Tag Archives: Film
Henson’s Youth 68
February 17, 2012 — by
In April 1968, NBC aired a one-hour long documentary called Youth 68. Produced by a pre-Sesame Street Jim Henson and directed by Jon Stone, the film is part screenplay, part video collage. It shows young people all across America talking about love, religion, drugs, music, and war. More…
Janina Faye
February 10, 2012 — by
Rank press photo of Janina Faye in the CinemaScope and Eastman Colour horror film “The Day Of The Triffids” (1962).
Janina Faye (born 1949) was a popular English child actress of the late 1950s and early 1960s. She appeared in a large number of films including: Dracula (X- certificate, 1958); The Day of the Triffids (X-certificate, 1962) and Don’t Talk to Strange Men (certificate 12, 1962). Her most controversial film was the 1959 Hammer production Never Take Sweets From a Stranger, another X-certificate film released in 1960 that dealt with the then very taboo subject of child molestation (the Greek word “paedophile” meaning “child lover” in English, was not in general use at that time as it is today). More…
Experimental Teen Films at Light Industry
February 6, 2012 — by
Tuesday night, the alternative cinema Light Industry is hosting an experimental teen-centric screening at their Brooklyn, New York space. They’ve paired two of our favorite films from the 1990s by legendary teenage PixelVision auteur Sadie Benning and 16mm experimental filmmaker Jennifer Reeves.
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Poster Youth
January 27, 2012 — by
La Raza Community Centre offered a variety of activities and support for local youth of San Diego during the late 70s–early 80s. La Raza Silkscreen Centre taught kids the skills needed to design their own posters. Powerful prints!
Miss 19
January 23, 2012 — by
A 1960s French pollster interviews Elsa, the winner of “Miss 19,” a Parisian beauty queen, about political, social, and cultural opinions. This is a clip from the film Masculine Feminine by Jean Luc Godard, 1966.
Pollster: What does ‘the American way’ mean to you? Elsa: A very fast-paced life, probably. Very free.
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