Villon Archives

Peter Davis/Villon Films has been independently producing and distributing award-winning, socio-political documentary films and photography since 1962.

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@BBCRadio4 @FallingTreeProd @neolekgotla @kumasote And the archival assistance & support of @MayibuyeArchive, @Villon_archives & @SABCRadioArc

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Peter Davis (seated) with Staffan Lamm in the projection room of Swedish Television, 1960s.

Staffan Lamm, Swedish filmmaker
Born 3rd February, 1937 — Died 25th October 2024. Aged 87.

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Staffan Lamm (1960s)

Stills taken during the production of the Peter Davis/Staffan Lamm directed documentaries Public School (1964) and Royal Hospital (1966)

Staffan Lamm, Swedish filmmaker
Born 3rd February, 1937 — Died 25th October 2024. Aged 87.

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The films of Lindy Wilson - a South African documentary filmmaker - now represented by Villon Films: https://t.co/No49NtNXAo

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Malcolm X (1964)

Images © Robert Elfstrom/Villon Films. Photos taken by cinematographer/film-maker Robert Elfstrom in NY and the Deep South, USA at the time of Civil Rights protest.

Robert Elfstrom, Civil Rights 1964 — at https://t.co/hGvxvQJKY9

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Assegai To Javelin (1950s)

Propaganda/misinformation film directed by Italo Bernicchi (Cry, the Beloved Country)

#Misinformation #Propaganda #SouthAfrica #Apartheid #ItaloBernicchi #Archive #Documentary #Photography #Film

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Hi @AlanWilson_SP do you have an email that you can be reached on? Please DM if possible.

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Prince Dixon’s Gospel Caravan (1980s)

Raw ethnographic documentary which reveals to the viewer the Gospel subculture sharing with the viewer the uplifting and exciting experience of the Black Church of Los Angeles in the early 1980s.

© Gris-Gris Films/Villon Films

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The Mattachine Society (1960s)

Interview in NY with a member of The Mattachine Society. Founded in 1950, it was an early national gay rights organization in the US, preceded by several covert and open organizations, such as Chicago's Society for Human Rights.

#GayRights

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Pub (1962)

Pub will be screened at the @barbicancentre as part of the Public House Portraits programme on Thu 15 Feb. One of three films that explores how public houses are used in the changing landscape of East London from the sixties until today.

#Boozer #EastLondon

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Susumu (1989)

© Constant Spring Productions/Villon Films. Excerpt from Gei Zantzinger's documentary on jazz pianist Sumi Tonooka’s poem “Out From The Silence” about the effects on the people of Japanese descent interned after the bombing of Pearl Harbor.

#Susumu @SumiTonooka

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Of Pipers and Wrens (1997)

Film © Constant Spring Productions/Villon Films. Gei Zantzinger's film explores how musicians of Brittany, France perceive and perpetuate their Breton identity through dance, song, instrumental music and storytelling.

#BretonCulture #France #Brittany

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Egypt, Harrania (1962)

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#Egypt #Harrania #ElMasna #RamsesWissaWassefArtCentre #Tapestry #Archive #Documentary #Photography #Film

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Transkei – The Road To Independence (1970s)

Taken from VHS tapes representing an extremely rare collection of propaganda materials produced by the SA Information Service. More at https://t.co/hGvxvQJd8B — South African Propaganda.

#SouthAfrica #Apartheid #Propaganda #Transkei

[Max du Preez @MaxduPreez]

A reminder of tough days in the 80s. I did this interview a few weeks after we launched Vrye Weekblad as an anti-apartheid weekly in 1988. (I was 36.) The newspaper has since been revived as https://t.co/ukBapc6F8A, publishing in Afrikaans and English. (Thanks @Villon_archives)

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South Africa, Max Du Preez — unedited interview (1988)

More at https://t.co/zihtyyN4o8

© Peter Davis/Villon Films.

#SouthAfrica #MaxDuPreez #VryeWeekblad #Journalism #AntiApartheid #Archive #Documentary #Photography #Film @MaxduPreez

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South Africa, Ken Gampu (1990)

Film © Peter Davis/Villon Films. Section of an unedited interview with South African actor, Ken Gampu. More at https://t.co/1iHciCcLFB

#KenGampu #SouthAfricanFilm #JoeBullet #AntiApartheid #Archive #Documentary #Photography #Film

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South Africa, Cape Town, André Brink (1990)

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#AndreBrink #SouthAfricanLiterature #SouthAfricanPoetry #AntiApartheid #Documentary #Photography #Film

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South Africa, Western Cape (1978)

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#WesternCape #SouthAfrica #GenerationsOfResistance #AntiApartheid #Archive #Documentary #Photography #Film

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London, Lionel Ngakane (1989)

Images © Peter Davis/Villon Films.

#LionelNgakane #SouthAfricanFilm #CryTheBelovedCountry #PlayForToday #ZCars #ZoltanKorda #AntiApartheid #Archive #Documentary #Photography #Film