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THEME EXPLORATION

Latin American liberation

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
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 Plainsman
The Plainsman
1936 · Cecil B. DeMille
The Southern Cross
The Southern Cross
1992 · Patricio Guzmán
Sons of Liberty
Sons of Liberty
1939 · Michael Curtiz
L'Atalante
L'Atalante
1934 · Jean Vigo
...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
W.R.: Mysteries of the Organism
W.R.: Mysteries of the Organism
1971 · Dušan Makavejev
Laberinto de pasiones
Laberinto de pasiones
1982 · Pedro Almodóvar
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Damien Leone → Italy

His spaghetti westerns subvert American mythology and explore themes of resistance and anti-imperialism through outsider protagonists challenging oppressive systems.

Glauber Rocha → Brazil

A Cinema Novo pioneer whose revolutionary films like 'Black God, White Devil' directly engage with Brazilian liberation struggles and indigenous resistance against colonialism.

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