1978 Movies

This very short documentary from the Hinterland Who’s Who series provides an introduction to the whooping crane.

When Masoud Al-Mawardi gets hysterical, his family commits him to a hospital. When he is released, everyone starts to be wary of him. His nephew wants...

A 1977 documentary profiles the life and work of Saar, her fascination with the mystical and the unknown, merging with her social concerns as an Afric...

A film by Arturas Barysas, one of Lithuania's "counter-culture" avant-garde pioneers.

A man tries in vain to escape his self-imposed cage.

A documentary on the F.S.L.N. and its struggle against the Somoza dictatorship.

A large area of England - Cumbria, Northumberland, Durham, Yorkshire - contained in a short film. Scenic splendour everywhere, from the Lakeland Fells...

This short vignette features coal mines in New Waterford and Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, along with traditional Cape Breton folk songs sung by Men of the...

In this film we see Katz drawing and painting. We see his paint table (he drinks Medaglia d'Oro and eats Skippy peanut butter in the country),his stu...

A short 1978 documentary about artist Alice Neel.

Nineteen images in black, sepia, and white light.

A 30-minute film about Helen Frankenthaler, who invented the stained canvas at the age of 24 and influenced a whole generation of "color field" painte...

A film about the well-known Latvian artists, choir conductors - Imants and Gido Kokars.

'Each Peach Pear Plum' is a classic picture book that won the Kate Greenaway Medal. In pictures and words, it introduces the very youngest of readers...

A short documentary directed by Toufik Senoussi.

Debut short by Konstantin Lopushanskiy

Focuses on French artist Edgar Degas and his visit to New Orleans in 1872.

Kaan and his wife Prae quit their jobs at Steve’s dive shop to try their luck by purchasing a small boat to trap crabs. One day, Kaan’s net brought up...

"White, Red and Green Lights" opens with a blank white screen. A performer enters, and the viewer realizes that the camera is placed above the scene...