colonial missionary work

His films like 'Black Girl' and 'Ceddo' directly critique colonial and missionary impositions on African societies and identities.

Films such as 'Aguirre, the Wrath of God' and 'Fitzcarraldo' explore the collision between Western ambition and indigenous cultures in colonial contexts.

His film 'The New World' examines the encounter between European colonizers and Native Americans through a poetic, critical lens on missionary conversion efforts.