THEME EXPLORATION

persecution and injustice

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Day of Wrath
Day of Wrath
1943 · Carl Theodor Dreyer
The Fixer
The Fixer
1968 · John Frankenheimer
Fatti di gente perbene (La Grande Bourgeoise/Drama of the Rich
Fatti di gente perbene (La Grande Bourgeoise/Drama of the Rich
1974 · Mauro Bolognini
The Eternal Mother
The Eternal Mother
1911 · D.W. Griffith
Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here
Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here
1969 · Abraham Polonsky
The Green Mile
The Green Mile
1999 · Frank Darabont
Mein Schulfreund
Mein Schulfreund
1960 · Robert Siodmak
The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum
The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum
1975 · Margarethe von Trotta
Wild Game
Wild Game
1972 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
12 Years a Slave
12 Years a Slave
2013 · Steve McQueen
The Tenant
The Tenant
1976 · Roman Polanski
Black Book
Black Book
2006 · Paul Verhoeven
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Ken Loach United Kingdom

His socially conscious films consistently expose systemic injustice and the persecution of marginalized working-class communities.

 Asghar Farhadi Iran

His nuanced dramas explore moral complexity within systems of injustice and the personal costs of persecution in contemporary Iran.