THEME EXPLORATION

land expropriation

12 films · 2 directors
FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Once Upon a Time in the West
Once Upon a Time in the West
1968 · Sergio Leone
Corn Island
Corn Island
2014 · Giorgi Ovashvili
White Material
White Material
2009 · Claire Denis
All the Good Eyes
All the Good Eyes
2026 · Zhi Zheng
A Timely Interception
A Timely Interception
1913 · D.W. Griffith
Esta tierra nuestra
Esta tierra nuestra
1959 · Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
Summer Clouds
Summer Clouds
1958 · Mikio Naruse
The Big Country
The Big Country
1958 · William Wyler
The Missouri Breaks
The Missouri Breaks
1976 · Arthur Penn
The Pride of Palomar
The Pride of Palomar
1922 · Frank Borzage
The Rose of the Rancho
The Rose of the Rancho
1914 · Cecil B. DeMille
A Rebel's Fortress
A Rebel's Fortress
1964 · Nagisa Oshima
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Ken Loach United Kingdom

His socially conscious filmography, including 'I, Daniel Blake' and 'Sorry We Missed You', consistently examines how marginalized communities lose their land, homes, and livelihoods to systemic forces.

 Luis Llosa Peru

Her films 'The Milk of Sorrow' and 'Madeinusa' confront the violent historical trauma of indigenous land expropriation and cultural dispossession in Andean communities.