THEME EXPLORATION

colonial exploitation

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
O Aleijadinho
O Aleijadinho
1978 · Joaquim Pedro de Andrade
The Battleship Island
The Battleship Island
2017 · Ryoo Seung-wan
Inferno of Torture
Inferno of Torture
1969 · Teruo Ishii
The Battle of Algiers
The Battle of Algiers
1966 · Gillo Pontecorvo
Alien
Alien
1979 · Ridley Scott
Avatar
Avatar
2009 · James Cameron
King Kong vs. Godzilla
King Kong vs. Godzilla
1962 · Ishirō Honda
Moi, un noir
Moi, un noir
1958 · Jean Rouch
Mission
Mission
1987 · Christian Petzold
Black Girl
Black Girl
1966 · Ousmane Sembène
Wild Game
Wild Game
1972 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
The Night of Counting the Years
The Night of Counting the Years
1969 · Shadi Abdel Salam
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Ousmane Sembène Senegal

His films like 'Black Girl' and 'Camp de Thiaroye' directly confront French colonial violence and its psychological legacies in Africa.

 Ken Loach United Kingdom

His works 'The Wind That Shakes the Barley' and 'Irish Rebellion' examine British imperial brutality and resistance in colonized territories.

 Ritwik Ghatak India

His films including 'Subarnarekha' and 'Meghe Dhaka Tara' explore the trauma and displacement caused by British colonialism and Partition in South Asia.