Joris Ivens Movies

Filmed in Laos in 1968, this four-part documentary examines the armed struggle against foreign intervention during the Indochina conflicts. The film...

On the border of North and South Vietnam, civilians live underground and cultivate their land in the dead of night, farmers take up arms, and bombs...

This brief interview film, released in 1970, is one of the last given by Ho Chi Minh, and one of the rare ones in colour.

Filmed inside Pharmacy No. 3 in Shanghai, Joris Ivens and Marceline Loridan-Ivens document the daily work of a state pharmacy that functions as both...

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

A travel report from Cuba, a year after the fall of Batista, reflecting the euphoria of the early years of the revolution.

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

A film about Salvador Allende's 1964 presidential campaign.

A lyrical portrait of Amsterdam and its changing appearance during a rain-shower.

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

Documentary portrait of Dziga Vertov, father of documentary cinema.

1933 year, Germany. The mother of worker kill nazis organizes pure resistance against political tyranny reigning in a country.

A film about piling.

At the age of 14 Joris Ivens was fond of Cowboys and Indians stories, so he decided to invent one himself. He made a script and used a camera from...

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...

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 student is working part-time on a canal boat in Amsterdam and a young director wants to make a film about her.

Joris Ivens documentary.

A North Vietnam–era documentary attributed to Joris Ivens that compiles graphic evidence of the effects of U.S. weapons—shown across...