Filmakers Library Movie Trailers

Natives Trailer (1991)

01 January 1991

Natives is a black and white documentary that captures the views of people in the anti-immigration movement in San Diego as a result of the influx in undocumented aliens.

"Last Year's Rain Fell on a Monday:" With the Herdsmen - Nomadic Himba Trailer (1993)

01 January 1993

A film discussing post-independence Namibia from the perspective of the Ovahimba.

Barriers of Solitude Trailer (1995)

01 January 1995

Based on a best-selling book in Mexico written by Luis Gonzales, Barriers of Solitude looks at the effects of major historical events on the village of San Jose de Gracias.

In a Jazz Way: A Portrait of Mura Dehn Trailer (1985)

01 January 1985

Provides a colorful portrait of dancer Mura Dehn. Born and trained in Russia, she went to Paris in 1925, met Josephine Baker and discovered jazz.

Made in China Trailer (1985)

01 January 1985

A documentary about Lisa Hsia, a Chinese-American woman who was raised in Illinois and returns to China search of her identity and to discover her roots.

Costa Rica: Child of the Wind Trailer (1988)

01 January 1988

In war-torn Central America there is a country with no dictator and no army, a country at peace with itself and its neighbors.

Bisha: The Awesome Fire Test Trailer (1995)

02 June 1995

Abed al-Aziz from the Judean Desert is suspected of turning his tribe over to the Israeli Secret Service; Aql al-Atrash from the Negev wants to be cleared of a charge of murder; Sa’ed from the Egyptian village of Fanara is accused of committing adultery – the lives of these three people now depend on the ordeal of the Bisha.