Movies: Colonialism

  • 1973
    Sambizanga

    Sambizanga (1973)

    Sambizanga

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    Domingos is a member of an African liberation movement, arrested by the Portuguese secret police, after bloody events in Angola. His wife goes from a prison station to another, trying in vain to find out where he is....

    Sambizanga
  • 1989
    Tabataba

    Tabataba (1989)

    Tabataba

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    Tabataba tells the story of a small Malagasy village during the independence uprising which took place in 1947 in the south of the country. For several months, part of the Malagasy population revolted against the French colonial army in a bloody stru...

    Tabataba
  • 1939
    The Sun Never Sets

    The Sun Never Sets (1939)

    The Sun Never Sets

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    The Randolph family have a tradition of working in the British colonial service. Clive comes home from a mission in the Gold Coast of Africa accompanied by his wife Helen. He discovers his younger brother John, is not keen on following in his footste...

    The Sun Never Sets
  • 1981
    The Grass Is Singing

    The Grass Is Singing (1981)

    The Grass Is Singing

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    In Southern Rhodesia in the 1940s, city-dweller Mary marries farmer Dick Turner and is plucked from the comforts of her cosmopolitan life and forced to live on his unsuccessful farm. Mary slowly goes insane and has a sexual affair with her black serv...

    The Grass Is Singing
  • 1933
    Simla and Lahore

    Simla and Lahore (1933)

    Simla and Lahore

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    Evocative observational scenes of Simla and Lahore, including the gorgeous Shalimar Gardens and Anarkali Bazar....

    Simla and Lahore
  • 2015
    Lost Colony

    Lost Colony (2015)

    Lost Colony

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    While navigating life with his hyper-protective mother along the enigmatic Outer Banks of North Carolina's coast (site of the first attempted English settlement in the New World), conflicted teen Loren learns of his expecting girlfriend's ambivalence...

    Lost Colony
  • 2013
    Eyewar

    Eyewar (2013)

    Eyewar

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    What threads of history bind Manhattan's Ground Zero to those of Nagasaki and Hiroshima? Or connect sight to truth, games to war, or the silkworm to the drone? What does the United States hold to be the role of science in warfare? How has war histori...

    Eyewar
  • 1982
    Cecilia

    Cecilia (1982)

    Cecilia

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    The story of Cecilia is a story of the society that dominated 19th-century Cuba, a society divided between whites, blacks, and those who were mixed, the mulattos. (Since the Spanish conquistadors killed off the Indian population in Cuba not long afte...

    Cecilia
  • 1996
    Unpredictable Nature of the River

    Unpredictable Nature of the River (1996)

    Unpredictable Nature of the River

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    Nobleman Jean-Francois de la Plaine is exiled to serve as governor of a West African colony....

    Unpredictable Nature of the River
  • 1972
    El Vibora

    El Vibora (1972)

    El Vibora

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    A re-telling of Artemio Ricarte, a Filipino patriot who fought against the Spanish and later Americans. He was later supported by the Japanese during WWII. Nickname was "El Vibora" (the Viper)....

    El Vibora
  • 2018
    Madatrek

    Madatrek (2018)

    Madatrek

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    Embark on a journey of discovery in Madagascar with Alexandre and Sonia Poussin, Philaé, 10 years old, and Ulysse, 7 years old, along with their quirky cart pulled by zebu. Their mission was multi-faceted: to produce a documentary series, raise funds...

    Madatrek
  • 1934
    Imphal Bazaar

    Imphal Bazaar (1934)

    Imphal Bazaar

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    A scenes from a tour of Manipur State and a women's bazaar in Imphal....

    Imphal Bazaar
  • 1953
    Statues Also Die

    Statues Also Die (1953)

    Statues Also Die

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    Short documentary commissioned by the magazine Présence Africaine. From the question "Why is the African in the anthropology museum while Greek or Egyptian art are in the Louvre?", the directors expose and criticize the lack of consideration for Afri...

    Statues Also Die
  • 1970
    Dead of Summer

    Dead of Summer (1970)

    Dead of Summer

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    A woman left alone in Morocco by her architect husband begins to lose her mind....

    Dead of Summer
  • 1985
    Broken Rainbow

    Broken Rainbow (1985)

    Broken Rainbow

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    Documentary chronicling the government relocation of 10,000 Navajo Indians in Arizona....

    Broken Rainbow
  • 2020
    The Last Ice

    The Last Ice (2020)

    The Last Ice

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    For centuries, Inuit in the Arctic have lived on and around the frozen ocean. Now, as climate change is rapidly melting the sea ice between Canada and Greenland, the outside world sees unprecedented opportunity. Oil and gas deposits, faster shipping ...

    The Last Ice
  • 1976
    The Last Supper

    The Last Supper (1976)

    The Last Supper

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    A pious plantation owner attempts to teach Christianity to 12 of his slaves by inviting them to participate in a reenactment of the Last Supper....

    The Last Supper
  • 2023
    Zemi

    Zemi (2023)

    Zemi

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    During his first international tour, Zemi, an up-and-coming Dominican rapper, faces the age-old battle between creative integrity and encompassing ambition. While external voices challenge his values, Zemi calls upon a powerful spirit to defend his t...

    Zemi
  • 1947
    Old Barak

    Old Barak (1947)

    Old Barak

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    Amateur film of fishing and geese-shooting trips by a British party in India....

    Old Barak
  • 2018
    This Magnificent Cake!

    This Magnificent Cake! (2018)

    This Magnificent Cake!

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    In 1885, Africa is a succulent cake destined to be wildly divided and everyone wants a piece. A disturbed European king, a Pygmy working in a luxury hotel, a successful but lonely businessman, an enslaved porter, a young army deserter, a ghostly clar...

    This Magnificent Cake!