1. Halloween Safety
This 11-minute, color film is designed to acquaint primary through intermediate students with Halloween safety. The film presents a little girl who has an unsafe costume. In a flashback, the changes that can be made to make her Halloween safer are detailed. These include reflective tape, removing pointed objects, a clearer field of vision, and others. Suggestions also include waiting to sample treats until they have been checked, observing reasonable hours, traveling with groups, observing pedestrian rules, trick-or-treating at familiar homes only, checking treats for inbedded objects, and safe tricks.
It has an average vote of 8 on TMDB.
2. I Married a Munchkin
Chesterton, Indiana's annual WIZARD OF OZ parade provides the backdrop for I MARRIED A MUNCHKIN, Tom Palazzolo's study of the life and career of Mary Ellen St. Aubin. Self-described as "normal, but little," Mary Ellen details her early start in show business as a performer in an all-dwarf vaudeville act, her brief appearance in 1946's THREE WISE FOOLS, her 1948 marriage to former Munchkin Parnell St. Aubin and their subsequent retirement from entertainment to run a bar in the South Side of Chicago. Two other former Munchkins briefly appear among the day's revelry. Also included is a postscript featuring Mary Ellen briefly describing the original size of her role in THREE WISE FOOLS, which originally featured a line and an ill-fated "flying" effect. - Tom Fritsche
It has an average vote of 4 on TMDB.
3. Aguiluchos de la FAI por tierras de Aragón 2 (Aguiluchos de la FAI por tierras de Aragón 2)
(Aguiluchos de la FAI por tierras de Aragón 2)
It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.
4. Aguiluchos de la FAI por tierras de Aragón 3: la toma de Siétamo (Aguiluchos de la FAI por tierras de Aragón 3: la toma de Siétamo)
The Taking of Siétamo is a report on the activity of the FAI Aguiluchos column on the Aragon front in August 1936 and focuses on the conquest of the town of Siétamo.
It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.
5. Night and Fog (Nuit et Brouillard)
Filmmaker Alain Resnais documents the atrocities behind the walls of Hitler's concentration camps.
It has an average vote of 8.21 on TMDB.
6. Tian Soepangat: Muslim Sailor
Tian Soepangat joins the U.S. Navy out of a commitment to helping others. As a Muslim, Tian is uncertain of his shipmates' attitudes toward his religion, and so he hides it. Eventually discovering he doesn't have to hide his faith, he is free to express pride in his heritage.
7. The Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat (L'arrivée d'un train à La Ciotat)
Likely in June 1897, a group of people are standing along the platform of a railway station in La Ciotat, waiting for a train. One is seen coming, at some distance, and eventually stops at the platform. Doors of the railway-cars open and attendants help passengers off and on. Popular legend has it that, when this film was shown, the first-night audience fled the café in terror, fearing being run over by the "approaching" train. This legend has since been identified as promotional embellishment, though there is evidence to suggest that people were astounded at the capabilities of the Lumières' cinématographe.
It has an average vote of 7.109 on TMDB.
8. Charles Santore Illustrates The Wizard of Oz
Charles Santore, in an expansion of his discussion in “Oz: The American Fairyland” , tells about his experience making an abridged storybook of “The Wizard of Oz”. He tells of his inspirations, the little girl who modeled for Dorothy, the tin man in folk art, and a left to right progression in a journey of identity, with opposing forces pushing the movement in art back to the left.
It has an average vote of 8 on TMDB.
9. M6NTHS
Short film about an animal in captivity longing for the outside. An animal that, like us, dreams, is intelligent, curious, social and sensitive, and in whom we can clearly recognise a soul. The piglet in this movie invites us to see the world through his eyes, which will forever change our view on pigs.
It has an average vote of 10 on TMDB.
10. Stories of Strength and Hope: Preventing Youth Suicide
An up-to-date look at Youth Suicide with an examination of the warning signs, statistics and causes, along with possible ways teachers and parents can use to help their child overcome this important social issue. Also includes a look at the media and its handling of the social issue through the Netflix series "13 Reasons Why" and the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical, "Dear Evan Hansen."
It has an average vote of 10 on TMDB.
11. Feinstahlwerk Burgas (Feinstahlwerk Burgas)
Documentary about a neck mill in Bulgaria
12. George Dumpson's Place
Employing experimental techniques, Emshwiller magically moved through a collection of objects and artifacts in order to capture the spirit of George Dumpson and his backyard museum.
It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.
13. Capicúa (Capicúa)
When we depend on others...
It has an average vote of 7.8 on TMDB.
14. Shadows (Schatten)
Hansjürgen Pohland's short documentary is an audiovisual study that captures events and people on the streets on film. The special feature of the work is that the people and objects are portrayed exclusively through their shadows.
It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.
15. This quiet morning light (Esta serena luz de la mañana)
In the municipality of Cortazar, Salvador Juárez seeks to rescue and share the memory of what it was once like to live there.
It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.
16. The Black Belt
In September 2015, the state of Alabama closed 31 Department of Motor Vehicles offices, disproportionately affecting African-American communities and their ability to register to vote. A band-aid solution in the form of a pop-up mobile voter registration unit is quickly dispatched. It's so disorganized and unprofessional it could be a comedy skit—if it weren't so infuriatingly disrespectful.
17. Tigullio minore (Tigullio minore)
In the Tigullio region near Gênes this shortdocumentary shows the funeral of a local fisherman.
It has an average vote of 5 on TMDB.
18. Just a Guy (Just a Guy)
Three women contemplate their relationship with convicted serial killer Richard Ramirez.
It has an average vote of 4 on TMDB.
19. The Wall
Like the best USIA films, The Wall distills political events into an emotionally clear and compelling ideological "story". In 1962 Walter de Hoog gathered footage from U.S. and German newsreel sources and crafted this taut short film about the first year of the Berlin Wall. Straightforward, keenly balanced narration portrays Berliners as "accepting the wall but never resigned to it". The extraordinary footage of the first escapes was propaganda enough-- His challenge was to make the politics human.
It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.
20. La quemada (La quemada)
12 years later, a failed school short film is resignified to share the multiple experiences that exist in the creation of a film.
It has an average vote of 5 on TMDB.