restored
7 movies and shows
Slam
Wed, 07 Oct 1998
Raymond Joshua, a young black performance poet, is arrested and imprisoned for a petty marijuana charge in a Washington, D.C. jail. Although the confining prison walls do little to shield him from danger, it is within those walls that Raymond establishes his identity, strength, and voice and meets a prison gang leader and a prison writing teacher, Lauren Bell. Bell inspires Raymond to use the power of creative expression to free himself from the struggles and demise of the Black male as another victim of the judicial system.
The Toll of the Sea
Mon, 22 Jan 1923
A young Chinese woman saves an American man washed up onto the shore and the two fall in love, only for him to have second thoughts.
Alexander the Grape
Wed, 24 Nov 1965
ALEXANDER THE GRAPE, an unfinished cut-paper animated short from Jim Henson from 1965, relates the fable of a young grape with big ambitions who learns that it is better to accept yourself than to try to be something you are not. The short was reconstructed from film and audio elements; images from Jim’s storyboard fill in missing segments of the animation.
The Loves of Mary, Queen of Scots
Mon, 04 Feb 1924
The Dauphin's widow weds a lord and is executed for plotting against the queen.
One Split Second
Fri, 22 Nov 2024
In 1995 Los Angeles, a conservative radio talk show host's beliefs are shattered when his wife suddenly dies in a gang shooting.
Christmas Seals Ad
Thu, 26 Nov 1925
Rare theatrical promo for the Christmas Seals charity, showing the busy daily routine of an urban everyman and offering the health wisdom of eight hours of sleep each night.
Wilmington 10 -- U.S.A. 10,000
Mon, 01 Jan 1979
A documentary on the Wilmington 10, 9 afro-Americans and 1 white woman who were unjustly imprisoned. 4K digital restoration by the Academy Film Archive released in 2021.