent documentary but a film crafted with care by professionals with a love and understanding of music and a respect for its history and artists. The music and its artists of Chicago Blues reflect faithfully the structure of the city's Blues activity of the late '60s from unknown amateur to world famous stars, from house to small bar, from traditional down home to modern city style. Thus Johnny Lewis, a housepainter who played for his own amusement at home and was almost a discovery of the film team, to Muddy Waters, Chicago Blues' most famous figure.

Take Off

1972 • 10 min • United States of America

Ellion Ness, a thoroughly professional stripper, goes through her paces, bares her body, and then, astonishingly and literally, transcends it. While the film makes a forceful political statement on the image of woman and the true meaning of stripping, the intergalactic transcendence of its ending locates it firmly within the mainstream of joyous humanism and stubborn optimism.

The Muppet Musicians of Bremen

1972 • 50 min • United States of America

Four mistreated farm animals seek refuge as a band of traveling musicians in this musical tale narrated by Kermit the Frog.

Sexual Meditation: Hotel

1972 • 6 min • United States of America

This film takes its cue from that ultimate situation of Sex/Med/masturbation - the loft-and-lonely hotel room. It is thus easily twice the length and complexity of any other in the series.

Strawbs: Grave New World - The Movie

1972 • 29 min • United States of America

The Strawbs perform tracks from their 1972 concept album accompanied by strange and often surreal imagery.

Yo Soy Chicano

1972 • 59 min • United States of America

Portrays the Chicano experience, from its roots in pre-Columbian history to the present, by dramatically recreating key events in Mexican history and by presenting interviews with Chicano leaders, Dolores Huerta, Reies Lopez Tijerina, Rodolfo Gonzalez, and Jose Angel Gutierrez, who discuss solutions to the oppression of Chicanos.

Yokahama Mama

1972 • 6 min • United States of America

Blue Racer finds out that the Japanese chicken in the local farm has laid an egg. Blue Racer wastes no time getting it. Unfortunatly, the egg's father is a champion fighting rooster and foiled his plans several times. In his final attempt, he trips the rooster, which, as a result, the egg rolled down to the ostrich farm. The rooster mistakes an ostrich egg as his and takes it home, only, it hatched. The chicken couple argues over it, in Japanese language. Blue Racer, watching the scene, tells the audience that this is the Be Kind to Egg week, "So take your egg out to dinner, or at breakfast."