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The House in the Middle

1954

The House in the Middle

1954
5.9
Short film that emphasizes the importance of keeping a tidy home when facing an atomic bomb.
London to Brighton in Four Minutes

1952

London to Brighton in Four Minutes

1952
6.2
London to Brighton in Four Minutes is a short film produced by the BBC Film Unit. The camera was manually undercranked to produce a 'fast-motion' film-- the journey lasted only four minutes instead of the actual time the trip took, around an hour.
Orgosolo’s Shepherds

1958

Orgosolo’s Shepherds

1958
6.1
The striking landscapes of rural Sardinia provide the backdrop to this lyrical look at the hardscrabble lives of the region’s shepherds in winter.
San Francisco Earthquake & Fire: April 18, 1906

1906

San Francisco Earthquake & Fire: April 18, 1906

1906
6.5
Film showing the results of an earthquake in San Francisco on 18th April 1906 which caused great destruction.
Stonewall Uprising

2010

Stonewall Uprising

2010
5.8
Stonewall Uprising is a 2010 American documentary film examining the events surrounding the Stonewall riots that began during the early hours of June 28, 1969. Stonewall Uprising made its theatrical debut on June 16, 2010 at the Film Forum in New York City.The movie features interviews with eyewitnesses to the incident, including NYPD deputy inspector Seymour Pine. The film was produced and directed by documentarians Kate Davis and David Heilbroner, and is based on the book by historian David Carter, Stonewall: The Riots That Sparked the Gay Revolution. The title theme is by Gary Lionelli.
At Sea

2007

At Sea

2007
7.1
Three segments depicting the life cycle of a freighter boat.
Take the 5:10 to Dreamland

1976

Take the 5:10 to Dreamland

1976
5.8
Its slow somnambulic rhythm, its animalistic jungle sounds as well as the eerily mixed images create a dream mood that comes closest to my actual dreaming-feeling. The long black phases between the sequences are as important as the images themselves because they leave empty space where the "echo" of the last image can seep through without interfering with the following image. But our logical mind still somehow feels compelled to construe some kind of sense, parallel, or some erratic story out of it.
Forget Me Not

2013

Forget Me Not

2013
7.3
David Sieveking left home years ago to make films. Now he has returned – and for a reason: To help his mother, Gretel, who has Alzheimer’s, and relieve her long-time carer and his father Malte for a few weeks. The filmmaker takes on the role of carer and documents this encounter with his camera. Gretel no longer knows the people around her, but her puns and charm have not faded. The time spent with his mother becomes a journey into David’s unexpected family history. Once active in Zurich’s left-wing scene, David’s parents enjoyed a lifelong “open relationship”, characterised by a loving distance and mutual respect. VERGISS MEIN NICHT is a film about dementia, but it’s first and foremost a declaration of a love of life and family.
Blackfriars Bridge

1896

Blackfriars Bridge

1896
5.3
Top-hatted pedestrians and horse-drawn traffic pass over Blackfriars Bridge in London.
Nobody's Business

1996

Nobody's Business

1996
7.7
Director Alan Berliner takes on his reclusive father as the reluctant subject of this affecting and graceful study of family history and memory. Ultimately this complex portrait is a meeting of the minds -- where the past meets the present, where generations collide and where the boundaries of family life are stretched, torn and surprisingly, at times, also healed. Berliner has transformed a story of a troubled man who has sealed himself off from life's pain into a work of universal resonance.
Gay USA

1977

Gay USA

1977
5.5
Documentary about the gay rights movement during the year of 1977, capturing the intersections of diversity in queer life; from vox pop style interviews with lesbian feminists, street drag queens, and straight allies to taking a look at the fight against Anita Bryant and her notorious "Save Our Children" campaign.
Iceberg Slim: Portrait of a Pimp

2012

Iceberg Slim: Portrait of a Pimp

2012
6.2
'Iceberg Slim: Portrait of a Pimp', examines the tumultuous life of legendary Chicago pimp Iceberg Slim (1918-1992) and how he reinvented himself from pimp to author of 7 groundbreaking books. These books were the birth of Street Lit and explored the world of the ghetto in gritty and poetic detail and have made him a cultural icon. Interviews with Iceberg Slim, Chris Rock, Henry Rollins, Ice-T, Snoop Dogg, and Quincy Jones.
TV Junkie

2006

TV Junkie

2006
6.3
Rick Kirkham was a reporter for Inside Edition who appeared on a segment called "Inside Adventure". From the age of 14, he filmed more than 3,000 hours of a video diary; this included footage during his tenure on Inside Edition during which he was addicted to crack cocaine.
Lonely Boy

1962

Lonely Boy

1962
5.9
This short film portrays the story of singer Paul Anka, who rose from obscurity to become the idol of millions of adolescent fans around the world. Taking a candid look at both sides of the footlights, this film examines the marketing machine behind a generation of pop singers. Interviews with Anka and his manager reveal their perspective on the industry.
Acera, or the Witches' Dance

1972

Acera, or the Witches' Dance

1972
6
In mud flats along the coast of Brittany we watch acera, small ball-shaped mollusks that are about two inches in diameter. They rest in mud; then, in water, they dance, their skirt-like hood spreading like a dervish's cassock. They spin and spin. The film adds musical accompaniment. We watch them mate and secrete eggs: acera are both male and female, and can form chains with other acera in which they simultaneously mate as a male and as a female. The eggs hatch, and the cycle begins again.
How Some Jellyfish Are Born

1960

How Some Jellyfish Are Born

1960
6.4
At a marine biology station, a clump of algae reveals polyps, stomachs with limbs, limbs with buds, buds with poison cells. This animal reproduces by buds, which we watch close up in time-lapse images. In another kind of jellyfish, the buds grow inside then live outside for a few days until being on their own. Another produces eggs, sometimes self-fertilized. Some single eggs become buds with colonies. Another clump gathered at low tide consists of filaments of a colony - plumes with poison ends. In images taking 72 hours, we see filaments grow and produce a feeding organ from which a plume emerges. New jellyfish emerge from buds twice a day at set times to form a new colonies.
Porto of My Childhood

2001

Porto of My Childhood

2001
6.6
Manoel de Oliveira's autobiographical documentary about returning to his hometown.
Histoire(s) du Cinéma 4b: The Signs Among Us

1998

Histoire(s) du Cinéma 4b: The Signs Among Us

1998
6.2
Part 8 of Godard's 8 part examination of the history of the concept of cinema and how it relates to the 20th century.
Love Letter to Edie

1975

Love Letter to Edie

1975
6.4
A documentary about actress Edith Massey in which she talks about her life and her career in film.
Huie's Sermon

1983

Huie's Sermon

1983
5
Reverend Huie Rogers is a preacher at the Bible Way Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ in Brooklyn. He is the topic of this short film, during which launches into an epic call-and-response denunciation of human hubris, greed, corruption and failure. The use of lengthy shots present it less like a sermon and more a performance, and induce an almost trance-like state.