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1979 Documentary Movies

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The War at Home(1979)

1h 40min | Documentary, War
3.6/5 (with 2 votes)

Documentary film about the anti-war movement in the Madison, Wisconsin area during the time of the Vietnam War. It combines archival footage and interviews with participants that explore the events of the period on the University of Wisconsin–Madison campus.

Directed by Barry Alexander Brown, Glenn Silber

In Search of Historic Jesus(1979)

1h 31min | Documentary, Drama

Re-created Biblical tableaux mixed with interviews.

The Kids Are Alright(1979)

PG
| 1h 41min | Documentary, Music
3.5/5 (with 15 votes)

Through concert performances and interviews, this film offers us a comprehensive look at the British pioneer rock group, The Who. It captures their zany craziness and outrageous antics from the initial formation of the group in 1964 to 1978. It notably features the band's last performance with long-term drummer Keith Moon, filmed at Shepperton Studios in May 1978, three months before his death.

Paperland: The Bureaucrat Observed(1979)

57min | Documentary

Bureaucracy shapes our lives and guides us from the cradle to the grave. This documentary lays bare the idiosyncrasies of bureaucracy, whether in Canada, Austria, Hungary, the Vatican or the Virgin Islands. It also attempts to make the functioning of the public service more comprehensible. The absurdities of bureaucratic behaviour are exposed with humour and irreverence.

Directed by Donald Brittain

My Survival as an Aboriginal(1979)

Essie Coffey gives the children lessons on Aboriginal culture. She speaks of the importance of teaching these kids about their traditions. Aboriginal kids are forgetting about their Aboriginal heritage because they are being taught white culture instead.

Directed by Essie Coffey

Document of the Dead(1981)

1h 31min | Documentary, Horror
3.4/5 (with 13 votes)

A documentary about George A. Romero's films, with a behind scenes look at Dawn of the Dead.

Directed by Roy Frumkes

80 Blocks from Tiffany's(1979)

1h 7min | Documentary, Crime
3.4/5 (with 10 votes)

This 1979 documentary depicts the daily life of gangs in the South Bronx. It deals primarily with two African American and Puerto Rican gangs known as the "Savage Skulls" and the "Savage Nomads".

Directed by Gary Weis

Lost and Found: The Story of Cook's Anchor(1979)

40min | Documentary
3.5/5 (with 1 vote)

Director David Lean became involved in the search for an anchor lost by Captain Cook in 1773. This documentary follows the search for this historic item.

Directed by David Lean

The Pythons: Somewhere in Tunisia, Circa A.D. 1979(1979)

3.6/5 (with 4 votes)

Ten years ago exactly, more or less, give or take a day or two, six young men sat down, or maybe stood, or perhaps some of them just lounged, and wrote the first episode of a new series called Owl Stretching Time. They were called Graham Chapman , John Cleese, Terry Gilliam , Eric Idle,Terry Jones and Michael Palin and later both they and the series became known as Monty Python 's Flying Circus . Today they are the best known British comedy group in the world, famous from Cathay to Kathmandu, from Sydney to Sidcup (except in Japan where the programme is called The Gay Boys' Dragon Show ... say no more). To commemorate their tenth anniversary a BBC team tracked them down in the deserts of Tunisia where they were filming their Life of Brian and almost persuaded them to examine the genesis, the genius and the gender of Monty Python.

Derek and Clive Get the Horn(1979)

1h 29min | Comedy
2.9/5 (with 3 votes)

A documentary recording the making of Peter Cook and Dudley Moore's comedy album Derek and Clive Ad Nauseam.

Directed by Russell Mulcahy - With Peter Cook

The Wobblies(1979)

1h 29min | Documentary
3.3/5 (with 2 votes)

"Solidarity! All for One and One for All!" With that slogan, the Industrial Workers of the World, aka the Wobblies, took to organizing unskilled workers into one big union and changing the course of history. This award-winning film airs a provocative look at the forgotten American history of this most radical of unions, screening the unforgettable and still-fiery voices of Wobbly members--lumberjacks, migratory workers, and silk weavers--in their 70s, 80s, and 90s.

