Living Archives Inc

LIVING ARCHIVES, INC. WAS CREATED TO PRESERVE ARTISTIC AND HISTORICAL FILMS AND TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR EDUCATIONAL ARTISTIC DOCUMENTARY FILMS.

NEVER FADE AWAY A SHORT FILM ABOUT TERRY DOBSON, THE FIRST WESTERNER TO LEARN AIKIDO. ONE QUIET AFTERNOON ON A TOKYO SUBWAY CAR, TERRY JUMPS AT THE OPPORTUNITY TO DISARM A BELLIGERENT PASSENGER THROUGH A PHYSICAL CONFONTATION BUT LEARNS FROM AN ELDERLY PASSENGER THAT HIS APPROACH IS ALL WRONG.

ARCHIVAL OF FILMS. FILM - NEVER FADE AWAY IS THE MOVING TRUE STORY OF A YOUNG CHINESE IMMIGRANT WHO ESCAPES HIS HOMELAND IN THE 1940'S DURING THE JAPANESE INVASION, COMES TO AMERICA WITH NOTHING BUT HIS HOPES AND DREAMS, AND HOW A RADIO AND A WALTZ CHANGES HIS LIFE. TOLD THROUGH NARRATION, MUSIC, AND DANCE, THIS SHORT FILM SHINES A LIGHT ON THE HEALING POWER OF MUSIC AS WELL AS THE POWER OF THE IMMIGRANT EXPERIENCE. FILMS - LONG TAIL FILMS, AN AWARD WINNING BROADCAST PRODUCTION COMPANY BASED IN BRISTOL UK. AMONG THE NOTABLE FILMS ARE GYMNASTICS: A CULTURE OF ABUSE,NINA SIMONE: THE LOST ALBUM, TRAPPED IN A GANG, LAURIE LEE: THE LOST TAPES, PARALYMPICS: THE UNFAIR GAMES.

HAMPTONS BOHEMIA, A GROUND-BREAKING DOCUMENTARY BY RENOWNED FILMMAKER MAX SCOTT, TELLS THE UNTOLD STORY OF AN EXTRAORDINARY ART COLONY WHERE GENERATIONS OF ARTISTS AND WRITERS HAVE FOUND INSPIRATION, AND CREATED WORK REVERED THE WORLD-OVER. FROM THE 1800S, FINE ARTISTS AND WRITERS HAVE FLOCKED TO THE OCEAN AND BAYSIDE COMMUNITIES ON EASTERN LONG ISLAND, FINDING INSPIRATION IN THE UNIQUE SEA-REFLECTED LIGHT AND THE DIVERSE AND ECOLOGICALLY IMPORTANT LANDSCAPE. THOMAS MORAN, FAIRFIELD PORTER, JANE WILSON, JACKSON POLLOCK, WILLEM DEKOONING, EDWARD ALBEE, JOHN STEINBECK, APRIL GORNIK, TRUMAN CAPOTE AND THOMAS HARRIS ARE JUST A HANDFUL OF THE WORLD-RENOWNED CREATORS WHO HAVE LIVED AND WORKED IN THE HAMPTONS OVER THE LAST 175 YEARS. INTERVIEWS WITH THESE ARTISTS AND WRITERS ARE INTERMIXED WITH STUNNING FOOTAGE OF THE AREA AND NEVER-BEFORE SEEN ARCHIVAL IMAGES GOING BACK OVER 100 YEARS. INSPIRED IN PART BY THE BOOK HAMPTONS BOHEMIA: TWO CENTURIES OF ARTISTS AND WRITERS ON THE BEACH BY HELEN HARRISON AND CONSTANCE AYERS DENNE, SCOTTS FILM TAKES OFF IN UNEXPECTED, VISUALLY BEAUTIFUL, AND RIVETING DIRECTIONS FROM THIS CELEBRATED SOURCE. NO OTHER DOCUMENTARY HAS CREATED SUCH A COMPLETE ARCHIVE OF ONE OF THE WORLDS MOST CULTURALLY IMPORTANT AREAS WITH THE INTIMACY OF HUMAN STORIES THAT DRAW THE VIEWER IN FROM THE FIRST MOMENTS OF THE FILM.

THE PEZ OUTLAW, AN INCREDIBLE FISH-OUT-OF WATER DOCUMENTARY FOLLOWS THE ADVENTURES OF STEVE GLEW, A SMALL TOWN MICHIGAN MAN, WHO BOARDS A PLANE FOR EASTERN EUROPE SOON AFTER THE FALL OF THE BERLIN WALL. HIS MISSION IS TO LOCATE A SECRET FACTORY THAT HOLDS THE KEY TO THE MOST DESIRED AND VALUABLE PEZ DISPENSERS. IF HE SUCCEEDS, HE WILL PULL HIS FAMILY OUT OF DEBT AND FINALLY BE ABLE TO QUIT HIS JOB OF 25 YEARS. STEVE BECOMES THE HERO OF HIS OWN ADVENTURE, SMUGGLING THE RAREST OF GOODS INTO THE UNITED STATES AND MAKING MILLIONS IN THE PROCESS. IT WAS ALL MAGICAL UNTIL HIS ARCH-NEMESIS, THE PEZIDENT DECIDED TO DESTROY HIM.