THEME EXPLORATION

matriarch's legacy

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
2014 · Anthony Russo & Joe Russo
Moi, un noir
Moi, un noir
1958 · Jean Rouch
Ryuichi Sakamoto: CODA
Ryuichi Sakamoto: CODA
2018 · Stephen Nomura Schible
Black Panther
Black Panther
2018 · Ryan Coogler
The Naked Man on the Sports Field
The Naked Man on the Sports Field
1974 · Konrad Wolf
Hugo
Hugo
2011 · Martin Scorsese
Logan
Logan
2017 · James Mangold
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
2000 · Ang Lee
Leviathan
Leviathan
2014 · Andrey Zvyagintsev
For Bruce
For Bruce
2022 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Valentino
Valentino
1977 · Ken Russell
Ip Man
Ip Man
2008 · Wilson Yip
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Chloé Zhao China/USA

She examines how women endure and transmit wisdom across generations, centering maternal resilience and family bonds in contemporary settings.

 Agnès Varda France

Her oeuvre celebrates aging women and matriarchal figures as repositories of memory, history, and transformative life experience across decades of filmmaking.