british colonialism movies page 2

Thrown into Canada (2022)
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Documentary, History

This documentary explores the history of Canada’s first major migration of non-European and non-white refugees who arrived in 1972 when Ugandan...

NZ WARS: Stories of Waitara (1969)
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Documentary, War, TV Movie

Stories of Waitara combines oral histories, state of the art animations and powerful dramatic re-enactments to bring to life the narratives of Te...

The Death Knell (1964)
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Documentary

At the beginning of the 1960s, in Salisbury (now Harare), in Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), the government of Ian Smith hanged three black...

India on Film: 1899 – 1947 (2017)
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Documentary, History

As part of the 2017 UK-India Year of Culture, the British Council and British Film Institute share a unique collection of films documenting the...

Rewi's Last Stand (1940)
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Drama, War, History

Star-crossed lovers, Robert and Ariana, are caught up in the New Zealand wars of the 1860s. Ariana is claimed by the Maniapoto people as one of...

the meaning of style (2012)
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Shot with Malaysian skinheads in Penang, it’s a meditative fantasy on signs, signals and butterflies, leading to pointed reflections on the...

Restitution? Africa's Fight for Its Art (2022)
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Documentary

There is an interlinking history of violent European colonialism and the cultural legacy of ethnographic collections in institutions. This...

British Settler Life in Kenya (1944)
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Documentary

This 1944 black and white silent film provides brief glimpses of the lifestyle among Kenya's white/European settlers during the Second World War.

Gardens of the Orient (1936)
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Documentary

This portait of life on the tea plantations is decidedly rosy – clearly, there are no exploited workers here. However, the film provides an...

Food from the Empire (1969)
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Documentary

Made in 1940 and sponsored by the Ministry of Information this film shows the food contributions supplied to Britain by various colonies and...