THEME EXPLORATION

Civil rights and activism

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Milk
Milk
2008 · Gus Van Sant
Gelegenheitsarbeit einer Sklavin
Gelegenheitsarbeit einer Sklavin
1973 · Alexander Kluge
En nombre de Dios
En nombre de Dios
1987 · Patricio Guzmán
Stories on Human Rights
Stories on Human Rights
2008 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Cousin Bobby
Cousin Bobby
1992 · Jonathan Demme
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
1970 · Sidney Lumet
Letters to Ali
Letters to Ali
2004 · Clara Law
My Love Has Been Burning
My Love Has Been Burning
1949 · Kenji Mizoguchi
Hi-Ho Mistahey!
Hi-Ho Mistahey!
2013 · Alanis Obomsawin
Guernica
Guernica
1951 · Alain Resnais
Joe Hill
Joe Hill
1971 · Bo Widerberg
Offside
Offside
2006 · Jafar Panahi
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Ken Loach United Kingdom

His socially conscious cinema consistently explores working-class struggles and activism against institutional inequality and injustice.

 John Lee Hancock United States

His body of work, including 'Do the Right Thing' and 'Malcolm X,' directly confronts racial discrimination and social activism with nuance and urgency.