Echoes from the 19th Century

19th-Century Georgian Chronicle

A poetized chronicle of the events taking place in one of the Georgian villages in the late 19th century, when, to save a forest, the innumerous intelligentsia could rally the people and oppose the industrialists…

A Little Phantasy on a 19th-century Painting

Taking "Isle of the Dead," a work by the Swiss symbolist painter Arnold Böcklin as his starting point, Norman McLaren creates a deeply disturbing surrealist dream.

Daring Women Doctors: Physicians in the 19th Century

Hidden in American history, all women's medical schools began to appear in the mid 19th century long before women had the right to vote or own property. "Daring Women Doctors" highlights the intrepid, pioneering and dive

Paris, Capital of the 19th Century

An essay/experimental film about Walter Benjamin's Passagen-Werk by Benjamin Bardou.

Of Strings and Song — The Music in 19th Century Iceland

Sveinn Þórarinsson (1821-68), kept a diary from his youth until death. His diary entries that concern music are the leitmotif in the documentary Of Strings and Song, which traces the transformation in musical life in 19t

How to Dance Through Time Vol. 6: A 19th Century Ball: The Charm of Group Dances

Relive the splendor of days gone by with this instructional program that introduces 19th-century group dance. Graceful and elegant, these dances were staples at formal events of the period. First, a historical overview i

How to Dance Through Time Vol. 1: The Romance of mid-19th Century Couple Dances

How to Dance Through Time, Volume I gives clear and repeated instructions to teach viewers the Waltz, Gallop, Polka, Schottische, and Polka Mazurka; five dances that were essential for anyone attending a mid-19th century

Hearts & Hands

The film chronicles the lives of ordinary women as well as individuals such as Harriet Tubman, Elizabeth Keckley, Frances Willard, and Abigail Scott Duniway through the great 19th century events: industrialization, aboli

Josefine M.

Josefine is a young streetwalker in Vienna at the turn of the 20th century. She manages to sleep her way to the top by marrying a British aristocrat, and she delights in telling ribald stories of her sordid past to moral