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Published: 2024-10-01 (last update: 2024-10-01)
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Socialist films
| 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 |
| Black Girl | 1966 | Ousmane Sembène | A young Senegalese maid follows her French employers as they return to their home in Antibes, in the south of France. The pleasure of discovering this new world quickly turns into deep disappointment. Isolation, contempt from her employers, pervasive racism, and endless household chores become her daily life. | Youtube |
| Soy Cuba | 1964 | Mikhaïl Kalatozov | Four vignettes about the lives of the Cuban people set during the pre-revolutionary era. | Youtube |
Anti-imperialist films
| Title | Year of release | Director | Plot | Link to watch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Films tackling social issues
| Title | Year of release | Director | Plot | Link to watch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bacurau | 2019 | Kleber Mendonça Filho, Juliano Dornelles | Bacurau, a small village in the Brazilian sertão, mourns the loss of its matriarch, Carmelita, who lived to be 94. Days later, its inhabitants notice that their village has literally vanished from online maps and a UFO-shaped drone is seen flying overhead. Soon after, a band of armed mercenaries arrive in town picking off the inhabitants one by one. |
Documentaries
| Title | Year of release | Director | Plot | Link to watch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PFLP: Declaration Of World War | 1971 | Masao Adachi, Koji Wakamatsu | A newsreel film depicting the everyday activities of Arab guerrillas as a cinematic narrative on the world revolution |