Movies: Susan Young

  • 1990
    Beleza Tropical

    Beleza Tropical (1990)

    Beleza Tropical

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    This half-hour documentary was screened on Channel 4 in 1989. Charlie Gillett is in conversation with David Byrne and Susan Young. Gillett explores Byrne's interest in the music composed during Brazil's repressive political regime spanning the 1960's...

    Beleza Tropical
  • 1986
    Carnival

    Carnival (1986)

    Carnival

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    Revelers mingle, drink, and dance at a street carnival....

    Carnival
  • 1983
    1984

    1984 (1983)

    1984

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    A film commissioned and conceived by the artist Eduardo Paolozzi using drawings and photocopies provided by him. A non-narrative film focusing on Paolozzi's themes about modern man....

    1984
  • 1982
    Thin Blue Lines

    Thin Blue Lines (1982)

    Thin Blue Lines

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    Liverpool Polytechnic BA graduation film. This non-narrative observational film is partly drawn from life, illustrating personal experiences of the 1981 Liverpool 8 uprising, (the ‘Toxteth riots’), and their aftermath....

    Thin Blue Lines
  • 1989
    Umbabarauma

    Umbabarauma (1989)

    Umbabarauma

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    This film, set to Ponta de Lanca Africano (Umbabarauma) by Jorge Ben, was created to accompany Beleza Tropical: Brazil Classics 1, the first in a series of albums compiled by David Byrne to promote the unique music published by Brazilian artists duri...

    Umbabarauma
  • 1987
    The Doomsday Clock

    The Doomsday Clock (1987)

    The Doomsday Clock

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    The film's goal is to convey the importance of multilateral nuclear disarmament in an apolitical and non-dialogue manner. The animation illustrates the consequences of nuclear escalation, including leaders locked in mutual mistrust, nuclear winter, a...

    The Doomsday Clock