political repression movies page 4

The New World of Xi Jinping (2021)
6 / 10

Documentary

Behind his polite exterior lies a formidable leader with a ruthless character, ready to do anything to make China the world's leading power by the...

Spain '68 (1968)
5.2 / 10

Documentary

Spain, 1968. An analysis of the political and social situation of the country, suffocated by the boot of General Franco's tyrannical regime. (Filmed...

Solidarność: How Solidarity Changed Europe (2019)
6.5 / 10

Documentary, History, TV Movie

Gdańsk, Poland, September 1980. Lech Wałęsa and other Lenin shipyard workers found Solidarność (Solidarity), the first independent trade union...

Leftist Extremism: Activism or Terror? (2019)
4 / 10

Documentary, TV Movie

Leftist extremist groups operating in Europe have chosen violence as a political tactic: they attack the right-wing parties offices, attack the...

Sex and Revolution (2021)
4 / 10

Documentary

In the early ‘70s, in Argentina, a group of homosexuals decided to confront the status quo. With testimonies from its survivors as its denouncement...

Bepo (2016)
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Drama

The Death of a Horse (1992)
6.25 / 10

Drama

During a political purge, the Albanian government orders the disbanding of a military unit whose horses are also considered traitors.

The Forbidden Reel (2020)
8 / 10

Documentary, History

According to the official history of Afghanistan, ruthless destruction has always prevailed over art and creation; but there is another tale to be...

Under the Danger to Society Law (1977)
2 / 10

Documentary

Barcelona, Spain, June 1977. A chronicle of a demonstration held to demand the repeal of a 1970 Francoist law criminalizing homeless, prostitutes and...

301 (2008)
0 / 10

Documentary

Ciudad de la Selva - Runaways & guerrilla in the forests of Casaio (2022)
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Documentary, History

Ghumya (1969)
10 / 10

Drama

After his father's sudden death, 'Balu', a reticent, tries to survive in his day to day life..

Lagun and the Resistance Against ETA (2020)
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Documentary, History

The turbulent story of the Lagun bookstore — located in San Sebastián, in the Basque Country, Spain — is a powerful tale of courage, resistance...

Song for My Children (2022)
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Documentary, Music

An elderly choir group brings back erased violent history by singing songs that were written in prison and have been silenced for more than 50 years.

Estos muros (2021)
8 / 10

Documentary, History

In the mountains of Madrid, Spain, a railway track on an abandoned bridge and a poem erased from the wall of a ruined building reveal a deliberately...

Daniel Richter on Emil Nolde (2014)
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Documentary

Emil Nolde was a Nazi – and so what, asks contemporary German artist Daniel Richter. “It’s a moralistic debate. A debate, that mirrors the...

Bones of Contention (2018)
6 / 10

History, Documentary

A history of the political and social repression carried out by the ruthless regime of Spanish dictator Francisco Franco between 1936 and 1975 that...

The World According to Xi Jinping (2018)
7.8 / 10

Documentary

Slovo House (2017)
7 / 10

Documentary

Chain-smoking artists, poets and playwrights were among the colourful array of intellectuals living in the ‘Slovo House’ in 1920s Ukraine. The...

Living Memory (2014)
6.5 / 10

Documentary

The Living Memory Project began back in 2009 on the 70th anniversary of the end of the Spanish Civil War with the recording of the event, organized...