Movies: 1970s

During a robbery attempt at the local cinema-plex in 1977, Shawn Davis reflects on the last three years of his life. Movies, cars, girls, college, drugs and personal life-changing decisions....

A documentary on the massacre of Planas in the Colombian east plains in 1970. An Indigenous community formed a cooperative to defend their rights from settlers and colonists, but the government organized a military operation to protect the latter and...

An examination into life and work of celebrated drummer Carl Palmer, a founding member of influential bands such as Asia and Emerson, Lake and Palmer....

Any given Sunday of 1974 in Spain, soccer games in several stadiums, the sarcastic voice of commentators, the inevitable presence of advertising. Goal! The victors and the defeated....

A short documentary about urban planning and the harmonisation of old and new building elements in Jerusalem of the 1970's, led by the architect Moshe Safdie....

The film takes a look at a professional gambler, who very successfully specialized on the German version of the slot machine....

In the 1970s, Baptist priest Radu Cruceru sacrifices everything to keep Christianity alive in Communist Russia....

In the confines of an office in the late 1970s, Brigitte, a young woman of just 20, bears witness alone to the tragic relationship between her older brother, Arnaud, and a young aqua-gym teacher and lifeguard, Valérie. Desires, glances and fantasies ...

a short movie showing a day in the life of Egyptian middle class clerk in early 1970s....

István Szabó reveals a lesser-known side to the public in this work, which strings together eight shorts of Budapest into a single movie. In the piece interpretable as a declaration of love addressed to the capital there are numerous motifs that are ...

A former serviceman joins a movement to challenge the continent's political status quo during the Second World African Festival of Arts and Culture (FESTAC) of 1977....

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"Maravich's 68" is a documentary short that revisits the NBA legend Pete Maravich and his 68-point performance on February 25th, 1977. It includes play-by-play breakdowns, era-inspired editing, and retrospective discussion about this special night in...

A documentary about political activism, rebellion, squatting, and the do-it-yourself attitude among young people on the eve of the 70s. This is the story of how Blitzhuset came to be. We interviewed those active during the uprising; the young people ...

In the 1970s, a journalist who works for the most famous newspaper in his city becomes obsessed with one of the most dangerous killers of his time. When he decides to interview him to investigate his crimes, he realizes that the result of obsession c...

One man's search for the prolific funk legend, Sly Stone....

January 15, 1970: Untold Memories of the Nigeria-Biafra War is a documentary that tells the story of the Nigeria-Biafra war and its end on January 15, 1970. The documentary was produced by the Center For Memories (CFM) in 2020. It features personal a...

The author of Cockfight: A Fable of Failure recounts her long history with Monte Hellman’s Cockfighter (1974), which is effectively illegal to screen in the UK due to staged scenes of the titular blood sport....

From the inner workings of the RAF. Former RAF-member Peter-Jürgen Boock reveal the many secrets and myths about the Baader-Meinhof gang a.k.a. RAF - Rote Armee Fraktion....

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