X-Ray Audio: The Documentary

Ladakh: The Lotus of the Himalaya

January 1974 •Dutch

Short documentary on the Ladakh.region.

Suede: The Insatiable Ones

November 2018 •English

Looking at identity, power, happiness, self-destruction and acceptance, this is a thematic exploration of a group that opened the door for Britpop and led the way for a new era of guitar music.

The Right Timing

October 1942 •English

The importance of timing in athletics

Here, We Are

October 2018 •Spanish

Laughter and joy ring out in a community besieged by drug wars. In Santiago Tuxtla, Veracruz, the vivacity of Rafael and Joel’s music brings people together and lifts them up.

School of Fine Arts. Juniper Landscape

December 1987 •Russian

About the tragic fate of the Estonian artist Julo Sooster and his work.

The Last Waltz

May 1978 •English

Martin Scorsese's documentary intertwines footage from "The Band's" incredible farewell tour with probing backstage interviews and featured performances by Eric Clapton, Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, Van Morrison, and other rock legends.

The Star

October 2013 •Slovak

A documentary on Jan Slovak, a 55-year-old welder, who fell in love with acting. His desire began, when he got the lead role in a theatrical adaptation of the worst movie of all time, Plan 9 From Outer Space by Ed Wood Jr. The passion for theater became his destiny.

As You Dreamt It

January 2015 •English

A leading Australian photographer interprets and photographs the recurring dreams of four refugees living on a housing estate in western Sydney with both moving and highly surprising results.

Beneath the Concrete, The Forest

February 2023 •English

“Beneath the Concrete, The Forest” is a short experimental documentary that takes us inside an ongoing struggle inside the city of Atlanta, GA between two sides to determine the future of Weelaunee, the biggest contiguous urban forest in the country.

Arrival

January 1980 •Hindi

To the city come men, women, fruits, flowers, vegetables, goats and sheep – all ready for consumption. It is the process of consumption/exploitation that forms the core of the film.

Mulheres: Uma Outra História

June 1988 •Portuguese

Filmed as Brazil was transitioning back into a democracy after over two decades of dictatorship, ‘Mulheres: uma outra história’ focuses on various aspects of women's participation in the Brazilian political scene and features interviews with some of the 23 women newly elected to the Constituent Assembly who managed to gain the approval of some of their proposals for the Brazilian Constitution which was being written at the time. The film features appearances from suffragist Carmen Portilho, who reminds viewers about the long history of struggle for women to earn the right to vote in the country, and Jandira Feghali and Benedita da Silva who would become some of the most influential political leaders in the country’s history.

Further Prophecies of Nostradamus

May 1942 •English

This short film applies the prophecies of Nostradamus to events of World War II.

Relatos del fantástico

October 2019 •Spanish

In 1993, Jesús Parrado interviewed actor and director Jacinto Molina, world-wide known as Paul Naschy, and director Amando de Ossorio, two key figures of the Spanish fantasy cinema. In 2019, part of this footage is rescued. The rest has lost forever.

Our Cinema

July 1940 •Russian

Past Perfect

February 2019 •Portuguese

Many cities or countries have a distinct malaise. They are places that could be Portugal, so sunk in a painful longing of the past, and where each tension of the present is only the tip of an iceberg that is explained in successive retreats that can go straight until origin of the species, at least. This feeling common to many latitudes is often presented as a diagnosis, a denial of a painful present as opposed to the desire to return to a glorious past.

Omarska

February 2019 •Bosnian

An attempt to erect a virtual memorial for the victims of the Bosnian war, using archive material, videos and statements from survivors in a 3D animation.

Antigravitation

January 1995 •Lithuanian

An isolated village in the Lithuanian countryside. Seated in her house, an elderly woman recites an old folk story. Then she climbs up the tall ladder that takes her to the rooftop of the church.

An Experiment in Leisure

November 2016 •Dutch

An Experiment in Leisure explores the link between free time and creativity, between leisure and the kind of imaginative contemplation it facilitates.

Bob Marley & The Wailers: Capital Records Rehearsal

October 1973 •English

10/24/1973 Capitol Records Rehearsal Session, Capitol Record Tower, Los Angeles, CA SET: You can't blame the Youth. Slave Driver, Burnin' and Lootin', Rastaman Chant, Duppy Conqueror, Midnight Raver, Put it on, Stop that Train, Kinky Reggae, Stir it up, No more trouble, Get up stand up

Metal: A Headbanger's Journey

September 2005 •English

The film discusses the traits and originators of some of metal's many subgenres, including the New Wave of British Heavy Metal, power metal, Nu metal, glam metal, thrash metal, black metal, and death metal. Dunn uses a family-tree-type flowchart to document some of the most popular metal subgenres. The film also explores various aspects of heavy metal culture.