colonialism movies page 5

Afrika (1973)
5.1 / 10

Drama, Thriller

A violent examination of male homosexuality in a time when it was considered taboo, where Ivano Staccioli and his lover engage in a self-destructive...

CARA-B (2023)
0 / 10

Documentary

A desktop documentary that focuses on the Golden Record that NASA sent into space in the late 1970s. The piece reflects on issues such as the power...

Melting Snow (2021)
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Documentary

Two tons of snow—flown from New Hampshire to Puerto Rico in 1952 in order to “gift” Puerto Ricans a “white Christmas”—become a metaphor...

Urban Solutions (2022)
0 / 10

Documentary, History

An european artist writes about his experience in portraying life in Brazil during the colonial period. Aporteiro – concierge and security guard in...

Britannia (1993)
5 / 10

Animation

The history of empire. A British bulldog answers his mistress's call. He tacks down the Union Jack to cover the British Isles, then begins playing...

Holy Angels (2017)
0 / 10

Documentary

Documentary about the Holy Angels Residential School in Alberta, where hundreds of First Nations children were imprisoned.

The White Slave (1936)
2 / 10

Drama

A plantation owner's daughter falls in love with the handsome plantation foreman Andrea, but her father disapproves of the relationship. Andrea is ...

Le temps des bouffons (1985)
7.8 / 10

Documentary

A short film created (and narrated) in 1985 by Québécois director Pierre Falardeau. It compares English rule in Ghana with Canadian dominance in...

The Forgotten Hill (1996)
8.5 / 10

Drama

At the outbreak of the Second World War, two friends, Mokrane and Menach, abruptly interrupt their studies and return to their remote native Kabylian...

Edward Prince of Wales' Tour of India: Peshawar, The Khyber Pass and Rawl Pindi (1922)
0 / 10

Documentary

The future Edward VIII enjoys stunning mountain scenery on a visit to the Khyber Pass during his royal tour

If Only I Were That Warrior (2015)
6.5 / 10

Documentary

If Only I Were That Warrior is a feature documentary film focusing on the Italian occupation of Ethiopia in 1935. Following the recent construction...

Edward Prince of Wales' Tour of India: Indore, Bhopal, Gwalior and Delhi (1922)
0 / 10

Documentary

The future Edward VIII enjoys a stately procession and visits the Taj Mahal before meeting senior Indian royalty.

Carving Thy Faith (2018)
10 / 10

Documentary

A five-year visual ethnography of traditional yet practical orchestration of Semana Santa in a small town where religious woodcarving is the...

Tuanku Tambusai (1991)
0 / 10

A dramatisation of the struggles of Sheikh Haji Muhammad Saleh, known as Tuanku Tambusai (Tuanku, an honorific; Tambusai, a nameplace), against the...

A Story from Africa (2019)
0 / 10

Documentary

Following the 1884–85 Berlin Conference resolution on the partition of Africa, the Portuguese army uses a talented ensign to register the effective...

Timuti (2012)
0 / 10

Documentary

In Inukjuak, an Inuit community in the Eastern Arctic, a baby boy has come into the world and they call him Timuti, a name that recurs across...

Cao Bang, les soldats sacrifiés d'Indochine (2014)
0 / 10

Documentary, War

One Day I Saw 10,000 Elephants (2015)
6.6 / 10

Animation, Adventure, History

The octogenarian Angono Mba recalls the expedition in which he worked as porter for the Spanish filmmaker Manuel Hernández Sanjuán who, between...

Out of the Mist: An Alternate History of New Zealand Cinema (2015)
0 / 10

Documentary

Two decades on from Cinema of Unease, Tim Wong’s essay film contemplates the prevailing image of a national cinema while privileging some of the...

Fadhma N'Soumer (2014)
6.4 / 10

War, History

This film, is about the courage and the determination of a young woman in djurdjur"as mountain in Algeria, fighting for her ancestor land during the...