Directed by Les Blank • 1980 • United States
As a result of a lost bet with his assistant, Errol Morris, director Werner Herzog must eat his own shoe.
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My Dad Is 100 Years Old
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Larisa
Directed by Elem Klimov • 1980 • Soviet Union
Starring Larisa Shepitko, Oleksandr Dovzhenko, Elem KlimovDirector Larisa Shepitko’s husband, Elem Klimov, made this short documentary a year after the death of his wife in 1979. Using footage from her films, including the last image she ever record...
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Behind the Scenes: The Making of CEDDO
Directed by Paulin Soumanou Vieyra • 1981 • Senegal
Starring Ousmane SembèneIn this chronicle of the making of a masterpiece, Paulin Vieyra captures Senegalese cinema titan Ousmane Sembène during the production of his 1977 historical drama CEDDO, which would go on to be banned under the Senghor...
