Colonialism Movies

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

On October 17, 1961, in response to the curfew imposed on Muslim Algerians by Paris police prefect Maurice Papon, the FLN Federation of France...

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

Krotoa, a feisty, bright, 11-year-old girl is removed from her close-knit Khoi tribe to serve Jan van Riebeeck, her uncle’s trading partner and...

«My grandma had a great strength and love for life which made me believe that some of us were able to become immortals and escape death. When...

The future Edward VIII visits his Empire, with Indian royalty, elephants, palaces and temples.

Three centuries of Venezuela's history as a Spanish colony are considered from economic, political and social standpoints; evocations of the past are...

The future Edward VIII visits Malakand, Kapurthala and opens the Royal Military College at Dehra Dun

Returning to the island that her father left 50 years earlier, the filmmaker goes back in time to retrace the history of her name.

The film recounts in three parts by three different directors the Algerian people's struggle for independence after 130 years of French colonization:...

The Indonesian rebels want to get rid of the evil Dutch occupiers, but they are too strong so they have to create a super commando unit with their...

The armies of Fascist Italy conquered Addis Ababa, capital of Abyssinia, in May 1936, thus culminating the African colonial adventure of the ruthless...

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

In this short film, artist Jobie Weetaluktuk turns his gaze on his family and the power of ritual through the story of a young woman and her...

While trying by all means to stay out of the bloody turmoil caused by the Battle of Algiers, Hassan, an honest and naive family man, is wrongfully...

If Only I Were That Warrior is a feature documentary film focusing on the Italian occupation of Ethiopia in 1935. Following the recent construction...

The ruthless dictator Teodoro Obiang has ruled Equatorial Guinea with an iron hand since 1979. Juan Tomás Ávila Laurel is the most...

During his first international tour, Zemi, an up-and-coming Dominican rapper, faces the age-old battle between creative integrity and encompassing...

This film travels over open books, looted objects and postcards to look for the imperial foundations of the world in which we live. Within this wide...