List of films on imperialism

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This article is a selection of films and series both fictional and non-fictional which involve imperialism as a major theme. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]

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Films

YearTitleDirectorGenreThemes
1936 A Message to Garcia George Marshall Historical drama Spanish-American War
1939 The Four Feathers Zoltan Korda Historical drama Mahdist War
1941 Ohm Krüger Hans Steinhoff Historical drama Boer War
1945 Burma Victory Roy Boulting Historical drama Burma Campaign
1962 Lawrence of Arabia David Lean Biographical World War I
1966 Khartoum Basil Dearden Historical drama Siege of Khartoum
1967 The Battle of Algiers Gillo Pontecorvo Historical drama Algerian Revolution
1970 Shangani Patrol David Millin Historical drama British colonialism
1972 Sambizanga Sarah Maldoror Historical drama Angolan War of Independence
1972 A Luta Continua Robert Van Lierop Historical drama Mozambican War of Independence
1979 Zulu Dawn Douglas Hickox Historical drama Battle of Isandlwana
1980 Lion of the Desert Moustapha Akkad Historical drama Italy in Lybya
1982 Gandhi Richard Attenborough Biographical Indian Independence Movement
1982 Missing Costa-Gavras Historical drama Chilean coup of 1973
1985 Revolution Hugh Hudson Historical drama American Revolutionary War
1986 Salvador Oliver Stone Historical drama Salvadoran Civil War
1992 The Crying Game Neil Jordan Historical drama Revolution, Ireland
1995 Braveheart Mel Gibson Historical drama Revolution, Great Britain
1994 Arende Dirk de Villiers Historical drama Anglo Boer War
1996 Michael Collins Neil Jordan Biographical Revolution, Ireland
1997 Rough Riders John Milius Historical drama Spanish-American War
1998 Jose Rizal Marilou Diaz-Abaya Biographical Philippine Revolution
1999 Adwa Haile Gerima Historical drama Battle of Adwa
2000 Lumumba Raoul Peck Biographical Congolese National Movement
2000 The Patriot Roland Emmerich Historical drama American Revolutionary War
2006 Thomas Sankara: The Upright Man Robin Shuffield Documentary Revolution, Burkina Faso
2007 Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation Charles Burnett Historical drama Namibian War of Independence
2007 The War on Democracy John Pilger Historical drama US Imperialism
2008 Baler Mark Meily Historical drama Philippine Revolution
2010 Hidalgo: The story never told Antonio Serrano Biographical Mexican War of Independence
2010 Revolución: el cruce de los Andes Leandro Ipiña Historical drama Argentina War of Independence
2010 Françafrique Patrick Benquet Historical drama African post colonialism
2010 Outside the Law Rachid Bouchareb Historical drama Revolution, Algeria
2010 Amílcar Cabral Ana Ramos Lisboa Documentary Revolution, Guinea Bisseau
2012 Toussaint Louverture Philippe Niang Biographical Haitian Revolution
2013 Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom Justin Chadwick Biographical Anti-Apartheid Movement
2013 The Liberator Alberto Arvelo Historical drama Revolution, South America
2015 Queen of the Desert Werner Herzog Historical drama British colonialism
2016 Kalushi Mandla Dube Historical drama Revolution, South Africa
2006 Revolution Selfie Steven de Castro Documentary Revolution, Philippines
2019 Ginnen Upan Seethala Anuruddha Jayasinghe Biographical Revolution, Sri Lanka

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References

  1. ↑ Grieveson, Lee; MacCabe, Colin (2017-10-26). Empire and Film. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN   978-1-349-92498-1.
  2. ↑ Chapman, James; Cull, Nicholas J. (2009-07-15). Projecting Empire: Imperialism and Popular Cinema. Bloomsbury Academic. ISBN   978-1-84511-940-9.
  3. ↑ Grieveson, Lee; MacCabe, Colin (2019-07-25). Film and the End of Empire. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN   978-1-83871-570-0.
  4. ↑ Prince, Stephen (1992-06-30). Visions of Empire: Political Imagery in Contemporary American Film. Bloomsbury Academic. ISBN   978-0-275-93662-4.
  5. ↑ Landy, Marcia (2001-01-01). The Historical Film: History and Memory in Media. A&C Black. ISBN   978-0-485-30096-3.
  6. ↑ Hughes-Warrington, Marnie (2007). History goes to the movies: studying history on film. London: Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group. ISBN   978-0-415-32828-9.
  7. ↑ Rosenstone, Robert A. (2017). History on Film/Film on History. doi:10.4324/9781315113654. ISBN   9781315113654.
  8. ↑ Nowell-Smith, Geoffrey; Nowell-Smith, Project Director for European Filmography and Fellow of the European Humanities Research Center Geoffrey (1996-10-17). The Oxford History of World Cinema. Oxford University Press, UK. ISBN   978-0-19-811257-0.
  9. ↑ Jaikumar, Priya (2006-05-03). Cinema at the End of Empire: A Politics of Transition in Britain and India. Duke University Press. ISBN   978-0-8223-8774-9.
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