THEME EXPLORATION

assimilation in America

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
The Straight Story
The Straight Story
1999 · David Lynch
A History of Violence
A History of Violence
2005 · David Cronenberg
Summer in the City
Summer in the City
1970 · Wim Wenders
Brokeback Mountain
Brokeback Mountain
2005 · Ang Lee
Carol
Carol
2015 · Todd Haynes
A Hatful of Rain
A Hatful of Rain
1957 · Fred Zinnemann
A Ticket for Thaddeus
A Ticket for Thaddeus
1956 · Frank Borzage
A Mohawk’s Way
A Mohawk’s Way
1910 · D.W. Griffith
The Neon Bible
The Neon Bible
1995 · Terence Davies
Wuthering Heights
Wuthering Heights
1939 · William Wyler
How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman
How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman
1971 · Nelson Pereira dos Santos
Perón: The Justicialist Revolution
Perón: The Justicialist Revolution
1971 · Fernando Solanas
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Sofia Coppola USA

His *The Godfather* trilogy profoundly examines Italian-American assimilation, exploring how immigrant families navigate between Old World values and American ambition.

 John Lee Hancock USA

Through films like *Do the Right Thing* and *Bamboozled*, Lee critically interrogates African-American identity and the complexities of assimilation within a racialized American society.