THEME EXPLORATION

agrarian resistance

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Passage to Marseille
Passage to Marseille
1944 · Michael Curtiz
The Gleaners and I
The Gleaners and I
2000 · Agnès Varda
Alphaville
Alphaville
1965 · Jean-Luc Godard
Closely Watched Trains
Closely Watched Trains
1966 · Jiří Menzel
Pyramid of the Sun God
Pyramid of the Sun God
1965 · Robert Siodmak
Busch singt – Sechs Filme über die erste Hälfte des 20. Jahrhunderts
Busch singt – Sechs Filme über die erste Hälfte des 20. Jahrhunderts
1982 · Konrad Wolf
Earth
Earth
1930 · Alexander Dovzhenko
Ashes and Diamonds
Ashes and Diamonds
1958 · Andrzej Wajda
Avatar: The Way of Water
Avatar: The Way of Water
2022 · James Cameron
Blood of the Condor
Blood of the Condor
1969 · Jorge Sanjinés
Chronicle of the Years of Fire
Chronicle of the Years of Fire
1975 · Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina
Divine Intervention
Divine Intervention
2002 · Elia Suleiman
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Ken Loach United Kingdom

His films consistently depict working-class and rural communities resisting exploitation and economic injustice through stories rooted in agricultural and land-based struggles.

 Adoor Gopalakrishnan India

His Kerala-set films explore peasant uprisings, land reforms, and agrarian conflicts within complex social hierarchies and communist movements.