Societe pour le Lancement des Oeuvres Nouvelles (SLON) Movie Trailers

Far from Vietnam Trailer (1967)

18 October 1967

In seven different parts, Godard, Ivens, Klein, Lelouch, Marker, Resnais, and Varda show their sympathy for the North-Vietnamese army during the Vietnam War.

Report on Brazil: Carlos Marighella Trailer (1970)

20 October 1970

Made shortly after the death of Brazilian revolutionary Carlos Marighella, this documentary reconstructs his life and political struggle through interviews with friends and comrades.

Rhodia 4/8 Trailer (1969)

05 May 1969

A class struggle " Music Video ", in which Colette Magny sings a song in honor of the workers of ther

The Sled-Ladder Trailer (1971)

01 January 1971

This film is a poem from Jean-Pierre Thiébaud, one of the workers participating in the Chris Marker-animated Groupe Medvedkine, and who took part in the 1967 Strike.

Les trois quarts de la vie Trailer (1971)

05 May 1971

Young French immigrants to Sochaux dismantle the mechanism of exploitation in their daily lives as it was thought by Peugeot.

A documentary look at striking workers in a textile plant in Besançon, France, centering on interviews with workers about their motivations for becoming involved with the union and the struggles of their day to day life.

Cinétracts Trailer (1968)

31 May 1968

A series of 43 documentary shorts, directed (without credit) by several famous French filmmakers and each running between two and four minutes.

The Sixth Side of the Pentagon Trailer (1968)

26 August 1968

Chris Marker and François Reichenbach document the massive anti–Vietnam War protest held in Washington, D.

Class of Struggle Trailer (1969)

01 January 1969

A follow-up to Be Seeing You (À bientôt, j’espère), this collective work—initiated by Chris Marker and the Medvedkin Group—was made in collaboration with workers at the Yema Watch Factory in Besançon.

You Speak of Paris: Maspero. Words Have Meaning Trailer (1971)

15 June 1971

An affectionate portrait of the left-wing publisher and bookshop owner François Maspero, who was a contributor to Far From Vietnam and would later publish the commentary to Le Fond de l’air est rouge.

The Embassy Trailer (1973)

31 December 1973

After a military coup d'état, political dissidents seek refuge in a foreign embassy. Over the next few days, they are joined by more and more people who are fleeing the military assault: teachers, students, intellectuals, artists, and politicians.

The Train Rolls On Trailer (1971)

01 November 1971

This half-hour documentary by Chris Marker explores Aleksandr Medvedkin’s 1930s “Cine-Train,” a mobile film studio equipped with cameras, editing rooms, animation stations, and a laboratory.

The Slightest Gesture Trailer (1971)

01 May 1971

Writer and pedagogue Fernand Deligny influenced a number of artists and French intellectuals. His work on autism influenced Deleuze and Guattari's theory of the rhizome.

You Speak of Flins Trailer (1969)

20 October 1969

A group of leftist activists expose the exploitation of immigrant workers by a criminal network with connections to local government officials.