THEME EXPLORATION

Chinese resistance and migration

12 films · 2 directors
FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Cheyenne Autumn
Cheyenne Autumn
1964 · John Ford
Passage to Marseille
Passage to Marseille
1944 · Michael Curtiz
The Gleaners and I
The Gleaners and I
2000 · Agnès Varda
Alphaville
Alphaville
1965 · Jean-Luc Godard
Dust in the Wind
Dust in the Wind
1986 · Hou Hsiao-hsien
Moi, un noir
Moi, un noir
1958 · Jean Rouch
Closely Watched Trains
Closely Watched Trains
1966 · Jiří Menzel
Pyramid of the Sun God
Pyramid of the Sun God
1965 · Robert Siodmak
Ashes and Diamonds
Ashes and Diamonds
1958 · Andrzej Wajda
Busch singt – Sechs Filme über die erste Hälfte des 20. Jahrhunderts
Busch singt – Sechs Filme über die erste Hälfte des 20. Jahrhunderts
1982 · Konrad Wolf
Avatar: The Way of Water
Avatar: The Way of Water
2022 · James Cameron
Blood of the Condor
Blood of the Condor
1969 · Jorge Sanjinés
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Jia Zhangke China

His films chronicle the displacement and migration of ordinary Chinese people during rapid modernization, exploring rootlessness and social upheaval in contemporary China.

 John Lee Hancock Taiwan

His work frequently examines Chinese diaspora, cultural displacement, and the tension between tradition and assimilation for those navigating between Chinese and Western worlds.