THEME EXPLORATION

racial plantation setting

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
La Ciénaga
La Ciénaga
2001 · Lucrecia Martel
Miroirs No. 3
Miroirs No. 3
2025 · Christian Petzold
Get Out
Get Out
2017 · Jordan Peele
Closely Watched Trains
Closely Watched Trains
1966 · Jiří Menzel
Poussières d’amour
Poussières d’amour
1996 · Werner Schroeter
Green Book
Green Book
2018 · Peter Farrelly
12 Years a Slave
12 Years a Slave
2013 · Steve McQueen
Mamma Mia!
Mamma Mia!
2008 · Phyllida Lloyd
Hidden Figures
Hidden Figures
2016 · Theodore Melfi
8 femmes
8 femmes
2002 · François Ozon
A House Divided
A House Divided
1931 · William Wyler
An Alligator Named Daisy
An Alligator Named Daisy
1955 · J. Lee Thompson
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Steve McQueen United Kingdom

His film '12 Years a Slave' provides a visceral, unflinching examination of American slavery and plantation brutality through a firsthand account.

 Barry Jenkins United States

His work often examines African American historical trauma and contemporary experiences rooted in the lasting impacts of plantation-era racism.