Colonialism Movies

This film was originally made for the International Conference on Human Settlements (HABITAT) which was held in Vancouver, Canada. Taking as an...

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...

With a forensic lens, Onyeka Igwe's A So-Called Archive interrogate the decomposing repositories of Empire. Blending footage shot over the past year...

Ka Hoʻina documents members of Hui Mālama I Nā Kūpuna O Hawaiʻi Nei's final repatriation of over 140 sets of iwi kupuna and...

The future Edward VIII enjoys a stately procession and visits the Taj Mahal before meeting senior Indian royalty.

This documentary juxtaposes scenes of El Salvador's opposition factions, including U.S. government advisors and government troops, and guerrillas and...

The future Edward VIII enjoys receptions, playing polo and hunting tigers on his royal tour.

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

As children, a Mozambique native and a Portuguese colonialist were friends. Years have passed and Mozambique is fighting for its independence. Two...

Rui was raised in Mozambique in a small village at the frontier of a mysterious river. Son of Portuguese colonists, his best friend is Ana, a black...

In a strange twist of irony, Americans celebrate their independence on the sovereign lands of the Quileute People. An ambient soundscape coupled with...

This short documentary chronicles a four-month period between 1979 and 1980 when residents of Hawaii's Sand Island "squatter" community attempted to...

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

On 2 January 1899, starting from the French Sudan, a French column under the command of the captains Voulet and Chanoine is sent against the black...

After numerous military operations, Major Müller can't find a way back into civilian life. Following his urge to communicate, the Major is...

The life of a runaway slave who founded the Quilombo dos Palmares, an outlaw community of Brazilian slaves.

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...

'An instructional film made on behalf of the Department of Social Welfare, demonstrating a new technique to teach English to illiterate adult...

A re-telling of Artemio Ricarte, a Filipino patriot who fought against the Spanish and later Americans. He was later supported by the Japanese during...