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[BP S40]

…The footage has the character of direct cinema documentation, following police-community encounters in a Black…

USC HMH Foundation Moving Image Archive
A Lady named Baybie

A documentary on the indomitable, 64-year-old Baybie Hoover and her closest friend, Virginia Ginger…

1980 Direct Cinema 58 New York Public Library
A Shocking Accident

Tells the story of an English school boy who learns that his father has been killed…

1983 Direct Cinema Ltd.
A Shocking accident

An English boy in boarding school learns that his father has been killed in a bizarre…

1982 Direct Cinema Ltd. 25 New York Public Library
A Weave of time: the story of a Navajo family 1938-1986

This documentary charts the processes of acculturation that have occurred in the lives of a Navajo…

1986 Direct Cinema 60 New York Public Library
A Woman, A Family

Offers a personal study of life in the People's Republic of China using direct cinema…

1978 Capi Films
About tap

Investigates the philosophies behind the artistry of jazz tap dancing. Integrates studio performances with interviews to…

1983 Direct Cinema 28 New York Public Library
Afterimage

Shows two people whose creative spirits have not been deterred by blindness. NOTE: Two (or more…

1979 Temple University. Direct Cinema Ltd 830 AV Geeks Archive +1
All nothing (tout rien)

In this luminously animated parable, the creator brings forth the stars of the heavens, the creatures…

1978 Direct Cinema Ltd. 10 New York Public Library
An Army Camp: Nanking

…part series filmed with official approval in direct-cinema mode during the Cultural Revolution. The filmmakers…

1976 Ivens Joris 1898-1989. drt AV Geeks Archive
An Army Camp: Nanking: Ivens, Joris, 1898-1989. Drt

…part series filmed with official approval in direct-cinema mode during the Cultural Revolution. The filmmakers…

Ivens Joris 1898-1989. drt AV Geeks Archive
Anne of Green Gables

A lonely couple arrange to adopt a boy but instead end up with wide-eyed, quixotic…

1987 DIRECT CINEMA LTD 192 Indiana University Library Moving Image Archive +1
Anne of Green Gables: the sequel

After graduation, Anne dutifully remains behind at Green Gables with Marilla. An independent and ambitious 18…

1985 Direct Cinema 230 mi New York Public Library
Best of all a dancer

Focuses on thirty-one-year-old victim of Down's syndrome, Rusty Harman, as he dances…

1983 DIRECT CINEMA LTD 11 Indiana University Library Moving Image Archive
Brooklyn Bridge

A documentary which traces the transformation of the Brooklyn Bridge from a daring architectural and engineering…

1981 Direct Cinema 58 New York Public Library +1
Celso and Cora

A film in the mode of direct cinema which follows the lives, over a three month…

Australian Centre for the Moving Image
Chicken Thing

, A vivid imagination and too much scary television make a frightening combination for a little boy…

1986 direct 12 min. Library of Congress +2
Cissy Houston: sweet inspiration

This documentary examines the professional life of Cissy Houston, mother of pop star Whitney Houston, who…

1987 Direct Cinema 58 New York Public Library
Coney Island

Variously called Sodom by the sea and The Electric Eden, Coney Island was a vast playground…

1990 Direct Cinema 68 New York Public Library
Contrary warriors, a story of the Crow tribe

In Crow culture, a valiant warrior won the esteemed title contrary warrior by riding into battle…

1985 Direct Cinema Ltd. 60 New York Public Library
Cotton candy and elephant stuff

Portrays the lifestyle of a travelling family circus troupe founded by a school teacher. Captures the…

1979 Direct Cinema Ltd. 29 New York Public Library
Couples and robbers

In this wry British comedy, a pair of newlyweds decide that they lack the material accoutrements…

1984 Direct Cinema 29 AV Geeks Archive +1
Cowboy poets

This documentary celebrates the literary tradition of American cowboy poetry and introduces three working cowboys who…

1988 Direct Cinema 54 New York Public Library
Cowgirls

Norma, a weathered Nevada rancher, Melody, a ranch foreman and rodeo enthusiast, and two young cowgirls…

