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Rincón de paz, Un [A corner of peace]

Date produced: 1969

Filmmaker(s):

Miguel Ángel Quintana

Description:

Documental sobre la Semana Santa en una ciudad de Castilla, donde la paz contrasta con la violencia de otras partes del mundo.

Documentary about the Holy Week in a city of Castilla, where peace contrasts with the violence lived in other parts of the world.


You’re Putting Me On

Date produced: 1969

Filmmaker(s):

Don B. Klugman

Description:

"This film seems to pick up the same couple from “I’ve Got This Problem” (played by Don Klugman and Judy Harris) a few years later, as they attend a swinging bohemian party where they pilfer personal objects from the unsuspecting guests." Chicago Film Archives.


Peace Beat

Date produced: 1969

Filmmaker(s):

John Primm

Description:

"A short amateur film that show “how to stop a war without trying anything much.” Footage of protesters and activists advocating against the war in Vietnam are intercut with altered images of war." via Chicago Film Archives


Abstract Patterns

Date produced: 1969

Filmmaker(s):

Sol Falon

Description:

"Abstract Patterns is a two-minute abstract film by Sol Falon of Teaneck, N.J. - a beautiful "shorty" of color and design that is fast moving and stimulating" PSA Journal, Nov. 1969, 56; "A short amateur experimental film featuring mid-century paintings from Pablo Picasso, Wassily Kadinsky, Piet Mondrianand Joan Miro. Disributed by the Society of Amateur Cinematographers (SAC)." Chicago Film Archives


Pensioner, The

Date produced: 1969

Filmmaker(s):

Charles E. Phillips

Description:

"Film is about how the cost of living increases especially affecting seniors or those on pensions. Among the cast are Jack Davidson as the pensioner and Jean Phillips as his wife. Music by students of Langstaff Secondary School" Archives of Ontario.


Jazzflections

Date produced: 1969

Filmmaker(s):

Leon Paquette

Description:

Jazzflections is a sound and color blending film by Leon Paquette of Lynn, Mass. It's 2½ minutes of experimenting in how music looks color-wise and shape-wise. It's short enough to be entertaining and yet long enough to let you know how some other guy feels about the sound of music," PSA Journal, Mar. 1970, 44.


Higher and Upper

Date produced: 1969

Description:

"Film focuses on women with short skirts walking inside or outside, shopping, with baby carriages or shopping carts, sitting down or walking down stairs" Archives of Ontario.


Kördüğüm [Deadlock]

Date produced: 1969

Filmmaker(s):

Muammer Özer

Description:

“Ruhi Su ve Rahmi Saltuk türküleri eşliğinde yoksulluk ve emek sömürüsünü ve mücadeleyi, direnişi farklı, ilginç bir kurgu ile anlatmış. 13 dakikalık 1969 yılı koşullarını düşünerek izlemek gerekiyor.” Sinematek.tv: http://sinematek.tv/kordugum-1969-2/ (15 Oct 2019).

“Accompanied by Ruhi Su and Rahmi Saltuk’s folk songs, the film tells the story of poverty, struggle, and resistance in a different way, with an interesting montage. This 13-minute-long film requires audiences to acknowledge the contexts of the year 1969 in viewing.” Sinematek.tv: http://sinematek.tv/kordugum-1969-2/ (15 Oct 2019).


Amentü Gemisi Nasıl Yürüdü? [How Was the Amentü Ship Steered?]

Date produced: 1969

Filmmaker(s):

Sezer Tansuğ

Tonguç Yaşar

Description:

“The question ‘How was the mentü ship Steered’ bears two meanings: as inference in the sense of ‘faith,’ as well as the relation between the notions of ‘imagery, logos, and action.’ The answer is ‘divine love,’ regardless of the form of the question: the Amentü ship is navigated by the love of God. ” Zeynep Gemuhluoglu, tsa.org: https://www.tsa.org.tr/en/yazi/yazidetay/67/%EF%BF%BD%EF%BF%BDmentu-gemisi-nasil-yurudu (16 Oct 2019).


Moon Journey

Date produced: 1969

Filmmaker(s):

Charles Braverman


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