Papua New Guinea's coalition government won independence of the country in 1975, an event documented in Dennis O'Rourke's previous film Yumi Yet. THe country's first general election followed in 1977. It was organised on the British model, and the chief conflict was between the serving prime minister Michael Somare and the former Governor Gerneral, Sir John Guise. although the...
"It’s a black-and-white record of European cities in the dark (2-5am), from Basle to Belfast. Quiet, and meditative, what emerges most strongly is an eerie sense of city landscapes as deserted film sets, in which the desolate architecture overwhelms any sense of reality. The only reassurance that we are not in some endless machine-Metropolis is the shadow of daytime activity: a...
Jocelyne Saab, jeune journaliste et réalisatrice libanaise, interviewe le réalisateur et l’équipe du film pendant le tournage de Nahla, à Beyrouth.
Le portrait du théoricien du cinéma Serge Daney réalisé par Gérard Courant le 14 juillet 1979 à Paris (France) (silencieux).
Serge Daney's portrait by Gérard Courant (1979 - silent).
The film, mainly shot in San Francisco, chronicles the rise of gay activism in the United States between 1972 and 1978 in the aftermath of the Stonewall riots and before the arrival of the AIDS epidemic. It explores, among other themes, the initial unity formed post-Stonewall era, splintered into numerous factions. The American gay liberation movement, strengthened by the assau...