Alive TV Episode Guide

Episode Guide

• 10th Anniversary: Best of Alive TV -- The Way Things Go

  A continuous cause and effect process in 'The Way Things Go.'

• 10th Anniversary: Best of Alive TV -- Untitled and Contenders

  'Untitled,' a tribute to Arnie Zane; 'Contenders,' a physical dance work.

• 10th Anniversary: Best of Alive TV -- Words in Your Face

  A compilation of language and image in 'Words in Your Face.'

• Air-O-Dynamic

  Smoking'; 'The Billy Nayer Show'; 'Bullethead.

• American Flash Cards

  Short films explore human issues.

• Black Kites

  Hopes, fears and dreams of women.

• Bodily Functions

  Food'; 'Ex-Memorium'; 'Deadsy.

• Bui Doi: Life Like Dust

  'Bui Doi: Life Like Dust' examines the plight of Southeast Asian emigrants.

• Club of the Discarded

  An animated film tells of a warehouse of mannequins that come alive, only to find life hollow.

• Deserts

  Dialogue between a person and nature.

• Dilemmas of Dialogue

  Race relations; communicating with others.

• Down on the Waterfront

  Two filmmakers coax a labor boss into hiring them in 'Down on the Waterfront.'

• Father's Daze

  A man's account of his father shows a former pro football player who now has Alzheimer's disease.

• History and Memory

  A woman uncovers her family's past in internment camps.

• Joy Street; Photocopy Cha-Cha

  Human isolation; copy machines.

• Looking for Langston

  Filmmaker Isaac Julien pays tribute to Langston Hughes.

• Magical Flowers; Garden of Regrets

  Childhood; cinema history.

• A Maybe Day in Kazakstan

  Director Mark Kidel examines the political changes in the former Soviet Union.

• Memories of Home

  Home Away From Home'; 'A Little Routine'; 'When I Was Sic'; 'Door.

• More Not-for-Saturday-Morning Animations

  Screen Play'; 'Pharaoh's Belt: Cake Excerpt'; ' Milk of Amnesia.

• Movie and Cartoon

  'The Bet' tells of two brothers who work in a Brooklyn deli; 'Pro and Con' is an animated short on prison life.

• MTV: The Reagan Years

  A visual portrait of music television.

• No Accident

  'No Accident' features poet John Giorno.

• Not-for-Saturday Morning Animations

  Short animated films.

• Punch & Judy Get Divorced

  Puppeteers depict domestic life.

• Punk

  A juvenile stabs a man attempting to molest him.

• Reckin' Shop: Live From Brooklyn

  Underground dancers of New York City.

• The Salesman and Other Adventures; Office Space

  Vignettes by Hannah Weyer; a short by animator Mike Judge.

• A Sense of History

  Satirical look at England's upper class.

• Seven Deadly Sins: An MTV News Special Report

  Celebrities explore the meaning and nature of sin today.

• Seven Deadly Sins: An MTV News Special Report

  Celebrities explore the meaning and nature of sin today.

• A Short Film Festival for Television

  Fugitive Love'; 'Sour Death Balls'; 'Angry'; 'Television: Drug of a Nation.

• Slowly, This

  Two men discuss the stereotypes associated with their race.

• Street of Crocodiles; Cabinet of Jan Svankmajer

  The Nazi occupation of Poland; tribute to animator Jan Svankmajer.

• Touched; Red Book

  A dance video; puppets portray a woman who has lost her memory.

• Watunna/Ogichidag

  Two works address American Indian issues.