All Films

Insular

1971 • 26 min • Spain

An auditively disturbing account of the desert landscape of the island of Lanzarote in formal, rhythmic and associative correspondence with the music of Luis de Pablo.

Search for the Goddess of Love

1971 • 51 min • United States of America

CBS News presents a Smithsonian adventure featuring Iris Love and narrated by Walter Schirra produced by CBS News in association with the Smithsonian Institution (1971).

In continuo

1971 • 11 min • Yugoslavia

"In continuo" uses slaughterhouse imagery to present the warlike nature of man, first depicting the cleaning and mechanical preparations for the slaughterhouse and then the killing, however, the animal slaughter itself isn’t shown.

The Performers

1971 • 26 min

The story of five skiers, sponsored by K2, who tour the U.S. in a red, white and blue van that matched their skis. They travel like a pack of joyful wolves, devouring powder and looking for challenges. Just 26 minutes in length, the film offers ferocious detail, with ski footage that still holds up today. The film revealed the ski culture as a surrogate family. In an interview years later, skier Charlie McWilliams recalled how people came up to him to explain how they deeply identified with this happygo- lucky skiing clan. He saw the film as a groundbreaking portrayal of skiing as a tribal experience. “It was the first time anybody had gone out and made a film of a group of guys traveling around the country having a great time skiing.”

Requiem for an Almost Lady

1971 • 32 min • Sweden

A concept film made for Swedish television featuring songs that appeared on Lee Hazlewood’s album Requiem For An Almost Lady plus some additional tunes.

Как мы весну делали

1971 • 10 min • Soviet Union

Fundamental Principles in Genetics

1971 • 7 min • Canada

Navy

1971 • 10 min • Israel

A film produced by the Israeli Film Service, the IDF Spokesperson’s Unit and the Navy Headquarters, documenting a training routine of soldiers at the Israeli Navy who serve on submarines and missile boats. The film documents various military exercises such as diving and planting enemy ships with mines, a land raid of the Israeli naval commando unit, and more.

In the 11th Festival of Song

1971 • 11 min • Albania

No one knows why for certain, but from 1968 to 1973 communist Albania enjoyed a brief liberalisation in the arts. Banned books and Beatles records changed hands. Albania’s Nobel-nominated novelist Ismail Kadare wrote two of his most famed masterpieces, Kështjella (The Castle) (1970) and Kronikë në gur (Chronicle in Stone) (1971) during this period. The rock'n'roll and jazz arrangements featured in this concert documentary were the pretext that brought about the end to the artistic thaw. Several performers seen in the festival were sent to prison or internal exile. The portly, smiling music conductor, Gasper Çurçia, was later accused of forging bus tickets and executed.

The Beautiful Sigmar

1971 • 22 min • Germany

New Year's Eve party with Sigmar Polke at the Kohlhöfers' in Düsseldorf.

The Anatomy of a Pin-Up

1971 • 31 min

Modish documentary exploring attitudes to nude modelling in Britain. Models, photographers, magazine editors and members of the public express their opinions about those who pose for top-shelf magazines, raising various questions about the depiction and presentation of women in such publications. Featuring the journalist and author Lynn Barber, who worked at Penthouse magazine during the 1960s-70s.

Seven Cities

1971 • 15 min • Iran

A story about love...

Gallery

1971 • 7 min

A film mosaic of 2000 rapid-fire images that highlights of the best in Western art, with music by Wendy Carlos.

Prehistoric Caveman

1971 • 4 min

An amateur short stop-motion animation about a simple adventure of a caveman, filmed by a young Tim Burton.

Return to the Future

1971 • 11 min • Romania

1971 Animation by Sabin Balasa

Alaska Wilderness Lake

1971 • 60 min • United States of America

Alaska Wilderness Lake is a 1971 American documentary film produced by Alan Landsburg. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. The film is based on the book Red Salmon, Brown Bear by Theodore J. Walker.

Chicano Moratorium: A Question of Freedom

1971 • 12 min • United States of America

On August 29, 1970 in East Los Angeles, a peaceful march of over 20,000 Chicanas/os, united in protest against the Vietnam War as part of the National Chicano Moratorium movement, was violently interrupted by an extreme, unjustifiable response by law enforcement. The tragic events of that day left four dead. Chicano Moratorium: A Question of Freedom is a harrowing, eyewitness documentary of the events of August 29, 1970 and their immediate aftermath, including the murder of Chicano journalist, Ruben Salazar. In contrast to biased TV news reports of the period, this student-made short offers an impassioned, unvarnished community account of the unrest and violence unleashed by the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department in response to the otherwise peaceful march in protest of disproportionate Chicano casualties in the Vietnam War.

Nihon Gen'yasai - Sanrizuka

1971 • 24 min • Japan

A document of the Nihon Gen'yasai Sanrizuka, a two-day experimental festival held in support of the Narita Airport Struggle, in 1971.

Living

1971 • 15 min • Netherlands

Frans Zwartjes and his wife explore their new home, and the sexual tension they've brought with them to it.

Offerings to the God of Speed

1971 • 26 min • New Zealand

Short subject documentary about land speed record holder Burt Munro. Produced for NZBC.

Citizen Harold

1971 • 9 min

An animated film about one man's attempt to bring about changes in his community through participation with fellow citizens and the local government. A discussion-starter with a dual ending, for groups exploring methods of bringing about change.

A Partir de cero

1971 • 60 min • Mexico

Rosa Luxemburg

1971 • 21 min • East Germany, Germany

The film outlines the life of this revolutionary leader of the German and international working-class movement.

Biological Cycle No. 1

1971 • 6 min • Japan