THEME EXPLORATION

racial uprising

25 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
La Ciénaga
La Ciénaga
2001 · Lucrecia Martel
Get Out
Get Out
2017 · Jordan Peele
Green Book
Green Book
2018 · Peter Farrelly
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
2011 · Rupert Wyatt
12 Years a Slave
12 Years a Slave
2013 · Steve McQueen
Injustice
Injustice
2025 · Max Boekbinder & Jim Batt
Camp de Thiaroye
Camp de Thiaroye
1988 · Ousmane Sembène
Driving Miss Daisy
Driving Miss Daisy
1989 · Bruce Beresford
Cuban Fight Against Demons
Cuban Fight Against Demons
1972 · Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
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1968 · Lindsay Anderson
October (Ten Days that Shook the World)
October (Ten Days that Shook the World)
1928 · Sergei Eisenstein
Prova d’orchestra
Prova d’orchestra
1979 · Federico Fellini
The Human Pyramid
The Human Pyramid
1961 · Jean Rouch
The Liberation of L.B. Jones
The Liberation of L.B. Jones
1970 · William Wyler
The Five Days of Milan
The Five Days of Milan
1973 · Dario Argento
Band of Ninja
Band of Ninja
1967 · Nagisa Oshima
Dignity of the Nobodies
Dignity of the Nobodies
2005 · Fernando Solanas
Miércoles de ceniza/Ash Wednesday
Miércoles de ceniza/Ash Wednesday
1958 · Roberto Gavaldón
Pinky
Pinky
1949 · Elia Kazan & John Ford
Rebellion of the Hanged
Rebellion of the Hanged
1954 · Emilio “Indio” Fernández
Tent of Miracles
Tent of Miracles
1977 · Nelson Pereira dos Santos
The Conspirators
The Conspirators
1972 · Joaquim Pedro de Andrade
The Revolutionary
The Revolutionary
1971 · Yannis Dalianidis
Candyman
Candyman
2021 · Nia DaCosta
Race
Race
2016 · Stephen Hopkins
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
John Lee Hancock United States

His films like 'Do the Right Thing' and 'Malcolm X' directly confront racial tensions, systemic oppression, and Black resistance through unflinching social commentary.

 Barry Jenkins United States

His works like 'If Beale Street Could Talk' explore Black identity, resilience, and resistance to systemic injustice through intimate, poetic storytelling.