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THEME EXPLORATION

rural resistance

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Hidden River
Hidden River
1948 · Emilio “Indio” Fernández
The Gleaners and I
The Gleaners and I
2000 · Agnès Varda
Lorna Doone
Lorna Doone
1951 · Phil Karlson
Passage to Marseille
Passage to Marseille
1944 · Michael Curtiz
Diary of a Country Priest
Diary of a Country Priest
1951 · Robert Bresson
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
1927 · F. W. Murnau
Alphaville
Alphaville
1965 · Jean-Luc Godard
Das Madchen vom Moorhof
Das Madchen vom Moorhof
1935 · Douglas Sirk
Busch singt – Sechs Filme über die erste Hälfte des 20. Jahrhunderts
Busch singt – Sechs Filme über die erste Hälfte des 20. Jahrhunderts
1982 · Konrad Wolf
Miroirs No. 3
Miroirs No. 3
2025 · Christian Petzold
Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors
Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors
1965 · Sergei Parajanov
Pyramid of the Sun God
Pyramid of the Sun God
1965 · Robert Siodmak
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Ken Loach → United Kingdom

His films chronicle working-class and rural communities fighting against systemic injustice and economic dispossession with unflinching social realism.

Ousmane Sembène → Senegal

His pioneering work explores rural African resistance to colonialism and post-colonial exploitation, centering peasant voices and indigenous struggles.

Donald Petrie → Italy

His films depict rural and working-class resistance to fascism, corruption, and authoritarian power structures through politically engaged narratives.

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