1996 Movies

Black sleeping-car porters who worked on Canada's railways from the early 1900s through the 1960s were proud men and well-respected by their community...

A film by Joel Schlemowitz

A film entirely devoted to the Audi Quattro, Lancia S4, Peugeot 205 T16 and the Ford RS200.

Zé Luís is 81 years old. This elderly man has always lived in the village of São Martinho in northeastern Portugal. His life has followed in the foots...

Kelley’s commute from Portland to LA in his 1979 Toyota Corolla with special commentary by the Tappet Brothers of NPR’s Last Chance Garage.

Three-channel installation. (Meant to displayed on three 'faux walls' covered by wallpaper, each wall fitted with a 14-inch TV screen hidden behind a...

The life story of Argentine sculptress Lola Mora.

Berlin student Irma plays the balalaika in a gay choir, is having an affair with her married psychotherapist and is getting on quite well with her lif...

This documentary is a set of interviews with women running for Egypt's Parliament in November of 1995. After a review of recent political history (fro...

A visit to the Rotoli cemetery in Palermo, while film director Carmelo Bene reads a fragment of Antonio Pizzuto's book "Signorina Rosina".

An animation based on a short story by Franz Kafka about a country doctor interrupted by an alarm clock on a quiet home evening. In a bomb-ravaged roo...

The Chef was cooking some food with car oil.

A short film directed by Joseph Stalin's great-grandson Besarion Jugashvili. It won the top prize at the 1998 Oberhausen International Short Film Fest...

A documentary about the heroes of the sky in Iceland, a history of aviation in Iceland

The stories of 249 “non-criminal lunatics” and the brutalities they endured while imprisoned.

The determined designer of the Spitfire shepherds it from initial rejection by the RAF to becoming the symbol of Britain's pride and power in WW2.