1970 Movies

Produced at the height of the black power movement in the early ‘70s, Lord Thing is an insider history into the genesis and transformation of the Cons...

In January 1970, filmmaker and activist Pat Rocco went to a gay nightclub on W. El Segundo Blvd. in the Gardena neighborhood of Los Angeles called Mea...

Created in 1968 by Robert Comings and Ben Van Meter in Bolinas, CA. Original sound & music performed on homemade acoustic instruments. Including a ver...

An intimate account of a thousand kilometer journey on a river in the Northeast of Brazil on a self-made raft carrying a small household including tw...

Scenes of the Lesser Antilles.

An evocative 16mm short shot during a visit to Nepal.

How the art in the Detroit Institute of Art connects to life's experiences and the neighborhood.

Instructive short on using cylinders to construct all manner of fun objects.

The documentary is divided into three large segments, which ironically about the "press of the movement"

Shows how a pioneer family prepared their food.

A pop art extravaganza featuring tarot cards. Inks, colors, and pens are taken over by the unconscious, exploding in a fury of nightmarish designs. A...

Marcel Trillat traveled to the slums of Aubervilliers and Nanterre, to meet immigrants of Portuguese and African origin. Composed of images taken on t...

For R. B. and G. M. Filmed in Diesntis, Switzerland.

Demonstrates how police behavior can increase or diminish the hostility potential in everyday occurrences in law enforcement. Sequences illustrate suc...

Featuring Bill Weidner and Connie Brady, BRANCHES was made in a filmmaking workshop at Cornell University during the summer of 1970. The film was impr...

A collage of images showing the two faces of a society. That of poverty and that of wealth. Throughout the documentary, this antagonism is shown: popu...

Filmed aboard a Hungarian ship, this is a journey upstream the Danube, recalling the vital role the majestic river played in the settlement and politi...