Most Popular Marc Karlin Trailers
Total trailers found: 12
Open Door: The Other Cinema Trailer (1977)
12 December 1977
Avant-garde appeal on behalf of and made by the adventurous leftist London cinema, The Other Cinema, using the facilities provided by the BBC community programme unit.
The Outrage Trailer (1995)
02 December 1995
An exploration of the work of American abstract artist Cy Twombly, using the device of a fictional character "M", who disappears after having looked at one of Twombly's paintings.
The Nightcleaners Trailer (1975)
02 January 1975
“The Nightcleaners” is set in the context of the campaign (1970-1972) to unionize the women who cleaned office blocks at night and were being victimized and underpaid.
Utopias Trailer (1989)
01 January 1989
Filmed at a time of disillusionment for the British Left - the reverberations of the fall of Communism were causing demoralisation and destabilising old certainties, while change was also afoot in the Labour Party - Utopias questions what was meant by 'socialism' when people were supposedly saying farewell to the term.
Nicaragua Part 4: Changes Trailer (1985)
04 November 1985
A portrait of a remote area in the rural north of Nicaragua facing difficulties with the revolutionary process.
Nicaragua Part 2: The Making of a Nation Trailer (1985)
21 October 1985
Shot in 1983–84 and focusing on the work of the Historical Institute, this film witnesses how Nicaraguans are recovering their history, the memory of Sandino’s struggle, to transform their sense of identity.
The Haircut Trailer (1999)
16 April 1999
The Haircut is a brief but searing satire on New Labour’s rise to power.
Nicaragua Part 1: Voyages Trailer (1985)
14 October 1985
Composed of stills by renowned Magnum photographer Susan Meiselas taken in 1978 and 1979 during the overthrow of the fifty-year dictatorship of the Somoza family.
Scenes For A Revolution Trailer (1991)
13 May 1991
The film is about aftermaths and reckonings. Revisiting material for his earlier 4-part series, Karlin returns to Nicaragua to examine the history of the Sandinista government, consider its achievements, and assess the prospects for democracy following its defeat in the general election of 1990.
Nicaragua Part 3: In Their Time Trailer (1985)
28 October 1985
Through the eyes of journalists and photographers working at Barricada, the official publication of the FSLN, the film observes the problems of putting socialism into practice, with reports on the war, the economy, the prison system and the political process leading up to the 1984 elections.
For Memory Trailer (1986)
18 April 1986
Charts a journey through various `memory' productions such as murals, monuments, TV histories, commemorations etc, and in so doing questions the role that historical memory plays in our society.
