THEME EXPLORATION

slavery and liberation

26 films · 1 director

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Amistad
Amistad
1997 · Steven Spielberg
Manderlay
Manderlay
2005 · Lars von Trier
The Matrix
The Matrix
1999 · Lana Wachowski & Lilly Wachowski
12 Years a Slave
12 Years a Slave
2013 · Steve McQueen
...And God Created Woman
...And God Created Woman
1956 · Roger Vadim
Chronicle of the Years of Fire
Chronicle of the Years of Fire
1975 · Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina
Aferim!
Aferim!
2015 · Radu Jude
W.R.: Mysteries of the Organism
W.R.: Mysteries of the Organism
1971 · Dušan Makavejev
Mongol
Mongol
2007 · Sergei Bodrov
Laberinto de pasiones
Laberinto de pasiones
1982 · Pedro Almodóvar
The Garden
The Garden
1995 · Martin Šulík
Baby Ghana
Baby Ghana
1957 · Jean Rouch
Casanova (Fellini’s Casanova
Casanova (Fellini’s Casanova
1976 · Federico Fellini
Conquest of the Planet of the Apes
Conquest of the Planet of the Apes
1972 · J. Lee Thompson
Giorni di gloria
Giorni di gloria
1945 · Luchino Visconti
Sansho the Bailiff
Sansho the Bailiff
1954 · Kenji Mizoguchi
Last Supper
Last Supper
1976 · Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
Where the River Padma Flows
Where the River Padma Flows
1971 · Ritwik Ghatak
Argentina, mayo de 1969. Los caminos de la liberación
Argentina, mayo de 1969. Los caminos de la liberación
1969 · Fernando Solanas
The Southern Cross
The Southern Cross
1992 · Patricio Guzmán
The Woman King
The Woman King
2022 · Gina Prince-Bythewood
What Did The Lady Forget?
What Did The Lady Forget?
1937 · Yasujiro Ozu
Paprika
Paprika
1991 · Tinto Brass
9 Lives of a Wet Pussy
9 Lives of a Wet Pussy
1976 · Abel Ferrara
Caged
Caged
2011 · Stephan Brenninkmeijer
Ghost Lantern
Ghost Lantern
1993 · Andrew Lau Wai-Keung
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Steve McQueen United Kingdom

His films like '12 Years a Slave' and 'Hunger' directly confront systems of oppression and the human struggle for freedom through visceral, unflinching cinema.