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THEME EXPLORATION

Black lives

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Bicycle Thieves
Bicycle Thieves
1948 · Vittorio De Sica
71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance
71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance
1994 · Michael Haneke
Persona
Persona
1966 · Ingmar Bergman
The 400 Blows
The 400 Blows
1959 · François Truffaut
Underground
Underground
1995 · Emir Kusturica
Ashes and Diamonds
Ashes and Diamonds
1958 · Andrzej Wajda
Charulata
Charulata
1964 · Satyajit Ray
Harakiri
Harakiri
1962 · Masaki Kobayashi
Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives
Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives
2010 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Yojimbo
Yojimbo
1961 · Akira Kurosawa
7 Boxes
7 Boxes
2012 · Juan Carlos Maneglia
Suicide Squad
Suicide Squad
2016 · David Ayer
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Barry Jenkins → United States

His works including 'Moonlight' and 'If Beale Street Could Talk' intimately explore Black identity, love, and survival within systemic oppression.

Ousmane Sembène → Senegal

A pioneering African filmmaker whose films like 'Black Girl' and 'Xala' critique colonialism and racism through the lens of Black African experience.

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