THEME EXPLORATION

colonial commerce

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
O Aleijadinho
O Aleijadinho
1978 · Joaquim Pedro de Andrade
The Battle of Algiers
The Battle of Algiers
1966 · Gillo Pontecorvo
Mission
Mission
1987 · Christian Petzold
Moi, un noir
Moi, un noir
1958 · Jean Rouch
The Night of Counting the Years
The Night of Counting the Years
1969 · Shadi Abdel Salam
The Handmaiden
The Handmaiden
2016 · Park Chan-wook
Chronicle of the Years of Fire
Chronicle of the Years of Fire
1975 · Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina
Touki Bouki
Touki Bouki
1973 · Djibril Diop Mambéty
Floating Clouds
Floating Clouds
1955 · Mikio Naruse
Tabu
Tabu
2012 · Miguel Gomes
Zama
Zama
2017 · Lucrecia Martel
S’en fout la mort
S’en fout la mort
1990 · Claire Denis
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Ousmane Sembène Senegal

His films directly critique colonial economic exploitation and the legacy of the slave trade, particularly in 'Black Girl' and 'Camp de Thiaroye'.

 Ken Loach United Kingdom

His films interrogate British colonial commerce and its socioeconomic consequences, particularly in 'The Wind That Shakes the Barley' and works exploring postcolonial inequality.