THEME EXPLORATION

racial plantation setting

12 films · 2 directors
FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
La Ciénaga
La Ciénaga
2001 · Lucrecia Martel
Miroirs No. 3
Miroirs No. 3
2025 · Christian Petzold
Get Out
Get Out
2017 · Jordan Peele
Closely Watched Trains
Closely Watched Trains
1966 · Jiří Menzel
Poussières d’amour
Poussières d’amour
1996 · Werner Schroeter
Green Book
Green Book
2018 · Peter Farrelly
12 Years a Slave
12 Years a Slave
2013 · Steve McQueen
Mamma Mia!
Mamma Mia!
2008 · Phyllida Lloyd
Hidden Figures
Hidden Figures
2016 · Theodore Melfi
8 femmes
8 femmes
2002 · François Ozon
A House Divided
A House Divided
1931 · William Wyler
An Alligator Named Daisy
An Alligator Named Daisy
1955 · J. Lee Thompson
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Steve McQueen United Kingdom

His film '12 Years a Slave' provides an unflinching portrayal of slavery's brutality through the true account of Solomon Northup's kidnapping and bondage on Louisiana plantations.

 Barry Jenkins United States

Through works like 'Moonlight' and his adaptation of 'The Underground Railroad,' he explores the lasting psychological and cultural impacts of racial trauma and displacement.