Defense Against Invasion

The animated documentary - a mix of live-action footage and animation - tells of the brutal everyday life in the orphanages of the 60s / 70s. Often led by Christian orders, more than one million children were physically and physically abused here. The anonymous protagonist tells of her childhood and her very personal struggle against the nuns' arbitrariness and their ruthless authority.

A spider passionately practices classical music on her self-spun instrument. When a fly gets caught in it one day, the spider learns that making music is not about perfection but about improvisation and the fun of playing together.

In 1953, Jacqueline Auriol, a French pilot, is about to go down in history along with her jet aircraft.

BBC medical editor Fergus Walsh examines the extraordinary ambition behind the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid jab. Intended as a vaccine for the world, did politics get in its way?

This animated short is a play on motion set against a background of multi-hued sky. Spheres of translucent pearl float weightlessly in the unlimited panorama of the sky, grouping, regrouping or colliding like the stylized burst of some atomic chain reaction. The dance is set to the musical cadences of Bach, played by pianist Glenn Gould.

Two young lads finely dressed, are promoting Future Business Leaders of America. Giggles, tears, and enjoyment awaits.

Two hopeful migrants must make the long, arduous journey across a desolate landscape toward the promise of a better life only to discover their destination may no longer be the place they believed it was.

This is an educational short released by the Los Angeles Public Library explaining what to expect when you get your first period.

An essay film on the editing of erotic movies.

Norman McLaren instructs Grant Munro on the movements he is to make. The film technique for Two Bagatelles is pixillation, where the actor is animated frame by frame, as in the film Neighbours/Voisins.

Ra Paulette digs cathedral-like, 'eighth wonder of the world' art caves into the sandstone cliffs of Northern New Mexico. Each creation takes years to complete, and each is a masterwork. But patrons who have commissioned caves have cut off nearly all of his projects due to artistic differences. Fed up, Ra has chosen to forego all commissions to create his own Magnum Opus, a massive 10-year project.