1989 Movies

Documentary about the German theologian Friedrich von Bodelschwingh

The story of a disgruntled man who fights the constraints and barriers of a walled-in society, one bent on following "The Law".

The greatest emperor of the Qing Dynasty, Chen Long, started his campaign against the Muslims who peacefully resided in the Southeast Desert in China....

A man named Max Willer finds himself walking through a desert wearing a tuxedo and carrying a manual typewriter. He has no idea how he got there, but...

Recorded live in 1989. Incl. Apache, Wonderful Land, F.B.I., Foot Tapper, Atlantis, Theme from The Deerhunter and more...

A woman wakes up and starts her day among a colorful world which blends live action, pixilation, stop motion, cut-outs and animated paint.

A harbor illuminated by the setting sun in a city of Italian style. On the left, a small temple topped with a clock. In the background, a large Renais...

Mexican feature film

Short film about the coelacanth

A short film by Abdullah Habib, shot in New York City.

A document of the artist's three-channel audio/video installation of the same title, Dreamkeeper is the second part of Jones' ongoing transcultural di...

A short documentary about Naguib Mahfouz, narrated by Nour El-Sherif.

This impressionistic 1989 short film, directed by Mark Summerville, imagines gay tribal life on a fantasy South Pacific Island. Shot by Mairi Gunn, th...

A Super-8 film by Willie Varela

Master Kim is an immigrant who runs a Tae-kwon-do gym where he teaches American kids martial arts. Disguised as a businessman, Alex is secretly traffi...

Profile of political activist Claudia Jones, the woman who started the Notting Hill Carnival and founded the West Indian Gazette, the first popular ne...