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1970s Short Documentary Movies

Public list by WPS with 79 movies or TV shows/series

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Di Cavalcanti(1977)

18min | Documentary
3.0/5 (with 10 votes)

This controversial film from director Glauber Rocha records the funeral of his friend, major Brazilian painter Emiliano Di Cavalcanti.

Directed by Glauber Rocha

Bald: The Making of 'THX 1138'(1971)

8min | Documentary
3.1/5 (with 3 votes)

The film features a conversation between Lucas and Francis Ford Coppola, producer of THX 1138. They discuss Lucas' vision for the film, including his ideas about science fiction in general and in particular his concept of the "used future" which would famously feature in his film Star Wars. Intercut with this discussion is footage shot prior to the start of production of THX 1138 showing several of its actors having their heads shaved, a requirement for appearing in the film. In several cases the actors are shown being shaved in a public location. For example, Maggie McOmie is shaved outside the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco, while Robert Duvall watches a sporting event as his hair is cut off. Another actor, Marshall Efron, who would later play an insane man in the film, cut off his own hair and was filmed doing so in a bathtub.

Directed by George Lucas - With George Lucas

Handicapped Future(1971)

43min | Documentary
3.5/5 (with 8 votes)

A documentary by Werner Herzog exploring the different treatment accorded to the disabled in Germany and the USA.

Directed by Werner Herzog - With Werner Herzog

A Tale of Two Critters(1977)

G
| 48min | Adventure, Kids & Family, Documentary
2.8/5 (with 5 votes)

A bear cub and a raccoon become fast friends when they're swept away down a river, away from their families.

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The Last Pogo(1978)

26min | Documentary

Grab some safety pins, practice your sneer and get ready to revisit Toronto's thriving punk scene. THE LAST POGO documents the raucous 1978 punk concert held in Toronto's legendary Horseshoe Tavern-a night of unhinged music and unbridled mayhem. On December 1, 1978, legendary Toronto concert promoters Gary Topp and Gary Cormier-better known as The Garys-presented The Last Pogo, a rollicking, riotous concert at the venerable Horseshoe Tavern. On the bill were seminal bands from Toronto's punk rock scene: The Scenics, The Cardboard Brains, The Secrets, The Mods, The Ugly, The Viletones and Teenage Head. During the concert, the frenetic energy of 800+ thrashing fans in the club boiled over and a near-riot ensued. Filmmaker Colin Brunton was there with a camera crew to capture it all, from the irreverent punk musicians and the slam-dancing audience to the police who tried to stop the show and the firefighters called in to escort people from the premises.

Directed by Colin Brunton

Chicana(1979)

23min | Documentary
3.0/5 (with 1 vote)

CHICANA traces the history of Chicana and Mexican women from pre-Columbian times to the present. It covers women's role in Aztec society, their participation in the 1810 struggle for Mexican independence, their involvement in the US labor strikes in 1872, their contributions to the 1910 Mexican revolution and their leadership in contemporary civil rights causes. Using murals, engravings and historical footage, CHICANA shows how women, despite their poverty, have become an active and vocal part of the political and work life in both Mexico and the United States.

Love Letter to Edie(1975)

14min | Documentary
3.2/5 (with 7 votes)

A documentary about actress Edith Massey in which she talks about her life and her career in film.

Directed by Robert Maier

From a Night Porter's Point of View(1979)

17min | Documentary
3.6/5 (with 9 votes)

At the time of the Polish social regime, a security officer is promoted to work at a prison yard. Introducing concurrently with the narrator; he speaks of himself, his thoughts, his point of view.

Directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski - With Marian Osuch

To Fly!(1976)

27min | Documentary
3.0/5 (with 6 votes)

Early IMAX documentary about the development of human flight.

Directed by Greg MacGillivray - With Ellen Bry

Eno(1973)

24min | Documentary, Music
2.5/5 (with 2 votes)

About the English musician, composer, record producer, singer, writer, and visual artist, Brian Peter George St John le Baptiste de la Salle Eno, made shortly after his departure from Roxy Music. Featuring the recording sessions for Eno's record "Here Come the Warm Jets". A long lost documentary.

Directed by Alfi Sinniger

Hundertwasser's Rainy Day(1971)

45min | Documentary
3.1/5 (with 4 votes)

Hundertwassers Regentag is a german documentary by Peter Schamoni released in 1972.

Directed by Peter Schamoni - With Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Sentinels of Silence(1971)

18min | Documentary
3.0/5 (with 3 votes)

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Directed by Robert Amram - With Ricardo Montalbán, Orson Welles
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Hospitals Don't Burn Down(1978)

24min | Documentary
3.5/5 (with 2 votes)

A fire breaks out in a multi-story hospital in the middle of the night and a male nurse and a nursing sister save many lives during a fire in a major hospital.

Directed by Brian Trenchard-Smith

The Magic of Walt Disney World(1972)

G
| 29min | Documentary
5.0/5 (with 1 vote)

A look at the many attractions, resort hotels, and other amusements at Walt Disney World in its first year of operation.

