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Horsey 1997 star_border 2
Delilah Miller is looking for an anchor in her life. She starts a romance with rock musician Ryland Yale, but soon it shows he can not be such an anchor - he's possessive, undependable and even a heroin addict.

Windflight 1984
Windsurfing's high performance skills are filmed in this display of action camera techniques, from underwater and mast-tops, with cameras mounted on helmets, etc. The first 360 degree somersaults, the largest waves ever windsurfed, and the world's leading windsurfers are featured.

Dinosaur 1980
A short educational Claymation film about dinosaurs. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2013.

Goodnight Miss Ann 1978 star_border 9
Goodnight Miss Ann is a 1978 American short documentary film directed by August Cinquegrana. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2012.

Bass on Titles 1977 star_border 6.1
Explores the visual art of Saul Bass and his contributions to film credits.

Kudzu 1977
Kudzu, or Pueraria Thunbergiana, is a vine threatening to take over large portions of the Southern landscape. Imported from Japan by the Departement of Agriculture in the 30's for erosion control, its spreading growth has become a problem of menacing proportions. Kudzu is an off-beat, witty, informative documentary about the vine that is devouring the South. Featuring the Kudzu Queen, the Kudzu rock band, a cast of real-life characters and an appearance by former President Jimmy Carter, it illustrates how Southern cultural traditions have quickly grown up around a botanical pest. The eminent American poet and novelist James Dickey ("Deliverance"), recites three stanzas of his poem, "Kudzu."

Arthur and Lillie 1975
A film about Arthur and Lillie Mayer, 89 and 86 years old and still young. Arthur can remember being taken to the first movie show in America, in 1895; Lillie was among the first American suffragettes. Arthur Mayer reminisces about his famous publicity stunts for Paramount, his Broadway horror film theatre, and beginning the importation of great European films with Rossellini's Open City. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short.

Braverman's Condensed Cream of the Beatles 1974 star_border 8
Photos, animation, and music illustrate the story of the Beatles.

The Legend of John Henry 1974 star_border 5.3
The folk legend of John Henry, and his contest with a steam engine to cut a railroad tunnel through a mountain, is told in song by Roberta Flack.

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow 1972 star_border 5.5
John Carradine narrates the Washington Irving story of Ichabod Crane and the Headless Horseman.

Clown Make-Up 1972
Frank Darrow of the Wenatchee Youth Circus, applies his makeup for a show

The Occult: An Echo from Darkness 1972
Examines some of the present-day practices of Satan worship and the cults of black magic.

Casual Ties: Casualties 1972
The experiences of a young girl help to focus attention on some psycho-social aspects of the venereal disease problem. Written and directed by Rolf Forsberg (maker of Parable, Stalked, Ark, One Friday).

Quick Rise 1971
A 9-month construction of a 20-story office building, from ground level to completion, is depicted in this film with the use of stop-motion photography. Effects of whisking clouds, sky moods, moving traffic and the rapid rise of girders, concrete and glass work against a frenetic moving crane. A burst of music from Richard Strauss, used by director Stanley Kubrick in 2001: Space Odyssey ironically underlines that another "monolith" is completed.

David Lean: A Self Portrait 1971
A television documentary on the life and career of British film director David Lean. Scenes of Lean directing are intercut with personal interviews in which the director explains his methods, the beginnings of his career, and his relationships with actors and actresses.

Kayak 1970
A non-narrated view of the sport of kayaking. Slow-motion sequences with men and kayaks twisting through rolling rapids and gliding over placid lakes are intercut in this film to capture the excitement and beauty of the sport. The film is not designed to teach skills. - acmi.net

Adagio 1969
A protest film, reminiscent in part of the famous Picasso painting entitled "Guernica". Expressed in child-like Crayola drawings.

Vicious Cycles 1967 star_border 8
A wild, freewheeling spoof on motorcycle gangs in which tough-looking cyclists, who roam the highways on invisible bikes leaving visible tire tracks, pick up a girl hitchhiker encounter another gang.

The Cautious Twins 1960 star_border 3
The animated adventures of twins Dan and Darlene, who spend their time dodging the innumerable adult predators in their city.