Joris Ivens Movies

The film is a documentary portraying a struggle as man tries to subdue nature. To prevent flooding and for purposes of land reclamation, the people...

In a port city, a youth plays a computer game that determines the fate of a woman (whose interracial romance is threatened by white punks) and other...

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

The Hefbrug may not be a remarkably beautiful bridge, but through a mix of close-ups, long shots, bird’s eye views and low angles, Joris Ivens...

Documentary about a miner's strike in Borinage.

Documentary portrait of Dziga Vertov, father of documentary cinema.

Documentary filmed during the shooting of “À Valparaiso” which shows the children’s reactions to the performance of a circus...

A short documentary about the Uyghur minority of western China.

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

Joris Ivens and wife Marceline Loridan took their cameras into Pharmacy No. 3 in Shanghai, which in addition to dispensing drugs manages an outreach...

An international anthology about the struggles of female workers around the world.

A documentary showing the struggle to bring electricity to rural areas of the United States.

About the way of life in the East, in China, during the months before spring. An early spring.

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...

A film by Joris Ivens and Mannus Franken.

Documentary about the Kazakh minority in western China in the last years of the Cultural Revolution.