THEME EXPLORATION

rural to urban migration

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Manila in the Claws of Light
Manila in the Claws of Light
1975 · Lino Brocka
Touki Bouki
Touki Bouki
1973 · Djibril Diop Mambéty
Moi, un noir
Moi, un noir
1958 · Jean Rouch
Chung Kuo Cina
Chung Kuo Cina
1972 · Michelangelo Antonioni
The Beekeeper
The Beekeeper
1986 · Theodoros Angelopoulos
Fala Brasília
Fala Brasília
1966 · Nelson Pereira dos Santos
Zone Moment
Zone Moment
1956 · Stan Brakhage
Breathless
Breathless
1960 · Jean-Luc Godard
Miracle in Milan
Miracle in Milan
1951 · Vittorio De Sica
The Battle of Algiers
The Battle of Algiers
1966 · Gillo Pontecorvo
Diary of a Country Priest
Diary of a Country Priest
1951 · Robert Bresson
The Gleaners and I
The Gleaners and I
2000 · Agnès Varda
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Lav Diaz Philippines

His slow-cinema epics chronicle the struggles of rural Filipinos migrating to Manila, capturing the psychological and economic devastation of displacement.

 Ken Loach United Kingdom

His socially conscious films repeatedly explore working-class migration and urban poverty, documenting how rural communities are uprooted by economic forces.

 Jia Zhangke China

His films intimately document China's massive rural-to-urban migration crisis, examining alienation and cultural loss in contemporary Chinese industrial cities.