May Day!
May Day! is a feature-length documentary which follows Oxford's thousand-year old tradition of May Morning, the largest celebration of its kind, regularly attracting over 15,000 people each year. It is a collage-like po
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May Day! is a feature-length documentary which follows Oxford's thousand-year old tradition of May Morning, the largest celebration of its kind, regularly attracting over 15,000 people each year. It is a collage-like po
In Thierry's living room, several people have gathered. None of them know each other but they are all there to try and fulfil the same dream. They want to find a job... and quickly. But we're in Brussels, so nothing goes
May Day follows 16-year-old Gemma on a birthday that she spends with herself. After allowing herself to feel, she leaves her room to enter a house that she is not familiar with. Following the sound of chatter through the
In this experimental documentary, a transgender woman reflects on being harassed by a stranger.
12 strangers, 14 days, no electricity, no phones, for an immersive retreat. Withdrawn from the world in an ancient forest, without electricity or social media, the participants work on their dark sides to discover part o
In their five-year ongoing strike, the workers are still surviving and struggling to make ends meet. Deni Purba sells used clothes after being released from prison. Steven Yawan who still continues to speak loudly in the
Drawing on archival footage from four separate film productions that documented the protests of early May, 1970, this short film creates a kaleidoscopic portrait of the response to the New Haven Black Panther trials.
In 2015 Charlie Bird recorded a series of interviews to capture what the marriage equality referendum meant to the LGBT community in Ireland. Now, Colin Murphy retraces his steps to find whether the referendum delivered
German made-for-TV musical extravaganza starring Monty Python.
May Day parade and procession on the streets of Berlin, many Nazi flags on buildings and people in crowds. c. 1936, 16mm color.
This film documents a rally in San Francisco sponsored by the Black Panther Party. Kathleen Cleaver, Bobby Seale, and other speakers addressed thousands of protesters demanding more rights for African Americans and calli
After ten years in Germany, Armin returns to Bosnia. He just got married and wants to surprise his father, but he is not home. Neighbours say that he has been arrested, nobody knows why. The papers say that he is a suspe
Crowds gathered outside the California Supreme Court await the decision regarding validity of Proposition 8. Emotions run high on both sides, with the LGBT community taking to the streets to protest the decision.
Ten-year-old Joaquín observes the feminine and masculine world around him wordlessly. On the eve of Mother's Day in 2000, his teenage sister runs away from home, upsetting the fragile balance of the household. Perplexed,
Immediately after liberation, an incident called 'Jeju Uprising' took place on Jeju Island, the Hawaii of Korea, under the control of the US military government. As a result, about one-tenth of the total population of th
Delivery man Hyun-soo has to go pick up his daughter by 5 o’clock after work. However, the elevator in the apartment, the last delivery destination, is broken. hyeon-soo has no place to leave the parcel, so he goes up th
Mixture of amateur and newsreel footage of George V's silver jubilee. Included on the BFI DVD "A Royal Occasion".
On May 12th, Deng Shengyin from Beichuan was working outside. When he heard the news, his wife Zhu Xiaorong, who was in the county seat, had fortunately escaped the disaster, but the child who had just gone to school nev
"Workers Rise up Against War" a banner proclaims, as crowds gather in central London on May Day 1932. After marching to Hyde Park and listening to speeches from (among others) communist leader Harry Pollitt, the marchers