All Films

Maybe Tomorrow

1966 • 27 min • Uruguay

A parent concerned about the violence and possible explosion of an atomic bomb on the city of Montevideo. The scene is a nightmare, but articulates closely with socio-political reality of the time.

The Land of the People

1966 • 10 min • Soviet Union

This is the subject of ongoing discovery of the beauty of the world, that man makes in his life and in his work, which is being developed as part of a big city, presented during a day's work. This film starts and ends with the rotating image of the sculpture of Rodin the Thinker; this famous sculpture has long since become the symbol of the unchanging expression of human thought.

Tehran Is the Capital of Iran

1966 • 18 min • Iran

Tehran Is the Capital of Iran (1966-79) documents life in a deprived district in the south of Tehran. The images of destitution in Tehran's poor areas is accompanied by a variety of spoken accounts: the official viewpoint on the district's living conditions, what the inhabitants have to say, and occasional extracts read out of school manuals. The key element in Shirdel's film is the counterpoint effect he creates with image and sound. His impressively powerful portrayal of social unease helps reinforce the impact of his astonishing documentary images and social themes.

Evening

1966 • 14 min • Yugoslavia

Slow death of Istrian towns, far from the sea and abandoned by its residents. The houses can't be sold even for peanuts.

Dr. Ha-Ha

1966 • 7 min • United States of America

James is a secret agent who is incredibly clumsy. Yet, no matter how many mistakes he makes in his efforts to capture the bad guy, he winds up bagging the criminal.

Soldier, Go Away!

1966 • 19 min • Yugoslavia

It tells a story about Bosnian ex-fighter who lost his whole family in the WW2.

Indeed Indeed

1966 • 5 min

A few "pop" and "death" symbols seen through the eyes of a young French schoolboy.

The Easybeats Coca Cola Special

1966 • 53 min

If you every needed to show somebody the effect Easyfever had on mid 1960’s Australia, then you would only need to show them their Australian “farewell” television special. Although completely mimed, the bands energy is absolutely electrifying as the storm through their set list in front of a studio audience of screaming teenagers complete with go-go dancers and pop idol Billy Thorpe to compère. Special guests of the program included Janice Slater performing her then current release ‘We’re Doin’ Fine’ with it’s flip side ‘If You Don’t Think’ and Tony Worsley with ‘Raining in My Heart’ and ‘Knocking On Wood’ (released that month on Sunshine).

Hallo, Moscow!

1966 • 11 min • Soviet Union

Moscow is now more than 800 years old but still very young. One has to look at it with the open heart and then there is a world to know and to love. Here is a photo-study of Moscow by Latvian master of photography Gunārs Binde.

Les rendez-vous de l'été

1966 • 44 min

The French track and field team prepares for the world championships. A paean to sport as a shining example of human nobility, as well as an almost anthropological investigation into a most particular company of people who manage to be rivals and comrades at the same time.

The Monster Master

1966 • 7 min • United States of America

A Terrytoons Cartoon

Juegos y Rondas Tradicionales del Uruguay

1966 • 10 min • Uruguay

Documentary made from the record of five manifestations of Uruguayan children's folklore: «El rango», «La rayuela», «Andelito de oro», «La farolera» and «San Severín del monte» / «Los oficios».

Life In Australia: Adelaide

1966 • 21 min • Australia

A picture of life in the South Australian capital of Adelaide in the mid 1960s, social, commercial and recreational.

En vagn kommer lastad

1966 • 30 min • Sweden

A report of the 60th anniversary of the Children's Day, which also included the talent competition "Vi som vill opp" from Humlegården in Stockholm.

Into the Living Depths

1966 • 60 min • Soviet Union

A color documentary on the latest advancements in molecular biology and genetics.

The Photographer

1966 • 3 min

Short by Robert Gardner

Pigeon Lady

1966 • 26 min

Pigeon Lady is an observational documentary centered around the everyday comings and goings of an elderly woman in Chicago, Clara Miller. Palazzolo films her walking, carrying a shopping bag, and stopping to toss bread crumbs to pigeons and other birds. Palazzolo’s distance from her renders the film a portrait of the city as much as it is of the “pigeon lady.” Set to classical music including Ottorino Respighi’s “The Birds,” Gustav Mahler’s “Symphony No. 1 in D Major,” and Richard Wagner’s “Tristan und Isolde,” the film is tender and sensitive, yet hints at the humor and penchant for oddball subjects that would come to define Palazzolo’s later films. Roger Ebert called Pigeon Lady a “masterpiece” and “one of the most moving experimental films” he had ever seen.

La muerte del tío

1966 • 17 min • Venezuela, Germany

A wealthy uncle dies suddenly. Everyone mourns his unexpected departure, but more for the diamond in his tie than for his sudden absence.

Requiem

1966 • 14 min • Yugoslavia

Rekvijem is a Yugoslavian (Slovenian) experimental film.

Môl

1966 • 27 min • Senegal

A young fisherman dreams of motorizing his boat to make his work easier. His dream becomes reality, thanks to his courage and his determination but causes conflict between traditional values and the modern notion of progress.

Afro-American Work Songs in a Texas Prison

1966 • 29 min • United States of America

Pete and Toshi Seeger, their son Daniel, and folklorist Bruce Jackson visited a Texas prison in Huntsville in March of 1966 and produced this rare document of of work songs by inmates of the Ellis Unit. Worksongs helped African American prisoners survive the grueling work demanded of them. With mechanization and integration, worksongs like these died out shortly after this film was made.

Mao-Hope March

1966 • 4 min

Seven people march down New York’s Fifth Avenue carrying placards showing six photos of American comic Bob Hope and one of Mao Tse Tung.

A Colorful Lie

1966 • 7 min • Poland

The protagonist dreams of a better life, and his dreams take the form of colorful magazines.

Screen Test: George Millaway & Archie

1966 • 4 min • United States of America

Screen test with George Millaway and Archie.