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Published: 2024-10-01 (last update: 2024-10-01)
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| Title | Year of release | Director | Plot | Link to watch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt of the Earth | 1954 | Herbert J. Biberman | Mexican workers at a zinc mine call a general strike. It is only through the solidarity of the workers, and importantly the indomitable resolve of their wives, mothers, and daughters, that they eventually triumph. This movie was banned in the US upon release and the director blacklisted | Youtube |
| Battle of Algiers | 1966 | Gillo Pontecorvo | Filmed in a semi-documentary format, this film deals with the battle of Algiers (1956-57) part of the broader fight for Algerian independence (1954-62) from French colonial rule. This film was banned in France for decades. | |
| Battleship Potemkin | 1925 | Sergei Eisenstein | Odessa, 1905. The crew of the Russian battleship Potemkin mutiny against their uncaring, sadistic officers and take over the ship. The mutiny starts an uprising against the tsarist government among the people of Odessa. Silent film. | Youtube |