Colonialism Movies

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

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

In the midst of the Algerian War in 1957, fighters (fidayounes) resisted French intervention with the help of a doctor.

The film recounts in three parts by three different directors the Algerian people's struggle for independence after 130 years of French colonization:...

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...

The future Edward VIII opens a durbar and enjoys a day at the races before inspecting the fire brigade in Calcutta.

After numerous military operations, Major Müller can't find a way back into civilian life. Following his urge to communicate, the Major is...

«My grandma had a great strength and love for life which made me believe that some of us were able to become immortals and escape death. When...

This film was originally made for the International Conference on Human Settlements (HABITAT) which was held in Vancouver, Canada. Taking as an...

A Maasai human rights lawyer fights to stop the evictions of his people from their homelands in Tanzania. On the outskirts of Serengeti National...

Atikamekw elder Cézar Néwashish continues to recount the history of the community of Manawan that first began in The History of...

For hundreds of years, Taiwan has been under different colonial rules. From the Dutch, the Spanish, the Japanese, and nowadays Republic of China,...

A vital documentary charting the lives and court cases of LGBTQIA+ heroes, and the shocking colonial history of queer criminalisation.

Negotiating Amnesia is an essay film based on research conducted at the Alinari Archive and the National Library in Florence. It focuses on the...

With a forensic lens, Onyeka Igwe's A So-Called Archive interrogate the decomposing repositories of Empire. Blending footage shot over the past year...

When a northeastern brazilian worker, Filismino, is forced to move to the big southeastern metropolis of São Paulo, the northeastern grim...

In a British barrack in India is confined a tamed gorilla which has conceived a hatred for one of the Hindoo attendants, owing to the barbarous...