THEME EXPLORATION

religious colonialism

33 films · 1 director

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Mission
Mission
1987 · Christian Petzold
Black Robe
Black Robe
1991 · Bruce Beresford
Der Leone Have Sept Cabeças
Der Leone Have Sept Cabeças
1970 · Glauber Rocha
The Idol Dancer
The Idol Dancer
1920 · D.W. Griffith
The Stranglers of Bombay
The Stranglers of Bombay
1959 · Terence Fisher
Religulous
Religulous
2008 · Larry Charles
Godland
Godland
2022 · Hlynur Pálmason
Dorothea Angermann
Dorothea Angermann
1959 · Robert Siodmak
Andrei Rublev
Andrei Rublev
1966 · Andrei Tarkovsky
Breaking the Waves
Breaking the Waves
1996 · Lars von Trier
Fanny och Alexander
Fanny och Alexander
1982 · Ingmar Bergman
En nombre de Dios
En nombre de Dios
1987 · Patricio Guzmán
Ida
Ida
2013 · Paweł Pawlikowski
Tabu
Tabu
2012 · Miguel Gomes
The Cremator
The Cremator
1969 · Juraj Herz
West Beirut
West Beirut
1998 · Ziad Doueiri
Big Bad Wolves
Big Bad Wolves
2013 · Aharon Keshales
Entre tinieblas
Entre tinieblas
1983 · Pedro Almodóvar
Tommy
Tommy
1975 · Ken Russell
Chocolat
Chocolat
1988 · Claire Denis
The Night of the Hunter
The Night of the Hunter
1955 · Charles Laughton
Bacurau
Bacurau
2019 · Kleber Mendonça Filho
Forsaken
Forsaken
2026 · Vincent Garenq
Little Trouble Girls
Little Trouble Girls
2026 · Urška Djukić
Sausage Party
Sausage Party
2016 · Greg Tiernan
The Testament of Ann Lee
The Testament of Ann Lee
2026 · Mona Fastvold
The Silent Protest: Jerusalem 1929
The Silent Protest: Jerusalem 1929
2026 · Mahasen Nasser-Eldin
Agostino d’Ippona
Agostino d’Ippona
1972 · Roberto Rossellini
A Man For All Seasons
A Man For All Seasons
1966 · Fred Zinnemann
Camp de Thiaroye
Camp de Thiaroye
1988 · Ousmane Sembène
Eisenstein’s Mexican Film: Episodes for Study
Eisenstein’s Mexican Film: Episodes for Study
1955 · Sergei Eisenstein
Death to the Invader
Death to the Invader
1961 · Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
Holy Smoke
Holy Smoke
1999 · Jane Campion
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Ousmane Sembène Senegal

His films like 'Black Girl' and 'Camp de Thiaroye' directly examine how colonial powers used Christianity and cultural assimilation to subjugate African peoples.