1972 Movies

The second part of Aspects of a Hill by Naomi Levine

The Film Unit at Sheffield University Union of Students produced many fascinating films during the 1950s, ‘60s and ‘70s. This one, with its surreal la...

Thaddeus Stevens leads the attempt to impeach President Andrew Johnson in 1868.

John Quincy Adams and Thomas Marshall clash over a gag rule preventing antislavery petitions to be introduced in the House.

The film documents Andrew Jackson’s fight with John C. Calhoun over a tariff law in 1832.

Should a private citizen have the right to criticize the president, as shown in the story of John Adams vs. Matthew Lyon, 1798.

Covers the disagreements between Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton in the 1790s on how our new government should be conducted.

A teenager uses his interest in surfing to create a profitable business, learning valuable lessons in economics.

Educational film about a small boy whose wonderful imagination gives magic to an old broken whistle.

The film is the book and at the same time it is not. The transposition of the work on paper to the screen is, in this case, the occupation of the conc...

"The film stars Bone, originally named Basil Catbone, a creature who survived several life threatening events to die at the age of 17. He was one of m...

"Glimpses into a day in the life of three children. The three are busy with their lives. We see them, but what are they thinking? My camera screws up,...

From the Psychedelic Series 1968-1972 / Painting on Film, Optical Printer work, Multiple exposure, pioneering techniques from Psychedelic era.

Coming in the wake of a whole movement of wild, ecstatic, psychedelic films loaded with unchecked energy and abandon, Throbs demonstrates a remarkable...

Educational film about the dangers of consumer deals that apepar too good to be true. It turns out they are! Includes "testimonials" from upset custom...

A “Cinéastes de notre temps” series episode directed by french film critic André S. Labarthe, originally aired 10 May 1972.

Through an improvised fiction and interpreted by young people from Nantes, the film indirectly approaches the world of Jacques Demy. A “Cinéastes de n...

A super-8mm work documenting Acconci's audio installation piece in the Sonnabend gallery in 1972 of the same name.

"In another exploration of nonverbal communication, the camera moves back and forth, each time catching one of Acconci's hands in an expressive gestur...