Colonialism Movies

Amateur footage of Delhi and Jaipur, from a military review to an atmospheric torchlit procession - and some armour-plated elephants.

Idak-Idak-Idak is a hybrid-documentary relating the stolen Lombok Treasures with the Sasak diaspora through three generations of women: a daughter,...

"As you loll comfortably on the deck, your steamer approaches the Suez Canal and you enter this interesting stretch of water at Port Said. You land...

Short Belgian documentary on volcanos in the former Belgian Congo

Amateur film of the passage to India - complete with guest appearance by Gandhi.

In 1750, in the glare of the Caribbean, the man who created history known as the forerunner of independence in Venezuela. His name is Francisco de...

Scenes at a garden party given by Earl Lytton, Governor of Bengal, at Government House, Calcutta.

Snapshots of colonial life around Tamil Nadu, plus a visit to the Toda tribe.

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

Amateur film of fishing and geese-shooting trips by a British party in India.

A dramatisation of the struggles of Sheikh Haji Muhammad Saleh, known as Tuanku Tambusai (Tuanku, an honorific; Tambusai, a nameplace), against the...

Presents a dramatization of the life and death of Isidore Bakanja who was born in the Belgian Congo around 1885. He was converted to Christianity by...

Occupation Inc. exposes European businessmen and politicians involved in the economic exploitation of Western Sahara, the last colony in Africa and...

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

We are living in the time of a heteronormative society that antagonizes Queer people for their Being-ness. In Africa, it is believed that we are...

A scenes from a tour of Manipur State and a women's bazaar in Imphal.

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

In Between the Waves Charlotte Ming examines the narratives of German colonial rule in her hometown Qingdao, reaching into personal and historical...