THEME EXPLORATION

colonialism

24 films · 3 directors

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FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
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2009 · James Cameron
Apocalypse Now
Apocalypse Now
1979 · Francis Ford Coppola
Mission
Mission
1987 · Christian Petzold
Aguirre the Wrath of God
Aguirre the Wrath of God
1972 · Werner Herzog
Chocolat
Chocolat
1988 · Claire Denis
Bacurau
Bacurau
2019 · Kleber Mendonça Filho
Black Robe
Black Robe
1991 · Bruce Beresford
Camp de Thiaroye
Camp de Thiaroye
1988 · Ousmane Sembène
Chronicle of a Summer
Chronicle of a Summer
1961 · Jean Rouch
Claro
Claro
1975 · Glauber Rocha
Eisenstein’s Mexican Film: Episodes for Study
Eisenstein’s Mexican Film: Episodes for Study
1955 · Sergei Eisenstein
Heart of Darkness (, TV
Heart of Darkness (, TV
1994 · Nicolas Roeg
La rabbia
La rabbia
1963 · Pier Paolo Pasolini
The Wind That Shakes the Barley
The Wind That Shakes the Barley
2006 · Ken Loach
Baaz
Baaz
1953 · Guru Dutt
Manderlay
Manderlay
2005 · Lars von Trier
The Profound Desire of the Gods
The Profound Desire of the Gods
1968 · Shohei Imamura
The Royal Hunt
The Royal Hunt
1977 · Mrinal Sen
Bamako
Bamako
2006 · Abderrahmane Sissako
Black and White in Color
Black and White in Color
1976 · Jean-Jacques Annaud
Godland
Godland
2022 · Hlynur Pálmason
Far from Vietnam
Far from Vietnam
1967 · Alain Resnais
The Tiger
The Tiger
2015 · Park Jung-hoon
Magellan
Magellan
2025 · Lav Diaz
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Souleymane Cissé Mali · Bamako

Cinema of ritual and resistance—images that honor time, memory, and the sacred within the political.

 David Lean

Monumental storyteller who transforms historical events into intimate human dramas across sweeping landscapes.

 Glauber Rocha Brazilian

Radical poetic cinema fusing myth, politics, and visceral imagery to challenge colonial oppression.