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THEME EXPLORATION

colonial warfare

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
The Battle of Algiers
The Battle of Algiers
1966 · Gillo Pontecorvo
7 Women
7 Women
1966 · John Ford
Unconquered
Unconquered
1947 · Cecil B. DeMille
Che: Part Two
Che: Part Two
2008 · Steven Soderbergh
Enemy at the Gates
Enemy at the Gates
2001 · Jean-Jacques Annaud
O Aleijadinho
O Aleijadinho
1978 · Joaquim Pedro de Andrade
Zulu
Zulu
1964 · Cy Endfield
The Age of Shadows
The Age of Shadows
2016 · Kim Jee-woon
Soldier of Fortune
Soldier of Fortune
1976 · Pasquale Festa Campanile
Moi, un noir
Moi, un noir
1958 · Jean Rouch
Germany in Autumn
Germany in Autumn
1978 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Mama, I’m Alive
Mama, I’m Alive
1977 · Konrad Wolf
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Ken Loach → United Kingdom

His films like 'The Wind That Shakes the Barley' unflinchingly depict colonial conflict and its devastating human cost.

Ousmane Sembène → Senegal

His work, including 'Camp de Thiaroye' and 'Emitaï,' provides powerful postcolonial perspectives on African resistance to colonial warfare.

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