1985 Direct Cinema 29 New York Public Library
Cowgirls: Portraits of American ranch 1986 DIRECT CINEMA LTD 29 Indiana University Library Moving Image Archive
Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment, Pt 2

Crisis - Behind a Presidential Commitment Distributed by Direct Cinema, Ltd; P O Box 69799; Los Angeles…

ABC News AV Geeks Archive
Dancing for Mr. B: six Balanchine ballerinas

The renowned choreographer George Balanchine began creating ballets in Russia at age 16 and later rose…

1989 Direct Cinema 86 New York Public Library
Drive-in blues

Richard Hollingshead invented the drive-in movie theater in 1933 as an innovative diversion for Depression…

1986 Direct Cinema 28 New York Public Library
Einstein on the beach: the changing image of opera

This film follows the 1984 landmark production of Einstein on the beach staged at the Brooklyn…

1984 Direct Cinema Ltd. 58 New York Public Library
Eliot Porter's world

Traces the development of environmental photographer Eliot Porter's career from his childhood on an island…

1988 DIRECT CINEMA LTD 29 Indiana University Library Moving Image Archive
Feeling Good, Feeling Proud

Introduces Heidi Hennessy, a member of a unique ensemble of disabled performers called Theatre Unlimited. Describes…

1982 Direct Cinema Ltd.
Fine food, fine pastries, open 6 to 9

Sherrill's, a restaurant/bakery in Washington D. C., has been serving generations of Washingtonians for…

1988 Direct Cinema 29 New York Public Library
Flamenco at 5:15

Senior students at the National Ballet School of Canada meet with masters Susana and Antonio Robledo…

1983 Direct Cinema Ltd. 30 Library of Congress +1
Flight of the Gossamer Condor, The

, The Flight of the Gossamer Condor Distributed by Direct Cinema, Ltd; P O Box 69799; Los…

1978 Church 27 min. AV Geeks Archive +1
Gullah Tales

Set in 1930 in Southern Georgia and South Carolina and based on folklore of people of…

1987 Direct Cinema Ltd. 12:00 Oddball Film and Video
Half life: a parable of the nuclear age

This documentary investigates the effects of the post-World War II testing of nuclear weapons on…

1985 Direct Cinema 86 New York Public Library
HE MAKES ME FEEL LIKE DANCING 8:00 Library of Congress
Hellfire

The new television evangelists, with their emphasis on political as well as religious doctrine, have been…

1983 Direct Cinema 27 New York Public Library
Herself - Indira Gandhi Part I Direct Cinema Ltd. AV Geeks Archive
I can do it!--Ed Lewis 1986 Direct Cinema Los Angeles Calif. 1986 Series:The American entrepreneur series pt. 1 Indiana University Library Moving Image Archive
I can do it!: Ed Lewis

Ed Lewis, a Black businessman, left his union job to start a commercial printing business that…

1984 Direct Cinema 15 New York Public Library
I can do it!: Judi Wineland

Judi Wineland left a teaching career to start her own travel business. She sells adventure tours…

1985 Direct Cinema 20 New York Public Library
I was a Thanksgiving turkey

This macabre animated short of a Thanksgiving dinner consumed by a slightly sinister family is presented…

1986 Direct Cinema 4 New York Public Library
If you love this planet

In a talk on a New York State campus, Dr. Helen Caldicott, Note d author and…

1982 Direct Cinema 26 New York Public Library
If you love this planet. 1982 National Film Board of Canada. Library of Congress
In her own time

Cultural anthropologist Barbara Myerhoff examines the life of orthodox Jews in Los Angeles. Working with senior…

1985 Direct Cinema 60 New York Public Library
In Search of Rothko

Explores the life and work of Mark Rothko as seen through the eyes of an art…

1982 Direct Cinema Ltd. Oddball Film and Video
In Search of Rothko

Explores the life and work of Mark Rothko as seen through the eyes of an art…

1982 Direct Cinema Ltd. Oddball Film and Video
It's Late Playing with Time / Direct Cinema AV Geeks Archive
Karl Hess: toward liberty

A film examining the evolving attitudes and lifestyle of Karl Hess, writer and philosopher. Former editor…

1979 Direct Cinema 26 New York Public Library +1

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