Moonlight Cocktails
A Street of Memory
A Journey By London Bus
Produced by the British Colonial Unit, A Journey by London Bus offers a calm, orderly tour of 1950s London transport, where punctuality is sacred, queues are respected, and everyone has their fare ready. Or at least they should. Framed through the experience of two African students returning from the countryside, the film presents London’s bus […]
MORE ...NU: The Dustmen
In memory of the master filmmaker Michelangelo Antonioni, his 1948 short film Nettezza urbana, aka Dustmen.
MORE ...A Day in the Death of Donny B
Poor Donny B. . . . Forever wandering the streets looking for that fix to end all fixes. Those around him, his family, people in the neighborhood, functionaries in the system, however, know what’s in store . . . The degradation of junkie-life. A surprisingly non-sanctimonious anti-heroin film, this 1969 cautionary tale uses a docudrama motif […]
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Blue Planet
Produced by NASA, narrated by inimitable Burgess Meredith, Blue Planet was exhibited at air and space museums based in major cities throughout the US during the 1970’s. Beginning with the launch of the first Apollo mission, everyday Americans describe the effect man’s first visit to the moon had on them. With unique footage of the […]
MORE ...Mack Sennett: The Bees’ Buzz
Black Music in America
This tremendous educational documentary from the mid-1970’s examines the priceless contributions of African-Americans to musical heritage, so closely tied to their unique history in the United States. From Africa upon slave ships captive immigrants brought with them melodies, cadences and rhythms that inarguably gave rise to music considered ‘modern’ today. Beginning with the genius Louis […]
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