THEME EXPLORATION

colonial occupation

35 films · 2 directors

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FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Cuban Fight Against Demons
Cuban Fight Against Demons
1972 · Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
O Aleijadinho
O Aleijadinho
1978 · Joaquim Pedro de Andrade
Passion Island
Passion Island
1942 · Emilio “Indio” Fernández
The Battle of Algiers
The Battle of Algiers
1966 · Gillo Pontecorvo
Mission
Mission
1987 · Christian Petzold
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
The Night of Counting the Years
The Night of Counting the Years
1969 · Shadi Abdel Salam
The Shop on Main Street
The Shop on Main Street
1965 · Ján Kadár
Chronicle of the Years of Fire
Chronicle of the Years of Fire
1975 · Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina
Divine Intervention
Divine Intervention
2002 · Elia Suleiman
The Handmaiden
The Handmaiden
2016 · Park Chan-wook
Touki Bouki
Touki Bouki
1973 · Djibril Diop Mambéty
Floating Clouds
Floating Clouds
1955 · Mikio Naruse
Tabu
Tabu
2012 · Miguel Gomes
Zama
Zama
2017 · Lucrecia Martel
The Goat Horn
The Goat Horn
1972 · Metodi Andonov
Rome Open City
Rome Open City
1945 · Roberto Rossellini
S’en fout la mort
S’en fout la mort
1990 · Claire Denis
Cold War 1994
Cold War 1994
2026 · Leung Lok-Man
Man on the Edge
Man on the Edge
2026 · Sam Wong Ming-Sing
Daughter of Nectar
Daughter of Nectar
2026 · Lin Chun-ni
Phool Pishi O Edward
Phool Pishi O Edward
2026 · Nandita Roy
7 Women
7 Women
1966 · John Ford
The Silent Protest: Jerusalem 1929
The Silent Protest: Jerusalem 1929
2026 · Mahasen Nasser-Eldin
A Good Man in Africa
A Good Man in Africa
1994 · Bruce Beresford
A Mohawk’s Way
A Mohawk’s Way
1910 · D.W. Griffith
Besieged
Besieged
1998 · Bernardo Bertolucci
Cabeças Cortadas
Cabeças Cortadas
1970 · Glauber Rocha
Guelwaar
Guelwaar
1993 · Ousmane Sembène
Kenya Boy
Kenya Boy
1984 · Nobuhiko Obayashi
North West Frontier
North West Frontier
1959 · J. Lee Thompson
The Mosquito Coast
The Mosquito Coast
1986 · Peter Weir
The People from the Train
The People from the Train
1961 · Kazimierz Kutz
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Ousmane Sembène Senegal

Often called the father of African cinema, he directly confronted colonial legacies and post-colonial identity through films like 'Black Girl' and 'Camp de Thiaroye'.

 Ken Loach United Kingdom

His films 'The Wind That Shakes the Barley' and 'irlande' examine British colonial occupation and its violent human consequences with unflinching political clarity.