I Be Done Been Was Is (1983)
Gênero : Documentário
Runtime : 58M
Director : Debra J. Robinson
Sinopse
A documentary about four African-American comediennes set in 1984. Restored in 2021 by the Academy Film Archive.
Roslyn é uma mulher muito bonita que acabou de se divorciar. Ela conhece dois amigos, Guido e Gay, que a levam para a casa de campo de Guido em Nevada para relaxar e esquecer as dificuldades das últimas semanas. Tudo está bem no início, mas logo os dois homens se apaixonam por Roslyn e começam a mostrar alguns aspectos ruins de caráter. Em seguida eles encontram um outro amigo do Gay, e os quatro vão caçar alguns cavalos selvagens (Misfits). O objetivo é serem abatidos e transformados em comida de cachorro. É nessa hora que as coisas simplesmente... Explodem!
No Século XIII, o sinistro príncipe Prospero (Vincent Price) vive afastado do mundo, enclausurado em seu castelo, enquanto a temível Peste Vermelha toma conta do resto da cidade. As injustiças do monarca serão vingadas durante um baile à fantasia realizado no interior do seu castelo, quando uma misteriosa figura vestida com uma máscara vermelha revela sua identidade.
Um jovem padre católico de Boston enfrenta o fanatismo, o nazismo e seus próprios conflitos pessoais ao subir ao cargo de cardeal. (e 14 - Estimado 14 Anos)
Jury foreman Edward Weldon's questioning leads to the death sentence for Ethel Saxon. His daughter Stella claims to have killed her lover, the gangster Garboni, just as Saxon was to sit in the electric chair. Restoration by the Academy Film Archive and Blackhawk Films with funding from the estate of David Shepard from a 35mm nitrate duplicate negative and 35mm nitrate fine grain in the Lobster Films collection.
Um trabalhador exemplar morre em um acidente e é enterrado com a sua carteira de trabalho. Para conseguir o direito de pensão para a sua tia, Juanchín sofre os percalços de uma odisseia provocada pelos absurdos da burocracia.
Interview with Jason Holliday aka Aaron Payne. House-boy, would-be cabaret performer, and self-proclaimed hustler giving one man's gin-soaked, pill-popped view of what it was like to be coloured and gay in 1960s Unites States. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2013.
A bored insurance salesman quits his job to go into politics. He first starts preaching about how man is greater than he thinks and that man can live forever. He ends up forming his own political party, "The Eternal Man" party. He begins to be referred to as "God". Then he starts having doubts about the eternalness of man. Restored by the Academy Film Archive and The Film Foundation, with funding provided by the Hobson/Lucas Family Foundation.
A young woman in a photography class begins taking pictures of black men out of fear they will soon be extinct. Restored by the Criterion Collection, Janus Films, and the Academy Film Archive. Supervised by Cauleen Smith.
This film recounts the murder of Vincent Chin, an automotive engineer mistaken as Japanese who was slain by an assembly line worker who blamed him for the competition by the Japanese auto makers that were threatening his job. It then recounts how that murderer escaped justice in the court system. Restored by the Academy Film Archive and The Film Foundation, in association with the Museum of Chinese in America. Restoration funding provided by the Hobson/Lucas Family Foundation, with additional support provided by Todd Phillips.
Kavery Kaul’s engaging documentary traces the history of calypso and soca music from their birth in the African-East Indian traditions of Trinidad and Tobago through its worldwide diaspora, including its popularization in the 1950s by Harry Belafonte and the new independent distribution networks that arose to serve the expatriate community in the 1980s. North American restoration premiere at To Save and Project: The 19th MoMA International Festival of Film Preservation on January 27 and 31, 2023. Digital restoration by the Academy Film Archive and the Women’s Film Preservation Fund of New York Women in Film & Television; courtesy of Riverfilms.
The heroine, Peggy Cameron, is a high-society debutante with a mind of her own. After making a public spectacle of herself once too often, Peggy is bundled off to Scotland, where she is to be looked after by her no-nonsense uncle Andrew Cameron (William H. Thompson). If Peggy's family had hoped that she would straighten up and behave herself in Scotland, they were sorely mistaken. Restored in 2018 by the Academy Film Archive with restoration funding provided by the Louis B. Mayer Foundation.
Touching story of elderly couple David and Eva who go on one last journey across the USA when they discover Eva is dying, ending up with their granddaughter Jeannie in San Francisco. Restored in 2022 by the Academy Film Archive and The Film Foundation. Restoration funding provided by the Hobson/Lucas Family Foundation.
Doc Clayburn retorna ao país com seu programa de medicina e sua filha, Carolina, onde 20 anos antes ele havia sido piloto de uma gangue de fora da lei e ajudado em um roubo de ouro; o ouro, que estava escondido quando todos, exceto Doc, foram mortos em uma luta com um pelotão, nunca foi recuperado. Quando Doc está a caminho para recuperá-lo e apagar a memória daqueles primeiros dias, sua caravana, que foi perseguida por uma gangue rival, é atacada e ele é mortalmente ferido. Pouco antes de morrer, ele dá um mapa do esconderijo de ouro para Jeff Kincaid, um jovem cavaleiro a quem confia o plano de encontrar o ouro e devolvê-lo aos seus legítimos proprietários. Ao fazer isso, Jeff encontra os pesos pesados, e Mistletoe e Crawfish fornecem o alívio da comédia.
The film explains the French Revolution of 1848. Bernard Blier's narration is supported by pictures once drawn by contemporary artists including Honoré Daumier. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2010.
Mixing narrative and documentary filming in a unique way the story is autobiographical and is about a date rape dissecting the characters and circumstances around it. Restored in 2022 by the Academy Film Archive and The Film Foundation. Restoration funding provided by the Hobson/Lucas Family Foundation.
A documentary about four African-American comediennes set in 1984. Restored in 2021 by the Academy Film Archive.
An Oscar-nominated film with no narration showing the Exploratorium (The Palace of Arts and Science) in San Francisco. It shows many of the exhibits and the reaction of visitors to many of these. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive.
Adaptation of a Strindberg play by Lee Grant for the 1974 AFI Directing Workshop for Women. Restored in 2022 by the Academy Film Archive and The Film Foundation. Restoration funding provided by the Hobson/Lucas Family Foundation.
Once crowned "The Princess of Black Poetry," the prolific and political Nikki Giovanni has become one of America's most popular poets. The film highlights the life and work of a poet whose verse appeals to everyone interested in poetry and modern American life. This lyrical and visually provocative film details the poet's coming-of-age against the background of her times: the Civil Rights struggle, Vietnam, and the Women's Movement. In this dynamic portrait, selected readings by Giovanni reveal the values and personal history which have deeply influenced her poetry. Spirit to Spirit unveils the sly wit and sharp insights of Giovanni's multi-layered work, making it a delightful introduction to this talented poet and incisive social commentator. Restored in 2022 by the Academy Film Archive and the Women’s Film Preservation Fund, with support from the Leon Levy Foundation.
PRIMARY DATE 1974 (Copyright year) Preserved by the Academy Film Archive