Joris Ivens Movies

A César award winning documentary about a high school in Beijing where a student throws a ball in the direction of the teacher who had just...

This film describes the Second World Congress of Peace Defenders, held in Warsaw on November 16-22, 1950. Sheffield, an industrial city in England,...

Using footage taken by Soviet battlefront cameramen, this penetrating documentary about Russian life during World War II is narrated by Walter Huston...

A film about Salvador Allende's 1964 presidential campaign.

Film about the third 'Weltfestspiele der Jugend und Studenten für den Frieden' in East Berlin, 1951. West Germany is represented as a degenerate...

Through the files of Cuban cinema news program Noticieros ICAIC Latinoamericanos, the documentary shows the most relevant events of the second half...

This short documentary examines the role of convoy ships during World War II, focusing on the Corvette Port Arthur. The corvette, a highly mobile...

Cuba, pueblo armado was shot by Joris Ivens in 1961 and illustrates the Cuban people's determination to defend the revolution. To make this film,...

A short documentary about the Uyghur minority of western China.

The Dutch documentary filmmaker Joris Ivens (1898-1989) received the honorary title 'Old friend of the Chinese people' from the Chinese communist...

Young Moussa left his native village of Nanguila to succeed in Bamako. But in the capital, he only lived on the cheap and even ended up in a...

Three pioneers of documentary filmmaking – Joris Ivens, Henri Storck, and the man behind the camera, Jean Rouch – recall the early days...

Directed by Joris Ivens.

A film about piling.

This colour documentary reports about the 5th international peace journey which took place from 30 April to 13 May 1952 and in which 94 drivers from...