India Hope: A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Woman

A profile of India Hope, a 24-year-old female poet with Down's syndrome.

Gisèle Freund, portrait intime d'une photographe visionnaire

The German-French photographer Gisèle Freund (1908-2000) went into exile in Paris in 1933. She witnessed many major events and knew some of the most important personalities of the 20th century. Her works include the famo

The COI Collection Volume 5: Portrait of a People

The fifth volume in the COI Collection - Portrait of a People - reviews a patriotic strand of COI film making on the theme of Britain and, more importantly, its people. From encouraging immigration to re-defining the nat

The Portrait of Irma Geisslová, Who Died Sad

Irma Geisslová was a Czech poet and prose writer who lived in the late 19th and early 20th century. The director of the film and its direct participants enter into an imaginary dialogue with this talented author of intim

When a Ball Hit Our Heads - The Portrait of Milko Djurovski

When he was nineteen Belgrade and a half of the former Yugoslavia admired him. Too much money to spend, a famous and desirable pop singer Lepa Brena. Then he left Marakane and joined the black-and-white stripes soccer cl

Jacques d'Amboise: Portrait of a Great American Dancer

A dazzling compilation of previously unissued television appearances from 1956-1965 taken from Canadian TV and the Bell Telephone Hour. He dances Stars & Stripes, Nutcracker, Swan Lake, Afternoon of a Faun and Apollo.

A Portrait of the Poet as James Broughton (Part One)

"I know only that this work is an homage to that begun in cinema by Jean Cocteau in his famous trilogy and that, through James, I have become his successor, however unworthy, to continue the work. This film is the first

Plum: A Portrait of of the life of P.G. Wodehouse

P.G. Wodehouse , perhaps best known and best loved of English comic novelists, is still something of a mystery. Affable and accessible to journalists, he was cripplingly shy and remained inscrutable about his private lif

Hands (For the Eye, the Hand of My Body Draws My Portrait)

Hands (For the Eye, the Hand of My Body Draws My Portrait) 1977 is a black and white silent film lasting 7 minutes and 30 seconds. The work exists in an edition of 5, of which this copy is number 2, and 2 artist’s proofs

Ghost on the Highway: A Portrait of Jeffrey Lee Pierce and The Gun Club

A biographical study of seminal punk blues singer Jeffrey Lee Pierce and his band the Gun Club.

Zoshchenko and Olesha: A Double Portrait in the Interior of the Epoch

About two of the most popular writers of Soviet Russia in the 20s, who largely determined the image of Russian literature of the twentieth century. About their lives, joys, dramas and genuine tragedies.

His Mother's Portrait, or The Soldier's Vision

A wounded soldier dreams of his mother whose framed miniature deflects a bullet from his heart.

Form Sorcerer - Portrait of Sigurjón Ólafsson, sculptor

A documentary about the Icelandic sculptor, Sigurjón Ólafsson. Shot between 1978-1984, the film shows Mr. Ólafsson making a portrait in clay of the late president of Iceland, Dr. Kristján Eldjárn. The proces is shown alm

Portrait D’Une Femme By Ezra Pound

In a post-apocalyptic world, a man turns into a plant.

Winter's Portrait of a Burnt Landscape

Research in the present of a burnt landscape: observation of what exists now, understanding the rubble and remains; discovery of the dead tree’s place in a destroyed land and perception of its immobility.

8mm Portrait Series - Reel #6: Troupers and Surfers, Los Angeles

Cuba Mía: Portrait of an All-Woman Orchestra

In the spirit of The Buena Vista Social Club, this powerful documentary from filmmaker Cecilia Domeyko introduces the Camerata Romeu, a rare group of female musicians with a woman conductor -- one of the most popular act

Ishmael in the Garden: A Portrait of Ishmael Houston-Jones

Pendleton’s video piece focuses on the life of choreographer, author, performer, teacher, and curator Ishmael Houston-Jones.

This Film Needs No Title: A Portrait of Raymond Smullyan

A portrait of the mathematician behind over a dozen well regarded puzzle books.

Au fil du son, un portrait de Yann Paranthoën

A portrait of Yann Paranthoën, French sound artist.