Colonialism Movies

  • 1936
    Gardens of the Orient

    Gardens of the Orient

    Gardens of the Orient

    01936HD

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

    Gardens of the Orient
  • 2016
    The Sea is History

    The Sea is History

    The Sea is History

    02016HD

    A materialist and animist critique of European colonial history, reading the past as something entangled within the present, made up of living and...

    The Sea is History
  • 2017
    Beyond the Frontlines: Resistance and Resilience in Palestine

    Beyond the Frontlines: Resistance and Resilience in Palestine

    Beyond the Frontlines: Resistance and Resilience in Palestine

    5.52017HD

    Beyond the Frontlines: Resistance and Resilience in Palestine
  • 2020
    Invasion

    Invasion

    Invasion

    8.32020HD

    In this era of “reconciliation”, Indigenous land is still being taken at gunpoint. Unist’ot’en Camp, Gidimt’en...

    Invasion
  • 2015
    One Day I Saw 10,000 Elephants

    One Day I Saw 10,000 Elephants

    One Day I Saw 10,000 Elephants

    6.62015HD

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

    One Day I Saw 10,000 Elephants
  • 1973
    Sambizanga

    Sambizanga

    Sambizanga

    6.81973HD

    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...

    Sambizanga
  • 1922
    Edward Prince of Wales' Tour of India: Madras, Bangalore, Mysore and Hyderabad

    Edward Prince of Wales' Tour of India: Madras, Bangalore, Mysore and Hyderabad

    Edward Prince of Wales' Tour of India: Madras, Bangalore, Mysore and Hyderabad

    01922HD

    This official travelogue of a royal tour follows the Prince on a series of regimental displays and a tiger hunt.

    Edward Prince of Wales' Tour of India: Madras, Bangalore, Mysore and Hyderabad
  • 2003
    Congo: White King, Red Rubber, Black Death

    Congo: White King, Red Rubber, Black Death

    Congo: White King, Red Rubber, Black Death

    7.22003HD

    This true, astonishing story describes how King Leopold II of Belgium turned Congo into its private colony between 1885 and 1908. Under his control,...

    Congo: White King, Red Rubber, Black Death
  • 1996
    Unpredictable Nature of the River

    Unpredictable Nature of the River

    Unpredictable Nature of the River

    6.11996HD

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

    Unpredictable Nature of the River
  • 1961
    The Day of the Fox

    The Day of the Fox

    The Day of the Fox

    01961HD

    "In Jan Carew’s explosive drama, Sammy Davis Jr gives a memorable performance as a proud but disillusioned revolutionary who aims to destroy...

    The Day of the Fox
  • 1972
    El Vibora

    El Vibora

    El Vibora

    01972HD

    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...

    El Vibora
  • 1993
    Act of War: The Overthrow of the Hawaiian Nation

    Act of War: The Overthrow of the Hawaiian Nation

    Act of War: The Overthrow of the Hawaiian Nation

    91993HD

    This hour-long documentary is a provocative look at a historical event of which few Americans are aware. In mid-January, 1893, armed troops from the...

    Act of War: The Overthrow of the Hawaiian Nation
  • 2011
    Una identidad en absurdo Vol. 1

    Una identidad en absurdo Vol. 1

    Una identidad en absurdo Vol. 1

    02011HD

    Guillermo Gómez Álvarez explores the identity politics of Puerto Rico via archival footage from various sources that clash with nine...

    Una identidad en absurdo Vol. 1
  • 2009
    Les 16 de Basse-Pointe

    Les 16 de Basse-Pointe

    Les 16 de Basse-Pointe

    102009HD

    Les 16 de Basse-Pointe
  • 2007
    The Moroccan Labyrinth

    The Moroccan Labyrinth

    The Moroccan Labyrinth

    72007HD

    The Moroccan Labyrinth
  • 1925
    Indian Wildlife Park

    Indian Wildlife Park

    Indian Wildlife Park

    01925HD

    Accompany a couple on their visit to a local wildlife park.

    Indian Wildlife Park
  • 1982
    Cecilia

    Cecilia

    Cecilia

    4.81982HD

    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,...

    Cecilia
  • 1970
    Hiatos (Gaps) - 2021

    Hiatos (Gaps) - 2021

    Hiatos (Gaps) - 2021

    01970HD

    Hiatos is a performance art video that treats melancholy as a colonial wound. Through performance and dance, it reveals perspectives of time,...

    Hiatos (Gaps) - 2021
  • 1935
    Native Life in Bundi

    Native Life in Bundi

    Native Life in Bundi

    01935HD

    Amateur film showing daily life in Bundi, India.

    Native Life in Bundi
  • 1992
    Rester là-bas

    Rester là-bas

    Rester là-bas

    101992HD

    Algiers. From the port to the souks, passing through the Jardin d'Essai, Dominique Cabrera transports us to the land where she was born, on the other...

    Rester là-bas