Non-narrative film: History and Key Facts
Non-narrative film, or abstract film, is an aesthetic of cinematic film that does not narrate, or relate "an event, whether real or imaginary".
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Non-narrative film, or abstract film, is an aesthetic of cinematic film that does not narrate, or relate "an event, whether real or imaginary".

Spike Lee: Date: 2008; printed 2019. Photograph by: Platon, British, born 1968. Subject of: Spike Lee, American, born 1957.

Slide from the film Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song: Date: 1971. Created by: Melvin Van Peebles, American, 1932 - 2021. Subject of: Melvin Van Peebles, American, 1932 - 2021.
The Homesteader: Date: 1917. Written by: Oscar Micheaux, American, 1884 - 1951. Illustrated by: William McKnight Farrow, American, 1885 - 1967.

Walt Disney's Uncle Remus: Date: 1969. Created by: The Walt Disney Company, American, founded 1923. Attributed to: Joel Chandler Harris, American, 1845 - 1908.

Black and White in South Africa: Date: 1957. Directed by: John Howe, Canadian, 1926 - 2008. Written by: Ronald Dick.

"It Might As Well Be Spring": publishing date: 1945. performer: Crain, Jeanne. publisher: Williamson Music Inc..

Goodbye, Bruce Lee: His Last Game of Death Movie Poster: date made: 1975. film distributer: Aquarius Releasing Inc.. referenced: Abdul-Jabbar, Kareem.

"Biddy the Irish Wash Woman" Mutoscope Movie Poster: date made: ca 1920s. Object Name: poster. Object Type: posters.

Records of Photographs, Films, and Negatives: Date made: 1910. maker: Eickemeyer, Jr., Rudolf. Object Name: book.

Production drawing of Woody Woodpecker: date made: 1940. associated person: Lantz, Walter. maker: Walter Lantz Productions.

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is the score album to the 2014 film of the same name.

The opera film or opera-film is a film genre in which an opera is the subject of the entire film, as opposed to a film which only incorporates opera scenes or elements.

The soundtrack for the 2018 American superhero film Deadpool 2, based on the Marvel Comics character Deadpool and distributed by 20th Century Fox, consists of an original score composed by Tyler

The Ostern ("Eastern"; Russian: истерн, romanized: Istern; or остерн) is a film genre created in the Soviet Union and Eastern Bloc as a variation of the Western films.

Operetta films (German: Operettenfilm) are a genre of musical films associated with, but not exclusive to, German language cinema.

Despicable Me 3 (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is the soundtrack album to the 2017 film Despicable Me 3, the fourth installment in the Despicable Me franchise and the sequel to Despicable M

Ozploitation films are exploitation films – a category of low-budget horror, comedy, sexploitation and action films – made in Australia after the introduction of the R rating in 1971.

Parallel cinema, or New Indian Cinema, is a film movement in Indian cinema that originated in the state of West Bengal in the 1950s as an alternative to the mainstream commercial Indian cinema.

Dhurandhar is the soundtrack album to the 2025 film of the same name written and directed by Aditya Dhar and produced by Aditya Dhar, Lokesh Dhar and Jyoti Deshpande under Jio Studios and B62 Stu

A parody film or spoof film is a subgenre of comedy film that lampoons other film genres or films as pastiches, works created by imitation of the style of many different films reassembled togethe

Dick Tracy is the 1990 soundtrack album to the film of the same name.

In Japan, a pink film (Japanese: ピンク映画, Hepburn: pinku eiga) is a movie produced by independent studios that includes nudity (hence "pink") or deals with sexual content.

Poetry film is a subgenre of film that fuses the use of spoken word poetry, visual images, and sound.

Die Another Day: Music from the MGM Motion Picture is the soundtrack for the 20th James Bond film of the same name, and was released by Warner Bros.
Poliziotteschi (Italian: [polittsjotˈteski]; sing.: poliziottesco) constitute a subgenre of crime and action films that emerged in Italy in the late 1960s and reached the height of their populari

Pornographic films (colloquially porn films, pornos, porn), sex films, erotic films, adult films, blue films, sexually explicit films, or 18+ films are films that represent sexually explicit subj

Divergent: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is the soundtrack album to the 2014 film Divergent, based on the book series of the same name.

Do the Right Thing is a 1989 American independent comedy-drama film produced, written and directed by Spike Lee.

A prison film is a film genre concerned with prison life and often prison escape.

The Prague film school (Serbo-Croatian: Praška filmska škola, Прашка филмска школа), also known as the Czech film school (Serbo-Croatian: Češka filmska škola, Чешка филмска школа) or the Prague w

A propaganda film is a film that involves some form of propaganda.
Blue and white bandana owned by Melvin Van Peebles: Date: 2000 - 2010. Created by: Unidentified. Subject of: Melvin Van Peebles, American, 1932 - 2021.

Lobby card for the motion picture The Man Between: date made: 1923. Associated Name: Fox, Finis. Associated Name: Vale, Vola.

Black & Decker Film Negative: date made: 1920 -1929. Object Name: negative, 8x10, Black and White. Object Name: negative, 8x10, black and white.

Buck Jones Rangers' Club of America: date made: ca 1935. date made: ca 1930. Object Name: button, entertainment.

Dinner at Eight, Coca Cola advertisment: Date made: ca 1934. depicted: Cukor, George. depicted: Barrymore, Lionel.

Strip of 35mm Film: date made: ca 1900. maker: Edison. Object Name: film.

Baseball, signed by Louis Gossett and Satchell Paige: date made: 1981. signer: Paige, Satchel. signer: Gossett, Louis.

Whipple-Scrumptious Fudgemallow Delight candy bar from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: date made: 2005. Object Name: prop, candy bar. Physical Description: paper (overall material).