THEME EXPLORATION

scapegoating and injustice

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
The Green Mile
The Green Mile
1999 · Frank Darabont
12 Years a Slave
12 Years a Slave
2013 · Steve McQueen
Mein Schulfreund
Mein Schulfreund
1960 · Robert Siodmak
Salt of this Sea
Salt of this Sea
2008 · Annemarie Jacir
Hibiscus Town
Hibiscus Town
1988 · Xie Jin
The Fixer
The Fixer
1968 · John Frankenheimer
Les Misérables
Les Misérables
2012 · Tom Hooper
Piazza Fontana: The Italian Conspiracy
Piazza Fontana: The Italian Conspiracy
2012 · Marco Tullio Giordana
Killers of the Flower Moon
Killers of the Flower Moon
2019 · Martin Scorsese
Summer with Hope
Summer with Hope
2022 · Sadaf Foroughi
Three Outlaw Samurai
Three Outlaw Samurai
1964 · Hideo Gosha
A Working Man
A Working Man
2025 · David Ayer
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Ken Loach United Kingdom

His socially conscious films expose systemic injustice and how vulnerable individuals become scapegoated by institutions and bureaucratic systems.

 Hirokazu Kore-eda Japan

His films examine how society marginalizes and blames vulnerable groups, exploring the emotional and moral weight of being treated as society's outsiders.