THEME EXPLORATION

slavery and servitude

12 films · 1 director

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
The Handmaiden
The Handmaiden
2016 · Park Chan-wook
The Scent of Green Papaya
The Scent of Green Papaya
1993 · Tran Anh Hung
The Silences of the Palace
The Silences of the Palace
1994 · Moufida Tlatli
12 Years a Slave
12 Years a Slave
2013 · Steve McQueen
Aferim!
Aferim!
2015 · Radu Jude
Mongol
Mongol
2007 · Sergei Bodrov
The Help
The Help
2011 · Tate Taylor
An Eater
An Eater
1963 · Nobuhiko Obayashi
Both You and I
Both You and I
1946 · Mikio Naruse
Conquest of the Planet of the Apes
Conquest of the Planet of the Apes
1972 · J. Lee Thompson
John Brown's Raid
John Brown's Raid
1960 · Sidney Lumet
Sansho the Bailiff
Sansho the Bailiff
1954 · Kenji Mizoguchi
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Steve McQueen United Kingdom

His film '12 Years a Slave' provides an unflinching historical examination of American slavery through the eyes of a free man reduced to servitude.