THEME EXPLORATION

oral tradition

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors
Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors
1965 · Sergei Parajanov
Late Spring
Late Spring
1949 · Yasujiro Ozu
Like Water for Chocolate
Like Water for Chocolate
1992 · Alfonso Arau
Wadjda
Wadjda
2012 · Haifaa al-Mansour
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
2000 · Ang Lee
Four Daughters
Four Daughters
2023 · Kaouther Ben Hania
The Leopard
The Leopard
1963 · Luchino Visconti
Ixcanul
Ixcanul
2015 · Jayro Bustamante
Tulpan
Tulpan
2008 · Sergei Dvortsevoy
Princess Mononoke
Princess Mononoke
1997 · Hayao Miyazaki
Restoration
Restoration
2011 · Yossi Madmoni
The Croods
The Croods
2013 · Chris Sanders & Kirk DeMicco
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Souleymane Cissé Mali · Bamako

Cinema of ritual and resistance—images that honor time, memory, and the sacred within the political.

 Ousmane Sembène Senegalese

Decolonizing cinema through vernacular storytelling and African perspectives on history and resistance.

 Sergei Parajanov Soviet Union

His visually poetic cinema is rooted in Armenian, Georgian, and Ukrainian folklore, transforming oral legends into richly layered visual storytelling.