Gliding flight, soaring flight and flapping flight are presented as basic types of bird flight. The development of lift and propulsion are explained in the animation. Special features of shaking flight, take-off and landing are shown for different types of birds.
Rafa is a guy who dreams a lot and sleeps very little. He’s no longer a teenager and he’s one step ahead to become an adult, this would become more difficult than he ever thought.
The role of African Americans in the recovery years of the Great Depression is the subject of this informational short, which offers an idealized depiction of life in a segregated society.
The Chaperone tells the true, previously untold story of a lone school teacher who fought off an entire motorcycle gang while chaperoning a middle school dance in a church basement in 1970s Montreal, Canada.
A video essay by Mark Rappaport, which spans René Magritte and Michelangelo to Bonnie & Clyde. Let’s mask up to rob a bank! But make sure that you are home before the curfew.
Part of Chris Marker’s Three Video Haikus series, Owl Gets in Your Eyes observes owls and their young in quiet close-up, capturing their shifting expressions and watchful gaze.
In Mexico, a country where indigenous people are increasingly displaced and discriminated against, Lupita, a survivor of one of the worst massacres in the country’s history, finds her voice in a movement led by indigenous women.
Part of Chris Marker’s Three Video Haikus series, Tchaïka is a brief visual meditation showing an overexposed view of a bridge and the river flowing beneath it.
Popular movie trailers from 1980
These some of the most viewed trailers for movies released in 1980:
An escaped convicted murderer invades the cottage of a man, his wife and the wife's sister, whereupon he proceeds to torment this already dysfunctional trio with rape and violence.
Acclaimed dramatization recreating the incidents surrounding the 1971 revolt in New York's Attica State Prison that lasted for 23 days and resulted in the greatest casualty toll between Americans since the Civil War.
A remake of Vávra's 1948 atomic age thriller Krakatit. Engineer Prokop creates the devastating explosive “Krakatit” and soon confronts manipulative agents and imperialist conspiracies.
Industrialist Sood's manager Vishal gets expelled for siphoning off money from the company. To seek revenge, he kidnaps Babloo, one of Sood's twin sons, and inducts him into the criminal world.