All Films

Run

1971 • 3 min

In "Run", Avraham filmed filmed himself running from point to point, and then edited the film layer by layer. The result is a chromatic intruiguing film.

2 x 45 Bilder / Sätze von Agadir

1971 • 12 min

12 minutes. 6 pages of text. 180 lines. 90 photos 2 lines per photo. 45 photos of the new Agadir. 45 photos from the slums of Morocco.

Performance by Taku Furusawa

1971 • 15 min • Japan

This film documents a performance by Taku Furusawa, acting as the Aoyama Outpost of the Kingdom of Lilliput under the influence of Matsuzawa associate Shō Kazakura. Furusawa also acted in the underground theatre group Theater Yakōkan (Night Theater), which had ties with Matsuzawa as well, and in his later years was active under the name Kubikukuri Takuzō, but this film is a valuable document of his early convulsive performance.

World Uprising: Earth Sound Transmission Ritual

1971 • 18 min • Japan

Camera person unknown, 1971, B&W, silent, 18 min. Courtesy of Kumiko Matsuzawa. This film documents actions performed for World Uprising by Taii Ashizawa and Taku Furusawa, who worked together as Satsuma Workshop. According to the art magazine Bijutsu Techō, Ashizawa acting on behalf of the Interstellar Vibration Association and conducted an Earth Sound Transmission Ritual consisting of three parts. In Ritual One, four people respond to the four fundamental elements (fire, water, earth, air) and emanate earth sounds through psychokinesis. In Ritual Two, the sound of the earth is transmitted via radio waves. Ritual Three shows the sound of the earth extinguished in a fire on an altar, and reproduced and transmitted into outer space through the wisdom of a fire deity. The film documents Ritual One, as well as Taku Furusawa is performing Ritual One / EVENT at the same site and going into convulsions.

Vibrating Horizon

1971 • 4 min

'Vibrating Horizon' offers us a view of the sea on a grey day. The horizon in the middle divides the image into two equal fields, the sea and the sky. The quietly rolling waves create an almost meditative atmosphere, until the horizon suddenly takes on a life of its own. The camera shakes on its tripod, as though affected by an earthquake, so that the dividing line between the sea and sky is constantly moving. This camera movement causes the sea and waves to lose their spatiality. The two fields become increasingly abstract, and as a result of the pulsing horizon it seems as if they are attempting to push each other out of the frame.

Akhtamar

1971 • 18 min • Soviet Union

The boy swims on the lake every night to see the girl he loves. Akhtamar refers to the second largest of four islands on Lake Van, the historic birthplace of all Armenians. According to a tale, an Armenian princess named Tamara lived on the island and was in love with a commoner. This boy would swim from the shore to the island each night, guided by a light she lit for him. Her father learned of the boy's visits. One night, as she waited for her lover to arrive, her father smashed her light, leaving the boy in the middle of the lake without a guide to indicate which direction to swim. He drowned and his body washed ashore and, as the legend concludes, it appeared as if the words "Akh, Tamara" (Oh, Tamara) were frozen on his lips.

Il Sorriso Della Sfinge

1971 • 11 min • Italy

1971 / 8mm / color / sound

Charlie Crowfoot and the Coati Mundi

1971 • 48 min

An Indian working on an archaeological dig finds an injured coati mundi, names him Cocoa, and nurses him back to health. The rancher, on whose land the Indian is digging, hates the coatis but changes his tune when Cocoa helps save his life. Stars Edward Colunga, Robert Keyworth.

Gabrielle Nanchen

1971 • 28 min

Gabrielle Nanchen, the first Swiss woman socialist deputy to the National Council is interviewed on the very day that women obtain the right to vote in Switzerland and in her canton, Valais. The film also collects the reactions of the Valais peasants.

Rivera

1971 • 11 min

Documentary based on painter Augusto Rivera.

Drugs Use Or Abuse

1971 • 9 min

“Drug Use or Abuse” focuses on the differences between utilizing drugs which have been prescribed by a doctor versus illicit drug use and abuse.

The Scary Night of Foma Zamykalkin

1971 • 8 min • Soviet Union

Foma Zamykalkin reads a book with scary stories at night, but an imp constantly disturbs him. The angry main character decides to get even with the annoying disturber of his peace. But, trying to catch the imp, Foma Zamykalkin constantly disregards the rules of handling electrical appliances, exposing himself to danger. The animation won the Silver Medal at the International Security Film Festival in Czechoslovakia (1972).

The Porter

1971 • 13 min • Turkey

During the making of Kavur, filmmaker Fırat Özeler found two unknown early exercises by the Turkish grandmaster, Ömer Kavur. He integrated one into his biographical film essay. The second, The Porter, we now proudly present as a world premiere!

Mayday Realtime

1971 • 59 min • United States of America

Shot over one day, this program records the events and protests in Washington DC on May Day, 1971. This was the day when one of the most disruptive actions of the Vietnam War era occurred in Washington, DC, when thousands of anti-war activists tried to shut down the Federal government in protest at the War.

If...?

1971 • 15 min • Iran

A short documentary about social issues which Iranian people are struggling with in 1971.

Teddy

1971 • 16 min

Teddy narrates a snapshot of his life in Watts, California in 1971. He describes his relationship to religion, education, and radical politics, as well as his family and social life, against a backdrop of his neighborhood. He talks candidly about the War in Vietnam, the devaluation of education for Black young people, and the recent raid on the Black Panther Party Headquarters, with a clear-eyed sense of injustice. Social Seminar Film produced by the University of California at Los Angeles Extension Media Center for the National Institute of Mental Health. Preserved by the A/V Geeks from the Prelinger Archives.

Lingaraja: Poem for the Love of the Emptiness

1971 • 55 min • United States of America

He used experimental techniques to visualize the itinerancy of his soul during his journey, and released it as a medium-length documentary, "Lingaraja: Poem for the Love of the Emptiness". During his stay in Nepal, he encountered the "Tibetan Book of the Dead," which he translated and published upon his return to Japan. Since then, he has been working to open up a vision of the spiritual world. This program consists of two works produced after his return to Japan.

La Plage 23 Septembre 1971 + 18°

1971 • 6 min

A film by Paul-Armand Gette.

Wind-Folk Amusement

1971 • 5 min • South Korea

A long red banner billows in the wind.

Near the Sources of Folk Art. Film sketches about Hutsul folk craftsmens

1971 • 37 min

Yulian Dorosh's film "Near the Sources of Folk Art" was shot in Kosiv region between 1963 and 1971. The film, done mainly on black-and-white, but with color inserts, tells out the masters of folk crafts of the Hutsul region. The film is dedicated "To the memory of Lev Dolynskyi and Danylo Fihol - my childhood friends." In the credits of the film it is clearly indicated that the author of the film is Yulian Dorosh and the film was shot in Kosiv region and Lviv in 1965-1971. There is no sound track on film stock. Documentary was rediscovered in March 2020. Since no later films of Yulian Dorosh have been found, there is every reason to believe that this film was the last in his cinematic career.

The Awaking Space

1971 • 10 min

Experimental short by Masaki Matsushita.

Distance

1971 • 1 min

Experimental short by Yoichi Nagata.

Falling Water

1971 • 10 min • Denmark

Experimental film in colour from 1971 by Danish photographer Keld Helmer-Petersen (1920-2013).

Ombre mobili

1971 • 10 min • Italy

Ombre mobili from 1971 was my first video work; a first test born from my environmental art project, an exhibition that could be made with lamps and lights that were supposed to stand out against the white walls of Studio 74, the constantly moving shadows of the audience present.