Directed by Stewart Bird, Deborah Shaffer

A Respectable Life(1979)

1h 42min | Documentary
3.5/5 (with 10 votes)

"A Respectable Life" - A decade has gone by and the spirit of the preceding film, Dom kallar oss mods, has disappeared. Kenta is an alcoholic and lives with his girlfriend Eva. Together they have a son, Patric. Kenta's mom is in jail for manslaughter and Kenta goes to Kronoberg to greet her. Heroin also comes to play and Stoffe is one of those who falls victim to it. He lives with his girlfriend Lena and their young son, Janne. Lena later throws Stoffe out their home when she gets enough of his abuse, and he is forced to live with his mother. Kenta calls Stoffe and decides to meet him, and he tries to persuade him to give up heroin, but the two have a falling out and they separate. This film features other users from the previous film, such as Jajje and Kenta Bergkvist. The film ends with the death of a prominent person in the trilogy.

Directed by Stefan Jarl - With Kenta
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My Name Is Anna Magnani(1980)

1h 45min | Documentary
4.0/5 (with 1 vote)

Traces the life of Anna Magnani, her creations, her successes, her triumphs, her boycotted career, her nonconformism, her anxieties, her generosity ... Punctuated with photos that tell her career in theater and cinema, Extracts of films, this documentary portrait also gives the floor to his friends and relatives, from Roberto Rossellini to Marcello Mastroianni, through Federico Fellini.

From Mao to Mozart: Isaac Stern in China(1981)

2.8/5 (with 3 votes)

A beautiful expression of two differing cultures brought together by the warmth and dedication of a great musician and humanitarian. In 1979, as China re-opened its doors to the West, virtuoso Isaac Stern received an unprecedented government invitation to tour the country.

Directed by Murray Lerner - With Isaac Stern, David Golub, David Stern

No Maps on My Taps(1979)

58min | Documentary
3.5/5 (with 1 vote)

The remarkable spirit of tap dancers and their history provides a joyous backdrop for intimate portraits of hoofers Sandman Sims, Chuck Green, and Bunny Briggs.

Directed by George Nierenberg - With Howard Sims, Bunny Briggs, Chuck Green, Lionel Hampton

Cinema Cinema(1979)

Director Shah Krishna compiled this compelling documentary of Indian cinema after spending two years searching through film archives from all over the world. Included are films from the turn of the 20th century through the 1970s to illustrate various schools of filmmaking and the historical progression of the art form.

Best Boy(1979)

1h 51min | Documentary
3.3/5 (with 3 votes)

In this documentary, the director follows the day-to-day activities of his retarded, middle-aged cousin Philly, over a three-year period.

Directed by Ira Wohl - With Zero Mostel

The Last Of The Blue Devils - The Kansas City Jazz Story(1979)

R
| 1h 30min | Music, Documentary
3.5/5 (with 1 vote)

Documentary film detailing the history of Kansas City jazz.

Directed by Bruce Ricker

Dirt(1979)

1h 35min | Documentary
3.0/5 (with 1 vote)

From motorcycles to Swamp buggies; from Pike Peak to Baja California - "Dirt" covers the motorsports world of off-road racing and competitions. There is humor, drama, and suspense in this light-hearted view of off-pavement competition.

Mueda, Memory and Massacre(1979)

1h 20min | Documentary
2.5/5 (with 1 vote)

Mueda was a massacre. The name is that of the village in Northern Mozambique where in 1960 it took place. The Portuguese colonial regime did the killing. In independent Mozambique, those inhabitants of Mueda who survived regularly re-enact the massacre in situ. They themselves play the roles of victims, assassins, and spectators. Ruy Guerra, now a Brazilian but born in Lourenço Marques (now Maputo, the capital of Mozambique), filmed this extraordinary creation of liberated popular culture, intercutting it with first-hand interviews on the massacre. The mix is compelling, and the grave yet joyous spectacle unique.

Directed by Ruy Guerra

Going the Distance(1979)

1h 30min | Documentary

Canadian documentary film directed by Paul Cowan about the 1978 Commonwealth Games.

