Over the serene and verdant landscape of Northern California, a man with an everlasting childlike spirit lived his last years in a cabin. A story of friendship and loneliness, George Carl Wenzlaff was a Navy veteran and postal service worker with unique artistic talents and an amazing past.
A Swiss boy tries to deliver a carved wooden dog. A short exploration of Switzerland ensues. Missing some footage at the head. Harvard Film Archive #21029, reformatted from 16mm silent print.
Sometimes it feels like we live in different worlds. But really, we're not that far away.
In the movies since he was an infant, Chris Olsen appeared in films by some of the best directors of the 1950's. Even though he never became a famous child actor, he played a pivotal role in some of the most iconic movies of the era. Retired since the age of 14, he looks back on his life as a child actor, trying to find the thread that ties his movie roles together.
In 1999, a young girl explores the challenges of adulthood whilst desperately clutching onto her childhood.
Agustín finds himself in the middle of a chaotic dispute between his father and his mother, without being able to do anything about it.
In this animated documentary, Los Angeles filmmaker Dion Labriola recounts his all-consuming childhood quest to contact his teen idol, Ike Eisenmann - and the magical turn of events that led him toward his goal (some 40 years later).
Baba, a preteen from Belleville, Paris, must deal with her mother's determination to turn her into an actress.
These are the future leaders of their communities. Ever wonder what it’s like to walk a day in their shoes? How the world looks through their eyes? We were curious. So, we asked them.
Ralph Macchio, once a former teen idol, once on top the world in the 80s. Now he is a family man with a loving wife and the nicest man in Hollywood... that is the problem. Because he never once participated in a scandal he is not as popular as he used to be. Sick and tired of it, his wife stages an intervention with his former co stars and manager. They explain to him that in order to further his career he has to shed the nice guy routine and become the most hated man in America. With some inspiration by other scandalous celebrities such as Colin Farrell and Christian Bale; Macchio decides to partake in every scandal known to modern America. Will he succeed in his career or would he go too far?
When former child star Aaron Schwartz (Mighty Ducks, Heavyweights) returned to the acting world as an adult, he found himself always being asked this recurring question: 'how is he still normal having been a child star?' After seeing one too many sensationalized 'where are they now' publications he began to notice that being a child actor carried with it a stigma that seemed impossible to break. Aaron explores why the Stigma of being raised in Hollywood exists, and why child stars are so often misunderstood.
A score of amateur children sing and dance in costume in a multi-act musical revue.
When Charlie discovers his cardboard fort has been burned to the ground, it shatters his friendship with Dom. Setting out to uncover the identity of the arsonist, he finds himself retracing the steps of his volatile summer.
A child's play turns out to be a nightmare when they set out to challenge an urban legend.
A behind-the-scenes look at the eleven-year process it took to make The Painted Bird. The narratives of director Václav Marhoul and actor Petr Kotlár weave their way through the various stages of the film's creation, offering their subjective views from the beginning to the last flap of a year-and-a-half long shoot.
An expedition arrives on planet Arkha, which appears desolate and uninhabited and yet suitable for a planned mass exodus from polluted Earth. One day seemingly from nowhere and quite unexpectedly a young boy wanders into their ship and then runs off.
Haunted by an inner conflict, a driven artist, along with her gentle and emphatic daughter, returns to her childhood home to finally make peace with herself and her past. Once there, however, she loses herself in a long-forgotten world.
The spotlight's on Parchís, a record company-created Spanish boy/girl band that had unprecedented success with Top 10 songs and hit films in the '80s.
Evan Reed is the best motocross coach in the country. After leading his daughter Callie to the national championships, he decides to set his sights on a more personal challenge: saving a local dirt track from an evil biker gang. When Evan's best rider injuries himself, a surprising substitute teaches Evan and the kids that anything is possible.