THEME EXPLORATION

American racism

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull’s History Lesson
Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull’s History Lesson
1976 · Robert Altman
The A List: 15 Stories from Asian and Pacific Diasporas
The A List: 15 Stories from Asian and Pacific Diasporas
2026 · Eugene Yi
Little Big Man
Little Big Man
1970 · Arthur Penn
Custer of the West
Custer of the West
1967 · Robert Siodmak
Mississippi Blues
Mississippi Blues
1984 · Bertrand Tavernier
The Searchers
The Searchers
1956 · John Ford
Sugar
Sugar
2008 · Anna Boden & Ryan Fleck
L'Atalante
L'Atalante
1934 · Jean Vigo
The Pinochet Case
The Pinochet Case
2001 · Patricio Guzmán
Injustice
Injustice
2025 · Max Boekbinder & Jim Batt
Gaayapadda Simham
Gaayapadda Simham
2026 · Kasyap Sreenivas
Caboblanco
Caboblanco
1980 · J. Lee Thompson
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
John Lee Hancock United States

Consistently confronts systemic racism and racial violence through films like Do the Right Thing and Da 5 Bloods.

 Barry Jenkins United States

Explores the intersections of race, identity, and belonging in African American communities through intimate, poetic narratives.