All Films

The Passionate Industry: Australian Cinema 1920-1930

1971 • 57 min • Australia

Part 2 of the History of Australian Cinema series. Covering the 1920s and 30s. From an origin that promised so much, the Australian film production industry faced new challenges from abroad which ultimately proved to be more than they could cope with. Unfortunately very few films from then now survive.

Little House on Wheels

1971 • 26 min • Soviet Union

About the boy Gosha and his friends who helped a lonely swallow.

Appointment With Destiny: The Last Days of John Dillinger

1971 • 51 min • United States of America

John Dillinger had a very public, whirlwind career until authorities took him off the streets for good.

The Adventures of the Young Pioneers

1971 • 18 min • Soviet Union

Three young scamps sabotage the Nazi occupiers, thereby setting the stage for a Soviet triumph. Made twenty-five years after World War II ended, this animated pageant still has the pungent tang of propaganda.

Black Film

1971 • 17 min • Yugoslavia

Director invites six homeless men to his flat for a few days (surprising his wife). He asks officials and people on the street if someone can help them, this being SFRJ, a state officially without those left on their own.

November Day

1971 • 32 min • Poland

Karol lives alone in the forester's lodge. Unexpectedly, he is visited by his mother whom he has not seen for years.

Soul in Cinema: Filming 'Shaft' on Location

1971 • 11 min • United States of America

A behind the scenes look at the filming of the movie Shaft (1971). The movie's director, Gordon Parks is seen directing a couple of fight scenes which he wants to get in as few takes as possible due to the set-up time and the danger involved in the stunt work. He is also seen speaking to the composer of the film score, 'Isaac Hayes', about the overlaying of the music over one of those fight scenes, and what he wants musically for another scene involving the lead character, John Shaft, moving through Times Square. The latter would eventually become the movie's iconic theme music. Being a frenetically paced action movie, he also works closely with the film's editor, Hugh A. Robertson.

Congo Oyé (We Have Come Back)

1971 • 45 min

An absolute unknown work among Marker’s collaborations, made by filmmakers Bill Stephens, Paul and Carole Roussopoulas with Eldridge and Kathleen Cleaver, Congo Oyé was never completed and long-believed lost by all involved.

Seems Like Only Yesterday

1971 • 45 min • United States of America

Interviews with a dozen California centenarians against a montage of present day media reportage.

The Owl and the Lemming: An Eskimo Legend

1971 • 7 min • Canada

Using life-like seal fur puppets, this animated short by Co Hoedeman tells the traditional Inuit tale of the owl and the lemming.

Something to Build On

1971 • 29 min • United States of America

Bourne documenting the options granted to high school students who want to attend college

Jardim Nova Bahia

1971 • 15 min • Brazil

Deutrudes Carlos da Rocha, a 24-year-old Brazilian, black, illiterate, is a car washer and lives in São Paulo. Through his testimony and also holding the camera, he brings us closer to his experience and vision of the world.

Airlift a la Carte

1971 • 6 min • United States of America

Chilly, Maxie, and Gooney go to the store owned by Smedley

Death of a Legend

1971 • 49 min • Canada

This documentary film is about wolves and the negative myths surrounding the animal. Exceptional footage portrays the wolf's life cycle and the social organization of the pack, as well as film of caribou, moose, deer and buffalo.

The Foolish Frog

1971 • 8 min • United States of America, Czech Republic

A farmer wanted words to go with the tune he was playing when he saw a frog sitting on the bank of the stream. The frog did something silly which gave the farmer the words for his song. The farmer went to the corner store to sing his song for people there.

Argonauts

1971 • 20 min • Soviet Union

A cartoon version of the voyage of the Argonauts (Greek Mythology) with the aim of getting the Gold Fleece.

The Perfect Drug Film

1971 • 32 min • United States of America

A color educational drug “scare” film about the history of drug use

The Castaway on the Street of Providence

1971 • 24 min • Mexico

Friends of Luis Buñuel discuss the director while Buñuel mixes drinks and entertains friends in his home.

Can Horses Sing?

1971 • 26 min

Elizabeth Sussex's exquisite documentary about a rural Scottish school, edited by Gladwell.

The Labyrinth

1971 • 20 min • Soviet Union

A cartoon version of the Greek myth of Labyrinth.

Guinness for You

1971 • 15 min • United Kingdom

As a palette cleanser comes Guinness for You, an artistic promo for a self-evident sponsor that avoids the dry lecture in favour of an entirely wordless, emphatically visual approach.

Censorship U.S.A.

1971 • 40 min

A look at the rapidly evolving issue of sex censorship in the USA, focusing on the period just as hardcore was just about to become accepted.

The Pioneer's Violin

1971 • 8 min • Soviet Union

Subtle coloring and an impressionistic approach to landscape distinguish this patriotic animated short set to music. After a flourishing Soviet hamlet is destroyed by Nazi planes, the sole survivor is confronted by a hulking Nazi commando in a tank. The military man tries to cajole the young violinist into repeating a jaunty harmonica melody at gunpoint but the boy strikes up a noble song of resistance instead. Stepantsev's film may romance the idea of martyrdom but it does so with a gravity not often found in similar films.

Puy-Puy Mouse

1971 • 10 min • Soviet Union

A mouse, more interested in singing than survival, gets into various scrapes in the jungle.