All Films

End of the Dialogue

1970 • 44 min • United States of America, South Africa

The first film to ever show what life was in South-Africa under the Apartheid state. The film was released as an anonymous production under the aegis of the Pan Africanist Congress in 1970.

An Artistic Couple

1970 • 13 min • France

A young student meets an elderly antiques-loving couple looking for a help. They like her very much, and she's hired on the spot.

Imogen Cunningham, photographer

1970 • 21 min • United States of America

A fascinating insight into the life and works of photographer Imogen Cunningham. Coming into public attention around 1910, she was celebrated in the late sixties through awards, honorary degrees and exhibitions. Her photos are looked at from three focal points: nature, portraits and figure studies.

The Gratinated Brains of Pupilija Ferkeverk

1970 • 12 min • Yugoslavia

Plotless and wordless, beautifully edited shots of young (often naked or semi-naked) people in various positions, illustrating different emotions, actions and situations, underlined by rock music.

Madame Faut Pas

1970 • 9 min • Poland

Scenes from the marital life of a dominant woman and a submissive man. The more she cares, the more he gives up and shrinks. One shot will finally cut this unequal balance of power.

The Color of Danger

1970 • 16 min • United States of America

A forklift safety PSA produced by Towmotor and Caterpillar.

Kraftwerk - Soest 1970

1970 • 49 min • Germany

In 1970, the year the band formed, Kraftwerk performed their first concert, appearing in Soest, West Germany, dressed in long hair and leather. The show was recorded by Rockpalast (Rock Palace), a German music television show that broadcast live on Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR). The lineup included founding members Ralf Hütter and Florian Schneider (flute), plus drummer Klaus Dinger, who would soon leave to form NEU! with pianist Michael Rother.

Horrors from the ID!

1970 • 8 min

A young scientist creates a dangerous invention.

¿Qué se puede hacer con una chica?

1970 • 31 min • Spain

Íñigo and Waldo are two friends who share their cinephilia. But one day, at a party, Íñigo meets a girl.

The Moebius Flip

1970 • 28 min • United States of America

A science fiction fantasy on skis with spectacular glacier skiing, extraordinary acrobatics, unique optical effects, and an original score. The world's polarity is mysteriously reversed, requiring the skiers to regain the realm of normal perception by performing maneuvers inspired by the ambiguous nature of the "Moebius Strip."

Inhabitants

1970 • 9 min • Soviet Union

Inhabitants depicts animals in panic: the film is mostly filled with shots of mass migrations and stampedes (some, surprisingly, filmed from a helicopter). The title equalizes the species of the earth. Artavazd Peleshian merely alludes to the presence of human beings—a few silhouettes that seem to be the cause of these vast, anxious movements of animal fear. In many ways, this film is an ode to the animal world that moves toward formal abstraction, with clouds of silver birds pulverizing light. Peleshian said, “It’s hard to give a verbal synopsis of these films. Such films exist only on the screen, you have to see them.”

Little Boat

1970 • 10 min • Soviet Union

The adventures of a little ship who has a lot of friends.

Kotyhoroshko

1970 • 9 min • Soviet Union

The dragon Horynych attacks ordinary Ukrainian village residents. He takes young men and women, leaving only senior villagers. But a young boy named Kotyhoroshko decides to confront the dreadful Dragon. First, he needs to get appropriate weapons and call his friends warriors…

Carnal Knowledge

1970 • 57 min • United States of America

Carla has a birthday party for her pimp Troy and invites Brenda, Chi-Chi, Wild Willie and Big John. They all have softcore sex.

Eddie in August

1970 • 25 min • United Kingdom

In this one-off half-hour silent film, Benny stars as the title character, a "born loser" who is unlucky in everything - especially love. He fancies a pretty nurse who walks by the park, but ends up with a plainer girl.

The Machine of Eden

1970 • 11 min • United States of America

"'Mis-takes' give birth to 'shape' (which, in this work, is 'matter,' subject and otherwise) amidst a weave of thought: ... the 'dream' of Eden will speak for itself." The second part of the of The Weir-Falcon Saga trilogy.

L'Italia vista dal cielo: Sicilia

1970 • 40 min • Italy

Scenes From The Director's Life

1970 • 18 min • Poland

Shots from Hamlet's rehearsals at the National Theatre in 1970, directed by Adam Hanuszkiewicz, performed by Daniel Olbrychski. The film presents various stages of the preparations – from trying on the costumes and memorizing lines to the final staging.

The Pacemakers: Biba

1970 • 13 min • United Kingdom

Trendsetter and absolutely fabulous. Biba was a London fashion store of the 1960s and 1970s. Biba was started and primarily run by the Polish-born Barbara Hulanicki with help of her husband Stephen Fitz-Simon.

John Wayne and Chisum

1970 • 9 min

Documentary included in the DVD version of "Chisum"

Dufus

1970 • 7 min

A motley cast of characters offer their thoughts on what’s most important in life. Experimental short film preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2011.

Anna (Anna Carini Naturale)

1970 • 13 min • Italy

Anna Carini, Mario Schifano’s partner at the time, is the protagonist of the film. The young woman is observed, followed, questioned in close-up, in both indoor and outdoor settings, by the camera that partially strays into the scene and then briefly makes room for the author himself. —Tate Modern

The Son

1970 • 10 min • Poland

Lonely, old parents living on a small farm look forward to their son's visit. The man finally shows up one day, but he separates himself from his parents with a newspaper. Inadvertently, he drops a slice of bread. His father picks it up respectfully.

Wolverhampton into the Seventies

1970 • 20 min • United Kingdom

Bricks and mortar makes way for concrete and reinforced steel as Wolverhampton sweeps the past aside in a modernist town planning utopia.