Directed by Tom Leetch

Interviews with My Lai Veterans(1971)

22min | Documentary, War
3.0/5 (with 7 votes)

Interviews with five former American soldiers who were present at the March 16, 1968 attack on the village of My Lai during the Vietnam War; they discuss the orders that were issued leading up to the attack, their expectations of what they would find there, and the subsequent massacre of the inhabitants and destruction of the village, as well as possible motivations for the killings and rapes which took place.

Directed by Joseph Strick - With Dick Hammer

Blackwood(1976)

28min | Documentary
2.7/5 (with 2 votes)

This short film studies the works of one of Canada's greatest contemporary etchers - Newfoundland-born David Blackwood. The artist himself guides viewers through a step-by-step explanation of the etching process. Scenes of his hometown, examples of his own work and vivid tales of an old mariner recall the tragic seal hunts and a way of life that has now vanished.

Directed by Tony Ianzelo
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Universe(1976)

27min | Documentary
3.0/5 (with 3 votes)

Oscar nominated documentary short from 1976.

Directed by Lester Novros
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The Universe of Mojica Marins(1978)

26min | Documentary

A film portrait of Jose Mojica Marins.

Directed by Ivan Cardoso - With José Mojica Marins

Stop Genocide(1971)

20min | Documentary, History

A documentary film about to resist the brutal action taken by Pakistan occupy army against general people of Bangladesh (previously East Pakistan) in between 26 March, 1971 and 16 Dec, 1971.

Directed by Zahir Raihan

Bala(1976)

31min | Documentary
3.0/5 (with 1 vote)

A documentary about the aging prima ballerina Balasaraswati (popularly known as "Bala"), the most famous exponent of the Bharatanatyam dance.

Directed by Satyajit Ray - With Satyajit Ray

The Distant Drummer: A Movable Scene(1970)

NR
| 22min | Documentary
1.8/5 (with 1 vote)

Robert Mitchum narrates an anti drug propaganda film.

Directed by William Templeton

Background(1973)

20min | Documentary, Animation
3.0/5 (with 1 vote)

Background is a 1973 American short documentary film directed by Carmen D'Avino. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short.

Directed by Carmen D'Avino

Grierson(1973)

58min | Documentary
3.0/5 (with 1 vote)

This feature film is a portrait of John Grierson, the first Canadian Government Film Commissioner and founder of the National Film Board in 1939. Interweaving archival footage, interviews with people who knew him and footage of Grierson himself, this film is a sensitive and informative portrait of a dynamic man of vision. Grierson believed that the filmmaker had a social responsibility, and that film could help a society realize democratic ideals. His absolute faith in the value of capturing the drama of everyday life was to influence generations of filmmakers all over the world. In fact, he coined the term "documentary film.".

Directed by Roger Blais

Whistling Smith(1975)

27min | Documentary
3.1/5 (with 2 votes)

This film is a revealing portrait of a tough cop with a big heart. Sergeant Bernie "Whistling" Smith walks the beat on Vancouver's Eastside, the hangout of petty criminals, down-and-outs and a variety of characters. His policing is unorthodox. To many drug users, petty thieves and prostitutes in this economically depressed area he is more than the iron hand of the law, he is also a counsellor and a friend.

Directed by Marrin Canell, Michael J. F. Scott

Christo's Valley Curtain(1974)

26min | Documentary
3.3/5 (with 4 votes)

Oscar nominated documentary about the largest man-made curtain in the world as "sculpture".

Directed by Albert Maysles, David Maysles

The Silent Revolution(1971)

40min | Documentary
2.5/5 (with 1 vote)

The Silent Revolution is a 1972 German documentary film about molecular biology. The film posits that biologically, man will still be programmed as a hunter and food collector even when there will be nothing to hunt and collect. Evolution is too slow to cope with the rapid changes in our environment, and the countdown of man's survival has already begun. Yet. there may be a chance to influence the steering mechanism of life. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.

Directed by Eckehard Munck, Edouard de Laurot

Naked Yoga(1974)

24min | Documentary
3.1/5 (with 2 votes)

Three young ladies perform yoga without clothes in the open air of Cyprus. Another does the same in a studio. These visuals are interspersed with images of Eastern art, processed for "psychedelic" effect. The narrator relates the practice of yoga to Buddhist philosophy.

Edith's Shopping Bag(1976)

Documentary
3.0/5 (with 2 votes)

An American short documentary video about the opening of Edith Massey's thrift store in Baltimore.

With Edith Massey

Black Film(1971)

17min | Documentary
2.6/5 (with 3 votes)

Director invites six homeless men to his flat for a few days (surprising his wife). He asks officials and people on the street if someone can help them, this being SFRJ, a state officially without those left on their own.

Directed by Želimir Žilnik

The Tide of Traffic(1972)

28min | Documentary

The Tide of Traffic is a 1972 British short documentary film directed by Derek Williams, made by British Petroleum as a contribution to the UN Conference on the Human Environment, Stockholm 1972. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short.

Directed by Derek Williams
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