Famous people from different countries of the world talk about the uniqueness of national cultures representing different continents of the Earth and their problems: writer G. Marquez, Japanese musician Yasushi Akutagawa, Mexican artist Alberto Beltran, Indian actor Shashi Kapoor and many others.




Young people dancing rock and roll on the street.
Electronics store sales area in Japan, images on TV screens.
American flag on underwear.
Car traffic on the Champs Elysees in Paris, posters for the movie "Rambo".
A porn magazine on a store window.
Faces of young people representing informal cultural movements.
Casino building.
Interview with Colombian writer Gabriel Garcia Marquez about the concept of culture (synchronously).
Nigerian fishermen in a boat in the Gulf of Guinea.
Fishermen pull their net onto the shore of the bay.
A fishing boat approaches the shore, fighting the ebb tide, fishermen pull the boat onto the shore.
Sea surf, panorama of the sandy shore of the bay.
Palm forest.
Statues of gods of African religious cults on display at the National Museum of Nigeria.
Views of Lagos neighborhoods, traffic.
Building of the National Museum of Nigeria.
Panorama of the museum courtyard, exhibits.
Interview with the Director of the National Museum of Nigeria Ado Obayemi (synchronously and behind the scenes).
Exhibits in the museum halls, examples of terracotta sculpture of Nigeria.
Panorama of the museum halls.
Ancient sculptures discovered as a result of archaeological excavations, in the museum exhibition.
A traffic controller at a crossroads in Benin City, a monument on the lawn.
Street trading of souvenirs in Benin City.
A man leads monkeys on leashes through the market.
Shopping arcades and passers-by on the streets of the city.
Views of city streets, a church building.
People at the entrances to small shops.
Woodcarvers at work in the workshop, making wooden masks and figures.
Examples of the finished products of the workshop - artistic wood products.
Houses of woodcarvers in one of the neighborhoods of Benin City, a carver at work.
Everyday life of the residents of the neighborhood.
García Márquez Gabriel is a Colombian writer, journalist, and political figure.
1988
Nigeria, Japan, Paris
Summer




The process of hand-casting figures by craftsmen from Benin City.
Finished figures in a souvenir shop.
Customers in the shop, a panorama of the shelves with goods.
The seller puts the purchased figure in the trunk of the customer's car.
A resident of Benin City with a moped.
Street trading of posters.
Street trading of Western magazines.
Interview with the vice-president of the International Organization of Journalists Georges Izobo about the negative influence of Western culture on the minds of Africans (synchronously and behind the scenes).
Interview with Marcello Mastroianni about the specifics of Italian cinema (synchronously).
Street traffic in Delhi.
Advertisements and movie posters on the walls of buildings.
Interview with actor Shashi Kapoor about Indian cinema (synchronously and behind the scenes).
Posters of Indian films on the streets of the city, passers-by on the streets.
Panorama of an ancient Indian palace.
Tourists riding an elephant, cars on a narrow street.
People and cars on the city streets.
A camel on the city street.
Cyclists, cycle rickshaws and cars on the city streets.
People on the pier in Bombay. "India Gateway" on the pier.
Panorama of part of Elephant Island in the Arabian Sea.
Monkeys living on the island.
Entrance to the cave temple.
Ancient sculptures and bas-reliefs in the temple.
Interior views of the temple.
Tourists during an excursion.
People on the streets of Delhi.
Ancient architecture of Old Delhi.
Views of Lalkila Fort.
Stone flowers on marble, decorations inside buildings.
Everyday life of the residents of the village-museum of crafts, located in the center of Delhi.
A potter and his family at work.
A wood carver and chaser at work.
A carved wooden box.
The face of a boy kneading clay.
Products of Indian artisans, a view of a palace in Delhi.
Kapoor (Shashi) Balbir Raj -- Indian actor, film director
Mastroianni Marcello Vincenzo Domenico -- Italian film actor
1988
India, Nigeria, Italy
Summer




Images of Indian deities in Indian folk arts and crafts.
Interview with the director of the Delhi Crafts Museum (synchronously and behind the scenes).
Performance by dancers accompanied by Indian folk instruments.
Parents and children during the Indian folk festival of family unity "Raksha Bandhan", faces of the festival participants.
The Qutuk Minar in Old Delhi.
Stone carvings of the surviving walls of the palace.
Tourists visiting the architectural complex.
Men touch the iron "Column of Happiness".
Tourists listen to the guide, panorama of the "Column of Happiness".
Tourists touch the column with their backs, joining their hands on the other side.
Panorama of the palace complex with a minaret.
A snake charmer sits in front of a cobra, allowing himself to be bitten.
Performance of one of the ancient Indian rituals.
Street musicians.
Performance of fire swallowers.
Takeoff of a flight of fighters during an air show.
Faces of spectators.
Car and motorcycle stunts during a car show.
Firefighters carry a burned motorcyclist out of a fire.
Hippie life in the 1960s in the USA. Faces of rock festival participants.
Dancing hippies.
Spectators and musicians during one of the rock concerts.
The son of a potter in Delhi kneads clay while sitting near his house.
The Pyramids of the Moon and the Sun in Mexico.
Panorama of the wall and decorations of one of the pyramids.
Stone images of Quetzalcoatl on one of the pyramids.
Views of one of the pyramids.
Tourists on the stairs of one of the pyramids.
View and panorama of part of one of the neighborhoods of Mexico City (from above).
Views of the streets of Mexico City.
Independence Monument in Mexico City.
Sculpture on top of the monument.
Monument to Guatemoc in one of the squares of the city.
Architecture of Mexico City, monuments near buildings.
Building of the Palace of Fine Arts in Mexico City.
Interior views of the museum halls of the palace.
Frescoes by great Mexican artists Siqueiros, Jose Arosco, Diego Rivera in the museum exhibition.
Fragments of the fresco "Micro and Macrocosm".
Arched passage to the courtyard of the National Palace.
Panorama of the courtyard and gallery with Rivera's frescoes on the wall.
1988
Delhi, India, Mexico, Mexico City
Summer




