THEME EXPLORATION

french colonialism

19 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
The Battle of Algiers
The Battle of Algiers
1966 · Gillo Pontecorvo
Avatar
Avatar
2009 · James Cameron
Breathless
Breathless
1960 · Jean-Luc Godard
Apocalypse Now
Apocalypse Now
1979 · Francis Ford Coppola
Flesh and the Woman
Flesh and the Woman
1954 · Robert Siodmak
Mission
Mission
1987 · Christian Petzold
Jim Ritchie Sculptor
Jim Ritchie Sculptor
1971 · David Cronenberg
Chocolat
Chocolat
1988 · Claire Denis
Bacurau
Bacurau
2019 · Kleber Mendonça Filho
To Catch a Thief
To Catch a Thief
1955 · Alfred Hitchcock
Black Robe
Black Robe
1991 · Bruce Beresford
813
813
1923 · Kenji Mizoguchi
Camp de Thiaroye
Camp de Thiaroye
1988 · Ousmane Sembène
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
La Prise du pouvoir par Louis XIV
La Prise du pouvoir par Louis XIV
1966 · Roberto Rossellini
The Day of the Jackal
The Day of the Jackal
1973 · Fred Zinnemann
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Ousmane Sembène Senegal

As Africa's pioneering filmmaker, he directly critiqued French colonialism through works like 'Black Girl' (1966) and 'Camp de Thiaroye' (1988), exposing its dehumanizing legacy.

 Alain Resnais France

His documentary 'Night and Fog' (1956) and later works interrogate French complicity in colonial and totalitarian systems, offering a critical French perspective on imperialism.