THEME EXPLORATION

religious colonialism

12 films · 2 directors
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
Francis of Assisi
Francis of Assisi
1961 · Michael Curtiz
Avatar
Avatar
2009 · James Cameron
Dorothea Angermann
Dorothea Angermann
1959 · Robert Siodmak
Andrei Rublev
Andrei Rublev
1966 · Andrei Tarkovsky
Giovanna d’Arco
Giovanna d’Arco
1989 · Werner Herzog
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Ousmane Sembène Senegal

His films like 'Black Girl' and 'Ceddo' directly critique French colonial rule and the imposition of Christianity on African societies.

 Ken Loach United Kingdom

Films like 'The Wind That Shakes the Barley' examine how colonialism weaponized religious and cultural division to maintain control.