Joris Ivens

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New Earth
7.1

New Earth

Dec. 14, 1933

New Earth

The film is a documentary portraying a struggle as man tries to subdue nature. To prevent flooding and for purposes of land reclamation, the ...
The Spanish Earth
6.6

The Spanish Earth

Jul. 10, 1937

The Spanish Earth

This documentary tells of the struggles during the Spanish Civil War. It deals with the war at different levels: from the political level, at the ...
Action Stations
5.3

Action Stations

Jan. 02, 1943

Action Stations

This World War II film highlights the role of Canadian corvettes on convoy duty in the North Atlantic. Battle scenes show a crew sighting and ...
The Flaming Arrow
5.1

The Flaming Arrow

Jan. 01, 1911

The Flaming Arrow

Black Eagle, a renegade Indian, kidnaps the young daughter of a white farming family. Indian warrior Flaming Arrow sets out to rescue the young ...
The Football Incident
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The Football Incident

Mar. 10, 1976

The Football Incident

A César award winning documentary about a high school in Beijing where a student throws a ball in the direction of the teacher who had just asked ...
Movement Studies in Paris
6

Movement Studies in Paris

A study of traffic movement in Paris. Release: Studies in Movement 1928 DVDRIP x264 KJNU tt0164239 General: mkv | 2001 Kbps | 62 MB | 00:04:18 ...
The 400 Million
6.7

The 400 Million

Mar. 07, 1939

The 400 Million

The 400 million people of China are heirs to a great civilization, as their pagodas and stone lions can attest. But they are under attack from ...
Far from Vietnam
7.4

Far from Vietnam

Jan. 01, 1967

Far from Vietnam

In seven different parts, Godard, Klein, Lelouch, Marker, Resnais and Varda show their sympathy for the North-Vietnamees army during the ...
Rotterdam-Europoort
6.8

Rotterdam-Europoort

Apr. 29, 1966

Rotterdam-Europoort

Instructional film about the (former) biggest harbour in the world, with a hybrid format. Well known Ivens themes are revisited, like The Flying ...
The Bridge
6.9

The Bridge

May. 04, 1928

The Bridge

Close shots of a railway train underway: track racing underneath, steam escaping, cars coupling, gears ratchetting, signals changing. The train ...
How Yukong Moved the Mountains
8.0

How Yukong Moved the Mountains

From 1972 until 1974, Joris Ivens and Marceline Loridan, along with a Chinese film crew, documented the last days of the Cultural Revolution, ...
Philips-Radio
7.1

Philips-Radio

Aug. 27, 1931

Philips-Radio

An industrial film which shows the operations inside the Philips Radio plant: In a mêlée of activity, glassblowers make delicate glass bulbs. ...
Indonesia Calling
6.3

Indonesia Calling

Aug. 09, 1946

Indonesia Calling

Commissioned by the Dutch to film Indonesia’s liberation from Japan, but realizing the colonists would not let Indonesians govern ...
Borinage
7.2

Borinage

Mar. 25, 1934

Borinage

Documentary about a miner’s strike in Borinage. Release: Borinage 1934 tt0023828 General: mkv | 255 MB | 00:32:00 Video: 1108 Kbps | ...
The Mistral
7.6

The Mistral

Sep. 02, 1966

The Mistral

Scenes of life and landscape in Provence where a chilly wind called the Mistral blows down the valley of the Rhône to the Mediterranean. The ...
Power and the Land
6.6

Power and the Land

Oct. 01, 1940

Power and the Land

A documentary showing the struggle to bring electricity to rural areas of the United States. Release: Power and the land (Joris Ivens, 1940) ...
Italy Is Not a Poor Country
7.5

Italy Is Not a Poor Country

A documentary about Italy’s underground oil and metan deposits, sponsored by Italian state-owned oil company, ENI. Pictures of the ...
The Seine Meets Paris
7.5

The Seine Meets Paris

Nov. 20, 1957

The Seine Meets Paris

Quotidian scenes of Paris along the quays beside the River Seine. Fishing, snoozing, cutting hair, washing clothes. Lovers embrace as nuns gaze. ...
Song of Heroes
6.8

Song of Heroes

Mar. 13, 1933

Song of Heroes

Soviet solidarity is strong in Germany where the Communist Party (KPD) marches under the clenched fist in spite of police harassment… Radio ...
Our Russian Front
7.1

Our Russian Front

Dec. 14, 1942

Our Russian Front

Using footage taken by Soviet battlefront cameramen, this penetrating documentary about Russian life during World War II is narrated by Walter ...