1981 Movies

In this groundbreaking and rare account of the 1980 Notting Hill Carnival, the filmmakers weave together a range of performances from reggae bands Asw...

Experimental documentary short shot with the peculiar style of Beryl Sokoloff. 16mm, 9 minutes.

Filmed at the start of Greenham Common. Women sit in the dark round the fire, occasionally someone throws more wood on the fire and we see them talkin...

A young Pauline Petty's Sunday dinner used to be sage and onion stuffing sandwiches, but in the 80s she topped the bill at her own nightclub in Whitle...

The 38th GRAND MATCH of the Royal Caledonian Curling Club held on the frozen Lake of Menteith in 1979.

Directed by Deborah Jo Short.

The porajmos, that is, the Roma holocaust, is an area of 20th century history that is still not fully explored. There are no accurate details on the n...

A LaserDisc-exclusive sound and image ski fantasy from 1981 by Japanese producers, soundtracked by the pop rock band Talizman.

Self-explanatory film. Animation and live action. Homemade and found fragments tortured on an optical printer. The dog barks are fake. The chicken cam...

Concert Bobino 1981 is a live album by French progressive rock band Magma. The audio material for the CD was recorded between 27 and 30 May 1981 b...

Adapted from a novel by Edmond Wilson, the story follows two men, a horde of teals, and hundreds of snapping turtles as they collide in an absurd worl...

Kotobuki-cho is a section of Yokohama whose residents consist of about 4500 single men, 300 women and 180 children. The day laborers living there have...

A Century of Struggle chronicles the hundred-year history of the NZ Seamen’s Union from its formation in 1879. Using original film and archive footage...

Here is a list of the videos and performances on Volume 8: 01 Toxic Reasons-Destroyer, Vote Two Little Skeletons 02 Z'ev-Art 03 Minimal Man-Imagina...

This is Volume 7 of Target Video's compilation video series Underground Forces. This one has some really fascinating material for fans of obscure vid...

This is Volume 6 of Target Video's compilation video series Underground Forces. Here is a list of the videos and performances on Volume 6: 01 Iggy P...

The association of Whitby with Bram Stoker’s Dracula is fairly well-known; the writer Leo Walmsley less so. Michael Clegg takes us on a journey around...

Here is a list of the videos and performances on Volume 5: 01 Killing Joke-Follow the Leader, Exit (Film) /// 02 Code of Honor-Fight or Die (Live) /...