THEME EXPLORATION

historical injustice

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Intolerance
Intolerance
1916 · D.W. Griffith
The Act of Killing
The Act of Killing
2012 · Joshua Oppenheimer
The Green Mile
The Green Mile
1999 · Frank Darabont
Giovanna d’Arco
Giovanna d’Arco
1989 · Werner Herzog
Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot
Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot
1958 · Sergei Eisenstein
Mein Schulfreund
Mein Schulfreund
1960 · Robert Siodmak
12 Years a Slave
12 Years a Slave
2013 · Steve McQueen
Fort York
Fort York
1972 · David Cronenberg
Salt of this Sea
Salt of this Sea
2008 · Annemarie Jacir
Nabua Song
Nabua Song
2009 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
The Fixer
The Fixer
1968 · John Frankenheimer
Chico
Chico
2001 · Ibolya Fekete
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Brian Helgeland USA

Explores institutional corruption and moral complexity through meticulously crafted historical narratives and crime investigations.

 John Lee Hancock United States

His films like 'Da 5 Bloods' and 'BlacKkKlansman' confront systemic racism and the erasure of Black historical experiences from American narratives.

 Ken Loach United Kingdom

His socially conscious cinema, particularly 'I, Daniel Blake' and his Irish Famine films, exposes class exploitation and political indifference across decades.