Diego Rivera's frescoes depicting the history of Mexico at the National Palace in Mexico City.
The central wall of the palace with a giant fresco depicting the history of Mexico from the conquest by the conquistadors to the revolution of 1910-1917. Street musicians at a market in Mexico City.
An arts and crafts fair, selling handicrafts.
Artist Alberto Beltran during a visit to the fair, a panorama of a stall with handicrafts.
Beltran examines painted clay figurines of animals.
Handicrafts of Mexican folk crafts at the fair (panorama), people examine and choose souvenirs.
Interview with Alberto Beltran (synchronously and behind the scenes).
Handicrafts of one of the artisans in the courtyard of his home, the owner shows them to guests.
Craftsmen at work in a workshop.
Beltran makes sketches of the products in a notebook.
A street musician plays the guitar.
Views of the fair, souvenir sellers sitting on the ground.
Faces of local residents.
Statue of the rain god Tlaloc at the entrance to the National Museum of Ethnography of Mexico.
Views of the museum grounds.
Museum exposition, Aztec and Mayan items.
Aztec calendar in one of the museum halls.
Ancient sculptures in the park near the museum.
Mexican rodeo, gaucho trying to stay on a jumping bull.
Teenagers on bicycles in the park.
Painted boats for riding at the pier on the lake in the recreation area of Mexico City.
Tourists in boats.
Views of the streets of Mexico City.
Street trade in the press, newspapers and magazines at stalls.
Pages of one of the comic books.
American advertising on the walls of buildings.
American comic books at one of the stalls.
Conversations on the streets of Mexico City with young men and women about their preferences in culture, music (synchronously and behind the scenes), faces of young people.
Views of the streets of Tijuana.
A boy washes the windshield of a car stopped at a traffic light.
A queue of cars at the border with the United States.
People passing by.
A souvenir seller offers his goods to tourists.
People at a currency exchange office.
Views of Tijuana streets.
The building of the Cultural Center in Tijuana.
A fountain on the territory of the center.
Beltran Alberto is a Mexican graphic artist.
1988
Mexico City, Mexico
Summer




Panorama of the halls of the Cultural Center in Tijuana, visitors in the halls of the center.
Exposition of the Cultural Center.
Interior views of the Cultural Center.
Concert hall.
Interview with Gabriel Garcia Marquez about the concept of culture (synchronously and behind the scenes).
Views of Tokyo neighborhoods and streets, car traffic.
Panorama of one of the Tokyo neighborhoods, Tori - the gate in front of the entrance to the temple.
Panorama of the temple grounds.
People on the temple grounds.
Temple visitors tie notes with wishes to a wire.
Tokyo residents on one of the city streets (panorama).
Views of Tokyo streets during a folk festival.
Porcelain dishes on the shelves of a souvenir shop.
Products of Japanese folk craftsmen.
Trade at the market during the festival, girls in kimono choose candy.
Traditional Japanese wedding, the bride and groom in national costumes.
Modern high-rise buildings of Tokyo, a view of a street in one of the city's districts.
An exhibition of modern consumer electronics.
Stores selling electronics.
Girls on the street advertise video cassettes and other goods.
Video cassettes on the counter.
Advertising audio and video equipment.
A shop window with a poster for the film "Rambo".
An interview with one of the sellers of the video equipment store about the preferences of customers (synchronously and behind the scenes).
Video cassettes with American films behind the glass of the shop window.
Fragments of American action films.
Fragments of TV program announcements for the week on Japanese television.
Interview with the chairman of the Union of Composers of Japan Yasushi Akutagawa (synchronously).
García Márquez Gabriel is a Colombian writer, journalist, and political figure.
Akutagawa Yasushi -- Japanese composer, conductor
1988
Mexico, Tokyo, Japan
Summer




Views of the Sculpture Park in the foothills of Mount Fuji.
Sculptures exhibited in the park, people looking at them.
View of a pond with live fish (top).
Fish in the pond.
People in the Sculpture Park.
View of one of the highways in Tokyo, closed for a youth rock festival.
Young Japanese people dancing rock and roll.
Dancing young people.
Spectators during a performance of a rock band.
Performance of musicians of a rock band.
Girls with a portrait of Michael Jackson before the beginning of his concert during his tour in Japan.
One of the girls gives an interview (synchronously).
Young people talk about their activities and hobbies (synchronously and off-screen), cameramen are filming posters with an image of Michael Jackson.
Interview with Japanese writer Kinzaburo Oe about the preservation of traditional Japanese culture and about youth (synchronously).
Interior view of a recording studio during a concert of singer Aki Yashiro.
Aki Yashiro performs a song on stage.
A girl and her mother tie notes with wishes to tree branches.
Images of Indian deities.
Sculptures in a cave temple in India.
People touch the "Column of Happiness" in Delhi.
Statues and masks of African gods in the National Museum of Nigeria.
One of the Pyramids of the Moon and the Sun in Mexico.
Diego Rivera's frescoes reflecting the history of Mexico in the National Palace in Mexico City.
An interview with American writer Gore Vidal (synchronously).
Akutagawa Yasushi -- Japanese composer, conductor
Oe Kinzaburo is a Japanese writer.
Yashiro Aki (Masuda Akie) is a Japanese singer and artist.
Vidal Eugene Luther Gore is an American writer and playwright.
1988
Tokyo, Japan, India, Nigeria, Mexico, USA
Summer



