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Produced by Ireland's National Television with the assistance of Richard Ellmann, the program was shot in Joyce’s tracks in Dublin, Trieste, Zurich, Rome, London, and Paris; it draws on the reminiscences of numerous asso
In Georges Seurat’s work, the viewer will surely never “miss the point”. The son of wealthy Parisians took modern life as his theme. Excited by recent theories of colour, he developed the technique of pointillism, whereb
Work is becoming more service oriented and more and more services rely upon us doing harm to each other. In most people's lives, work operates as a degrading and debilitating force. It disables people's critical and per
A short film collection featuring the winning works of the "2nd Japan Horror Film Awards".
Len Lye (1901-1980) was a pioneer of experimental animation, and also of kinetic sculpture. This short film dramatically presents 18 minutes inside the head of the artist as a teenager. The opening scenes are set in New
A jewel thief finds refuge from an officer in the form of a jobless man with a clown costume.
Billy Hopkins, due to the fickleness of Blanche, his fiancée, develops a jealous rage when the fat Harry openly flirts with Blanche. Johnnie advises Billy to do some flirting of his own, and comments that Sonia Curbs can
When two teenage girls accidentally hire a stripper instead of a dance teacher, the three form an unexpected bond.
Les Blank's poetic documentation of 1967's Los Angeles Easter Sunday Love-In.
This film profiles the history, culture, and farm produce of the Caribbean territory of Puerto Rico. The film emphasizes the self-reliant nature of Puerto Rican farmers and their families, the difficulties they face, and
By Kwame Braun. Color, 24 mins, 1998. From distributor Documentary Educational Resources: At a street festival in West Africa, a young girl is delighted to discover a video camera trained on her. But her exuberant disp
Mike, half Swiss, half American, is a friend of Portuguese director Fernando Lopes. He’s a painter and has been living in Portugal for 30 years, making him also Portuguese. His stage name is Michael Biberstein. His inter
Stan’s Window: This companion to Marilyn's Window was Brakhage housebound when he made this film. Work in Progress contains some of the last rolls he ever photographed.
Activist James Richards is an icon of the Bayview Hunters Point neighborhood. For 80 years, he has fought steadfastly to provide his community with what they urgently need: jobs. As a leader of the Aboriginal Blackman Un
“This film is remarkable in several respects. In the first place, it is full life-size. Secondly, it is the only accurate recent portrait of the great inventor. The scene is an actual one, showing Mr. Edison in working d
Two hit men are sent to the same job at the same time, only to find the target already dead. A psychological battle ensues as they duke it out to see who will claim the hit.
A carefully negotiated balance between frenzy and meditation, a frail and unstable whole saturated with an enigmatic opacity and symbolism, Last Work is also a politically committed, ethically-charged piece reflecting on
Women's work' takes on a new meaning in this diverting film showing the range of jobs taken by female workers in WWI, whether delivering post, driving lorries, hauling timber, or selling tickets on the trams. Some of the
Taking a look at more than just DIY in the home - we look at a DIY town situated in the Cotswolds and a DIY narrow gauge railway in Wales.