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21 movies found (page 1/1):

Gay USA(1977)

1h 18min | Documentary

3.2/5 (with 5 votes)

Shot on one day by 25 different cameramen across the USA under the co-ordination of Arthur J. Bressan Jr. this film documents Gay Pride parades across the United States in the late 70s.

Directed by Arthur J. Bressan, Jr.

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Faces of Death(1978)

NR

| 1h 45min | Horror

2.1/5 (with 67 votes)

A collection of death scenes, ranging from TV-material to home-made super-8 movies. The common factor is death by some means.

Directed by John Alan Schwartz

American Boy: A Profile of Steven Prince(1978)

NR

| 55min | Documentary

3.3/5 (with 17 votes)

Martin Scorsese spends an evening with larger-than-life raconteur Steven Prince—a former drug addict, road manager for Neil Diamond, and actor—as he recounts stories from his colorful life.

Directed by Martin Scorsese - With Martin Scorsese, George Memmoli

Filming Othello(1978)

1h 24min | Documentary, TV Movie

3.7/5 (with 6 votes)

Filming Othello is a 1978 documentary film directed by and starring Orson Welles about the making of his award-winning 1952 production Othello. The film, which was produced for West German television, was the last completed feature film directed by Welles.

Directed by Orson Welles - With Micheál Mac Liammóir, Hilton Edwards, Orson Welles

Koko: A Talking Gorilla(1978)

1h 25min | Documentary

3.5/5 (with 10 votes)

A documentary that follows Dr. Penny Patterson's current scientific study of Koko, a gorilla who communicates through American Sign Language.

Directed by Barbet Schroeder

Scared Straight!(1978)

52min | Documentary

3.7/5 (with 4 votes)

The filmed depiction of a program where convicts tell troubled kids about the horrors of prison life.

Directed by Arnold Shapiro

The ABC of Love and Sex: Australia Style(1978)

1h 25min

2.9/5 (with 4 votes)

A tongue-in-cheek sex education documentary covering a different subject for each letter of the alphabet, e.g. A is for Anatomy, B is for Babies, etc.

Directed by John D. Lamond - With John-Michael Howson

Let Me Die a Woman(1977)

1h 19min | Documentary

2.4/5 (with 5 votes)

A documentary on the work of sex-change specialist Dr. Leo Wollman, including interviews with Dr. Wollman and a few of his patients, with an illustrated lecture on the various aspects of transsexuality plus actual footage of a sex-change operation, which is what gives the film its notoriety.

Directed by Doris Wishman

Mysterious Castles of Clay(1978)

57min | Documentary

2.9/5 (with 2 votes)

Mysterious Castles of Clay is a 1978 film about a termite colony; filmed in Kenya by film-makers Joan and Alan Root, and narrated by Orson Welles. (narration replaced by Derek Jacobi, in a later release titled "Castles of Clay")

Directed by Joan Root, Alan Root

The Punk Rock Movie(1978)

R

| 1h 26min | Documentary, Music

3.2/5 (with 5 votes)

Documentary on the London punk-rock scene, circa '78.

Directed by Don Letts - With Soo Catwoman, Don Letts, Steven Severin, John Lydon, Billy Idol, Shane MacGowan, ...

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Budo: The Art of Killing(1979)

1h 41min | Documentary

3.3/5 (with 4 votes)

Budo: The Art of Killing is an award winning 1978 Japanese martial arts documentary created and produced by Hisao Masuda and financed by The Arthur Davis Company. Considered a cult classic, the film is a compilation of various Japanese martial art demonstrations by several famous Japanese instructors such as Gozo Shioda, Taizaburo Nakamura and Teruo Hayashi. Martial arts featured in the film include: Karate, Aikido, Kendo, Sumo, and Judo among others.

Directed by Masayoshi Nemoto

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Always for Pleasure(1978)

58min | Documentary

3.6/5 (with 8 votes)

An intense insider's portrait of New Orleans' street celebrations and unique cultural gumbo: Second-line parades, Mardi Gras, Jazz Fest. Features live music from Professor Longhair, the Wild Tchoupitoulas, the Neville Brothers and more. This glorious, soul-satisfying film is among Blank's special masterworks.

Directed by Les Blank

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Fields of Endless Day(1978)

58min | Documentary, History, TV Movie

The history of Canada's black population.

Directed by Terence Macartney-Filgate

Ocaña: An Intermittent Portrait(1978)

1h 25min | Documentary

2.4/5 (with 3 votes)

The confession, sincere and shamelessly, of the painter's life Ocaña and the reconstruction of his world, his provocations and his experiences. Ocaña, with joy and from his creative marginalization challenges: cross-dressing as a provocation, religion and fetishism, repression of machismo, lawlessness, homosexuality ... Marginal life that was hidden under the Franco dictatorship is openly displayed against the backdrop of a unique artist. A legendary and cult film.

Directed by Ventura Pons - With Ventura Pons

Beyond & Back(1978)

G

| 1h 33min | Documentary

3.0/5 (with 2 votes)

A documentary with interviews of people who claimed to have died and then come back from the dead.

Directed by James L. Conway - With Brad Crandall

Raoni(1978)

1h 24min | Documentary

2.5/5 (with 2 votes)

1978 French documentary film directed by Jean-Pierre Dutilleux and Luiz Carlos Saldanha on the life of Raoni Metuktire. The film portrays issues surrounding the survival of the indigenous Indian tribes of north central Brazil.

Directed by Jean-Pierre Dutilleux

The Last Tasmanian(1978)

1h 46min | Documentary

3.2/5 (with 2 votes)

The story of the genocide of the Tasmanian aborigine population by British settlers. Specifically Truganini, the last living full-blood aborigine.

These Are the Weapons(1978)

59min | Documentary

2.5/5 (with 2 votes)

The agitprop film Estas são as armas by Murilo Salles was edited together from archival images and formed one of the first works to be produced by the newly founded film institute in Maputo.

Directed by Murilo Salles

The Lovers' Wind(1978)

1h 11min | Documentary

3.5/5 (with 2 votes)

A 1978 French documentary film directed by Albert Lamorisse about the landscape of Iran. Lamorisse was killed in a helicopter crash while filming the documentary, during a helicopter-tour of Iran. His widow completed the film, based on his production notes, and released the film eight years later in 1978.

Directed by Albert Lamorisse

Blacks Britannica(1978)

58min | Documentary

A documentary illustrating the black community's understanding of, and response to, racism in Britain. It presents from a black working class perspective, an analysis of racism within the context of British history and the post-war crisis of the British economy. At the same time the film reflects the increasingly militant response within the black community to the continuing attacks upon it, both by organised fascist elements on the streets, and by the state itself.

A Dream Is What You Wake Up From(1978)

1h 1min | Documentary

Three black families, observed in their daily lives, their thoughts, values, and aspirations expressed on the soundtrack, and their different approaches to the struggle for survival in contemporary society and their methods of coping with the contradictory stresses placed on the individual in the family environment.