Colonialism Movies

  • 1909
    National parade to celebrate the annexation of Congo to Belgium

    National parade to celebrate the annexation of Congo to Belgium

    National parade to celebrate the annexation of Congo to Belgium

    01909HD

    Documentary footage of a parade in Antwerp celebrating the annexation of Congo to Belgium.

    National parade to celebrate the annexation of Congo to Belgium
  • 2001
    Images of the Orient -

    Images of the Orient - "Vandalic Tourism"

    Images of the Orient - "Vandalic Tourism"

    52001HD

    Working from archives of private film footage from a trip to India by the upper class of the late 1920s, a period of strong anti-colonial outbreak,...

    Images of the Orient -
  • 2009
    Granny (Muidumbe)

    Granny (Muidumbe)

    Granny (Muidumbe)

    02009HD

    A sequence of archive images filmed by Schefer's grandfather, a former colonial administrator, is the starting point for an experimental documentary...

    Granny (Muidumbe)
  • 1908
    In the Time of Rebellion

    In the Time of Rebellion

    In the Time of Rebellion

    01908HD

    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...

    In the Time of Rebellion
  • 2010
    The Bear Facts

    The Bear Facts

    The Bear Facts

    5.22010HD

    In this animated short, a self-important colonial explorer emerges from a sailing ship and plants a flag on the Arctic ice, as a bemused Inuit hunter...

    The Bear Facts
  • 1983
    Tiempo de Audacia

    Tiempo de Audacia

    Tiempo de Audacia

    01983HD

    This documentary juxtaposes scenes of El Salvador's opposition factions, including U.S. government advisors and government troops, and guerrillas and...

    Tiempo de Audacia
  • 2023
    Undercurrents: Meditations on Power

    Undercurrents: Meditations on Power

    Undercurrents: Meditations on Power

    02023HD

    Made from reimagined/recycled images and sounds from the filmmaker’s archive and other found materials, Undercurrents is a poetic essay...

    Undercurrents: Meditations on Power
  • 2007
    The Moroccan Labyrinth

    The Moroccan Labyrinth

    The Moroccan Labyrinth

    72007HD

    The Moroccan Labyrinth
  • 2004
    White Ghosts

    White Ghosts

    White Ghosts

    82004HD

    This documentary questions the consequences of the German colonial war at the beginning of the 20th Century in South West Africa, and explores how...

    White Ghosts
  • 2019
    The Third World

    The Third World

    The Third World

    02019HD

    For nine months in 1930, seven Bretons, lobster fishermen, were "forgotten" on a volcanic island by their employers, Normans from Le Havre, heirs of...

    The Third World
  • 2018
    Les Enfants de la Patrie

    Les Enfants de la Patrie

    Les Enfants de la Patrie

    82018HD

    Les Enfants de la Patrie
  • 1982
    Land der Bitterkeit und des Stolzes

    Land der Bitterkeit und des Stolzes

    Land der Bitterkeit und des Stolzes

    01982HD

    Land der Bitterkeit und des Stolzes
  • 2020
    De Senegal hacia España y Argentina

    De Senegal hacia España y Argentina

    De Senegal hacia España y Argentina

    02020HD

    Documentary about sub-Saharan immigration in Spain and Argentina focusing especially on the Senegalese community

    De Senegal hacia España y Argentina
  • 2018
    Etched in Bone

    Etched in Bone

    Etched in Bone

    02018HD

    Drawing on original footage from National Geographic, Etched in Bone explores the impact of one notorious bone theft by a member of the 1948...

    Etched in Bone
  • 2011
    365 Without 377

    365 Without 377

    365 Without 377

    02011HD

    Imposed under the British colonial rule in 1860, Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code criminalise any sexual acts between consenting adults of the...

    365 Without 377
  • 1970
    Return to al-Ma’in

    Return to al-Ma’in

    Return to al-Ma’in

    01970HD

    Return to al-Ma’in chronicles the multiyear collaboration between Forensic Architecture (FA) and Palestinian historian and Nakba survivor...

    Return to al-Ma’in