This period compilation of documentaries shot with a Portapak camera from the early era of video experimentation offers an immediate view of the independent New York art scene (concerts and theater perfomances on the streets and in the clubs of downtown).

Tarzan and the Perils of Charity Jones Trailer (1971)

04 October 1971

Jai, the orphaned boy adopted by the Monkey Man, helps missionary Charity Jones bring an organ to a friendly tribe, but they are captured by hostile natives.

Rakhwala Trailer (1971)

12 August 1971

After Deepak's widowed mother passes away, she leaves him with the responsibility to protect his younger brother Suresh.

Pier Paolo Pasolini: A Film Maker's Life Trailer (1971)

01 June 1971

Documentary about Italian movie director Pier Paolo Pasolini, with interviews with some of his actors and friends.

Sevimli Haydut Trailer (1971)

01 January 1971

This film is about the adventures of cowboy Tom as he sets out to exact revenge on his father’s killer, Taylor.

Twenty Thousand Dollars for Every Corpse Trailer (1971)

03 May 1971

Dale and Helen Brais are a marriage of farmers who subsist on what little they manage to get from their land.

Dos mujeres y un hombre Trailer (1971)

02 December 1971

Hurra, bei uns geht's rund Trailer (1971)

19 August 1971

Hands Up, Dead Man! You're Under Arrest Trailer (1971)

17 December 1971

Sando Kid is a medic on the battlefields of the civil war and a pacifist. One day he witnesses Yankee captain Grayton ruthlessly killing wounded and unarmed soldiers.

Brown Skin Gal, Stay Home and Mind Bay-Bee Trailer (1971)

07 September 1971

In this sad world where words unspoken do more damage than words spoken too much, a woman and her lodger are destined to stay on separate paths.

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