Picture Books for Adults
An eight film series by Lewis Klahr
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The Trail of Books
Upset that her parents are getting ready to separate a little girl grabs a handful of books and heads off to school without anyone’s knowledge. When her mother goes to look for her the only clue is a single book on the l
The Seven Books
In Merath, five civilizations preserve conflicting accounts of a shared war. When reconstruction specialist Rovan enters an ancient sealed structure, he discovers an underground population for whom sunlight is fatal. His
Thirteen Missing Books
May, 1998. Simon, a university student who loves collecting books, owns thirteen of them. One day, in his small rented room, he is visited by a mysterious young boy, a Book Devourer who seeks to seize all his books. One
The Hundred Books: Alice in Wonderland
"This book is a descent into the soul of a child." On November 26th, 1865, Lewis Carroll's 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland' was published. In this 1973 broadcast, we discover the genesis of this "masterpiece of the abs
Good Books - Metamorphosis
This psychedelic trip tells the story of Dr. Gonzo (from Fear and Loathing) in a Herculean struggle to purchase Kafka's Metamorphosis without paying tribute to our gluttonous, corporate overlords.
The Girl Who Hated Books
Books are everywhere in Meena's house - in cupboards, drawers, and even piled up the stairs! Her parents love to read, but Meena never even opens a book! When her cat Max accidentally knocks down a huge stack of books, h
The Books - Aleatoric
Typically sampling of obscure sounds and speech, records like "The Lemon of Pink" have made "The Books" seminal 21st century music artists. A short profile that fascinatingly matches the tone of the filmmaking to the ple
Mimi Meets Books
Warmly presents how Mimi meets and falls in love with books.
People and Books
In 1929, the German Book Traders’ Association declared 22 March, the anniversary of Goethe’s death, the “Day of the Book”. To boost general awareness of the date, the politically versatile educational filmmaker Hans Cürl
Hit the Books, Harry!
A stressed, under-prepared college student spots a girl across the empty library as he crams for his exams.
The Legends Behind the Comic Books
This new documentary film recognizes the comic book as a true art form, as indigenous to American culture as jazz. It presents comic books as reflectors of a changing America from the 1930's to today, and it hails comic
The Case For Books
This film about Library services in Australia shows some of the work of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Library, the National Library with its varied resources and examples of State, University, special and public service
Fathers of Books
Entering the world of several booksellers in the Safavi building on Enghelab Street and discovering new secrets of old bookstores
The Books Talk
These are the only rules written at Reading Club 2000 — a 24/7 public library that shatters norms and rewrites true access to education. Mang Nanie, a passionate community advocate, strives daily to foster literacy by se
Books for All
A short film about books in the USSR.
The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore
After a hurricane levels his city, a young man wanders into a mysterious library where books literally come to life. This film won the Oscar for Best Animated Short Film in 2012.
Throw Away Your Books, Rally in the Streets
An experimental, psychedelic odyssey through Japanese subculture experienced via the eyes of a disillusioned young man, who must contend with intense familial dysfunction, psychosexual alienation, and existentialist mala
Of Books and Sloths
The sloth. Nature’s champion sluggard. One of the most misunderstood animals in the world. As recent as a century ago, the sloth was regarded as a "blunder of nature." To capture this story, the Moody Institute of Scienc
Thank You for the Books!
A girl, a bag of books, and the home of a near-stranger...