Joris Ivens Movies

  • 1929
    Branding

    Branding

    Branding

    01929HD

    Between documentary and fiction, "Branding" (also know as "Breakers") stars an unemployed sailor from Katwijk, a land that sparked Ivens’...

    Branding
  • 1937
    The Spanish Earth

    The Spanish Earth

    The Spanish Earth

    6.51937HD

    A propaganda film made during the Spanish Civil War in support of the Republican government against the rebellion by Gen. Francisco Franco's forces...

    The Spanish Earth
  • 1932
    Song of Heroes

    Song of Heroes

    Song of Heroes

    51932HD

    The building of blast furnaces Magnitogorsk and the Kubas Basin by Komsomol, the Communist Union of youth, as part of Stalin’s first five-year...

    Song of Heroes
  • 1940
    Power and the Land

    Power and the Land

    Power and the Land

    61940HD

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

    Power and the Land
  • 1977
    The Uyghurs

    The Uyghurs

    The Uyghurs

    61977HD

    A short documentary about the Uyghur minority of western China.

    The Uyghurs
  • 1932
    Creosote

    Creosote

    Creosote

    01932HD

    Commissioned film for the Continental Commission for the Propagation of Creosote Oil about extraction and application of creosote oil (carboleum), a...

    Creosote
  • 2010
    Memória Cubana

    Memória Cubana

    Memória Cubana

    02010HD

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

    Memória Cubana
  • 1939
    The 400 Million

    The 400 Million

    The 400 Million

    5.91939HD

    The 400 million people of China are heirs to a great civilization, as their pagodas and stone lions can attest. But they are under attack from the...

    The 400 Million
  • 1986
    Havre

    Havre

    Havre

    51986HD

    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...

    Havre
  • 1966
    The Threatening Sky

    The Threatening Sky

    The Threatening Sky

    01966HD

    Pro-Vietnamese film created by Dutch filmmaker Joris Ivens. This black and white film begins with an introduction by Bertrand Russell, who explains...

    The Threatening Sky
  • 1956
    My Child

    My Child

    My Child

    01956HD

    The film is an appeal by the International Democratic Women's Federation against a new war, calling on all mothers of the world to protect their...

    My Child
  • 1934
    Borinage

    Borinage

    Borinage

    6.21934HD

    Documentary about a miner's strike in Borinage.

    Borinage
  • 1950
    The First Years

    The First Years

    The First Years

    71950HD

    A documentary about the problems of post-war reconstruction and the beginnings of socialism in Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia and Poland.

    The First Years
  • 1976
    The Football Incident

    The Football Incident

    The Football Incident

    01976HD

    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...

    The Football Incident
  • 1933
    New Earth

    New Earth

    New Earth

    6.8331933HD

    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...

    New Earth
  • 1943
    Action Stations

    Action Stations

    Action Stations

    01943HD

    This World War II film highlights the role of Canadian corvettes on convoy duty in the North Atlantic. Battle scenes show a crew sighting a German...

    Action Stations
  • 1936
    Der Kampf

    Der Kampf

    Der Kampf

    51936HD

    Der Kampf
  • 1970
    The People and Their Guns

    The People and Their Guns

    The People and Their Guns

    01970HD

    Directed by Joris Ivens and Jean-Pierre Sergent.

    The People and Their Guns
  • 1954
    Song of the Rivers

    Song of the Rivers

    Song of the Rivers

    51954HD

    An allegorical documentary about the workers of the world, whose common destinies and hopes for peace are symbolically united by the rivers that run...

    Song of the Rivers
  • 1964
    Le train de la victoire

    Le train de la victoire

    Le train de la victoire

    01964HD

    A film about Salvador Allende's 1964 presidential campaign.

    Le train de la victoire