Directed by Paul Cowan

Tally Brown, New York(1979)

1h 37min | Documentary
2.5/5 (with 1 vote)

Tally Brown, New York is a 1979 documentary film directed, written and produced by Rosa von Praunheim. The film is about the singing and acting career of Tally Brown, a classically trained opera and blues singer who was a star of underground films in New York City and a denizen of its underworld in the late 1960s. In this documentary, Praunheim relies on extensive interviews with Brown, as she recounts her collaboration with Andy Warhol, Taylor Mead and others, as well as her friendships with Holly Woodlawn, and Divine. Brown opens the film with a cover of David Bowie’s “Heroes” and concludes with “Rock ’n’ Roll Suicide.” The film captures not only Tally Brown’s career but also a particular New York milieu in the 1970s.

The Killing Ground(1979)

49min | Documentary
2.5/5 (with 1 vote)

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Front Line(1981)

56min | Documentary
2.5/5 (with 2 votes)

Front Line is a 1981 Australian documentary film directed by David Bradbury. It follows the career of Tasmanian-born combat cameraman Neil Davis, particularly his time in South Vietnam and Cambodia in the late 1960s and early 1970s. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.

Directed by David Bradbury

Killing Us Softly: Advertising's Image of Women(1979)

30min | Documentary
2.5/5 (with 2 votes)

Taking advertisements from magazines, newspapers, album covers and shop front windows, KILLING US SOFTLY presents specific examples of the ways in which advertisements reinforce stereotypes, affect our self-image and how we relate to each other, our concepts of success and worth, love and sexuality, popularity and normality. Using an intriguing mixture of statistics, humor, insight and outrage, Jean Kilbourne questions how far the use and abuse of women in advertising is connected to the sexual exploitation of women at large and the increasing incidence of child abuse.

Directed by Margaret Lazarus, Renner Wunderlich - With Jean Kilbourne

The American Game(1979)

1h 29min | Documentary

Documentary film contrasting the experiences of two high-school seniors, basketball players from remarkably different backgrounds. Brian Walker is taken from his close-knit Indiana family, living in a small town. In contrast, Stretch Graham has practically no family support, and looks to his Brooklyn team and his warm-hearted coach for support. Both are actively being recruited by colleges.

Happy Birthday, Charlie Brown(1979)

1h

A television special celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Peanuts comic strip and the 15th anniversary of animated Peanuts specials on CBS.

Directed by Phil Roman

With Babies and Banners: Story of the Women's Emergency Brigade(1978)

48min | Documentary
3.0/5 (with 2 votes)

With Babies and Banners: Story of the Women's Emergency Brigade is a 1979 documentary film directed by Lorraine Gray about the General Motors sit-down strike in 1936–1937 that focuses uniquely on the role of women using archival footage and interviews. It provides an inside look at women's roles in the strike. The film was one of the first to put together archival footage with contemporary interviews of participants and helped spur a series of films on left and labor history in the US utilizing this technique. The film was also important in helping bring into view the history of American women being active in the public sphere, particularly in union and labor actions. The film was, further, ground breaking because it was produced and directed by women. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.

Directed by Lorraine Gray

A Balinese Trance Seance(1981)

30min | Documentary

Bringing offerings of rice, flowers, and woven coconut leaves, clients visit Jero in her household shrine to determine the cause of their son's death. Jero lights an incense brazier, sprinkles holy water, and recites mantras as preliminaries to trance. Several ancestors and finally the young son speak through her voice, revealing the nature of his premature death (witchcraft) and his wishes for cremation. In contrast to other films about Balinese trance which focus on spectacular, community performances, this film provides an intimate view of a fascinating process of communication between Jero, the spirits, and her clients who are at one point moved to tears. (der.org)

Directed by Tim Asch, Linda Connor, Patsy Asch, Linda Conner

Generation on the Wind(1979)

58min | Documentary

1979 documentary film produced by David Vassar. The film is a character study centered on a rag tag group of young artists, mechanics and environmental activists who successfully built the largest electrical generating windmill in the world.

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