Videoteca

The Gift of the Magi 2001
A romantic tale of a young married couple who have little money to buy each other Christmas presents. And so she cuts off and sells her beautiful hair.

The Art of Silence: The Cage 1975
One in a series of twelve films in which the great French mime Marcel Marceau performs some works from his repertoire. In his introduction he describes this pantomime as having a theme that goes beyond time, an allegory showing a man trying to escape an enclosure of invisible walls. He also suggests that it stands for our freedom of choice, stating that for the limited span of our life on earth, we must struggle for the enlightenment of humanity and search for a way out of the cage

Bip as a skater 1975
This Bip pantomime deals with his visit to a skating rink. Featuring Marcel Marceau.

The Painter 1975
short from of Series “The Art of silence: pantomimes with Marcel Marceau and his partner Pierre Verry”. Mime makes the invisible visible and the visible invisible. Marceau’s sometimes comical - but always graceful - interpretation of The Painter in Central Park allows the viewer to “see” objects which are not there.

An Italian Family: Life on a Farm 1975
This film presents geographic and cultural aspects of Italy with an account of one family living on a small farm, who, unlike many Italians seeking modernization, avoid mechanization in preference for a simple way of life.

The Reformation: Age of Revolt 1973
This educational documentary describes the political, social, and religious conditions of sixteenth century Europe. It also Interprets the reforms of Martin Luther as a part and/of these conditions as indications of future trends.

John Keats: His Life and Death 1973
Dramatization short on British romantic poet John Keats.

Slavery In The 70's 1972
Heroin anti-drug educational film

Health: The Dirt-Witch Cleans Up! 1971
Casting her devious filth hex on pig farmers, house painters, and football-playing children, The Dirt Witch delights in making everyone as unclean as herself, until one day a young girl takes pity on her and instructs the soiled sorceress in the ways of hygiene. Produced by the Encyclopaedia Britannica Educational Corporation as part of their “Joy of Growing” series of educational shorts for elementary grade children.

The Haunted House 1971
Follows the experiences of two brothers and their little sister as they explore the inside of a large empty house which is rumored to be haunted.

The Ways of Water 1971
The Ways of Water was made with the Earth Science Curriculum Project and the Environmental Studies Project of the American Geological Institute. A study of the water cycle on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington State, the narratorless, poetic film is enriched by Blank’s characteristically graceful and fluid camera movements. Its musical soundtrack was created using an analog synthesizer." - Dan Streible, notes from The 57th Robert Flaherty Film Seminar

Lord, Let Me Die but Not Die Out 1970
Follows contemporary American poet James Dickey on a three week lecture tour. Reveals the actual thoughts and feelings of the poet through his conversations and poetry readings. Later, he and fellow poet Robert Lowell discuss their dreams.

The Image of the City 1969
"Based on the exhibition "Photography and the city", designed by the Eames Office for the Smithsonian Institute". A primer on the modern problems of and future solutions to growing cities.

The Lottery 1969 star_border 6.7
Every year, on June 27th, in a small village in New England, inhabited by no more than 300 people, a lottery is held in which a family is chosen as part of a ritual to ensure a good harvest.

Whose Shoes? 1969
a close look at shoes

Toes Tell 1969
a close look at toes

Chaucer's England 1958
Follows Chaucer's pilgrims on their way to Canterbury, telling stories as they ride. Chaucer's England (1958) Shows some background scenery taken in England. Presents a dramatization of the 'PARDONER'S TALE.'.

The Pilgrims 1954
Follows the Pilgrims from England to Holland and to New England. Discusses the Mayflower compact and the hardships in the New World.

The American Revolution 1953
Explains strategy, movement of forces and important battles of the revolutionary war. Geographical, social and political factors which brought victory.

The Bible as Literature: Part 1 -- Saga and Story in the Old Testament Release date not available
Deals with the Old Testament as a collection of literary forms. Combines paintings with narrative sculptures to relate the saga of the creation, the expulsion from Eden, and the murder of Abel

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