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THEME EXPLORATION

Black masculinity

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Bicycle Thieves
Bicycle Thieves
1948 · Vittorio De Sica
Dillinger Is Dead
Dillinger Is Dead
1969 · Marco Ferreri
Persona
Persona
1966 · Ingmar Bergman
Querelle
Querelle
1982 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
The 400 Blows
The 400 Blows
1959 · François Truffaut
The Naked Man on the Sports Field
The Naked Man on the Sports Field
1974 · Konrad Wolf
Underground
Underground
1995 · Emir Kusturica
Ashes and Diamonds
Ashes and Diamonds
1958 · Andrzej Wajda
Beau travail
Beau travail
1999 · Claire Denis
Charulata
Charulata
1964 · Satyajit Ray
Harakiri
Harakiri
1962 · Masaki Kobayashi
Raging Bull
Raging Bull
1980 · Martin Scorsese
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Barry Jenkins → United States

His films like 'Moonlight' and 'If Beale Street Could Talk' intimately explore Black male identity, vulnerability, and coming-of-age with poetic visual storytelling.

John Lee Hancock → United States

A pioneering filmmaker whose decades of work directly interrogate Black masculinity, identity, and social struggle through films like 'Do the Right Thing' and 'Malcolm X'.

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