Movies and TvShows featuring "third-cinema" theme.
Twenty Years Later is a documentary that delves into the Brazilian military dictatorship and its effects on the country's filmmaking industry. It explores the Operation Condor, a covert operation collaboration between Latin American military dictatorships to eliminate political opponents. The film examines the struggles faced by filmmakers during this period and how they managed to produce works of art amidst censorship and repression.
Barren Lives is a 1963 movie that depicts the harsh reality of poverty and deprivation in the Brazilian countryside. Set during a drought, it follows a socially deprived family struggling to survive in the arid landscape. The film explores themes of hunger, hardship, and the resilience of the human spirit. Based on the novel by Graciliano Ramos, Barren Lives is a classic example of the new Latin American cinema movement.
Black Girl (1966) follows the story of a young Senegalese woman who moves to France to work as a domestic worker for a wealthy family. She faces discrimination and alienation in her new environment, as she struggles to find her place in a racially divided society. The film explores themes of post-colonialism, racism, and the complex dynamics of employer-employee relationships.
Chronicle of the Years of Fire (1975) is a historical drama that depicts the Algerian resistance against French colonialism and their fight for liberation. Set in the 1940s and 1950s, the film explores the harsh realities faced by Algerians under French occupation, including racial segregation, political activism, and the struggle for independence. It highlights key moments such as massacres, the involvement of Nazi Germany during World War Two, and the guerilla warfare tactics used by the Algerian rebels.
Sambizanga is a powerful drama set in Angola during the colonial period. The film follows a man who becomes involved in the liberation movement and the struggles he faces against police violence, terrorism, and secret organizations. It explores themes of race relations, human rights, and the fight for freedom.
In the heart of Mali's capital, Bamako, a local court trial takes place in a courtyard while life goes on around them. Through this trial, the film delves into issues of colonialism, globalization, and the influence of the World Bank and the IMF. It serves as an allegory for the struggles faced by African nations in seeking justice and independence.
Antonio, a mercenary and former government agent, is hired to kill a blind man in a village. As he carries out the job, Antonio starts to question his actions and embarks on a journey of redemption in a town plagued by corruption and social issues.
Mandabi is a 1968 comedy-drama movie that offers a satirical take on the bureaucracy and corruption prevalent in postcolonial Senegal. The story revolves around a man named Ibrahima, who receives a money order from his nephew in France and faces numerous obstacles while trying to cash it. As he navigates through the bureaucratic maze, the film explores themes of polygamy, the role of religion in society, and the struggle of the common man against an oppressive system.
Entranced Earth is a surreal drama set in a fictitious Latin American country, depicting the political corruption and abuse of power. The story follows a journalist who becomes entangled in a web of treachery and conflict-of-interest as he investigates the corruption within the government and the corporation backing the political candidate. The film explores themes of amorality, violence, and the struggle for power in a poverty-stricken society.
In 17th-century Africa, a princess is kidnapped and taken by religious fanatics. As tensions rise between different religious groups, violence and religious persecution become commonplace. The king and his daughter must navigate the dangerous landscape of tribal warfare and religious intolerance to try and rescue the princess.
Araya is a documentary film that explores the lives of laborers and fishermen working in a salt mine in Venezuela. The film takes a close look at the harsh conditions they face, their daily struggles, and their hopes and dreams.
Lucia is a young woman in Cuba who experiences betrayal and sexual repression during the revolution in the 1930s. The movie explores themes of love, sacrifice, and the struggle for freedom.
Sugar Cane Alley is a poignant and heartfelt movie that takes place in a small French Caribbean village during the 1930s. It tells the story of a young boy named Jose, who is raised by his grandmother and struggles to overcome the challenges of poverty and exploitation on a sugar cane plantation. Through his determination and resilience, Jose navigates a world filled with hardship, racial tensions, and limited opportunities. Along the way, he experiences the power of education, friendship, and the strength of his community. This autobiographical film explores themes of inequality, resilience, and the pursuit of a better life.
Moolaadé tells the story of Collé, a woman in an African village who stands up against the tradition of female genital mutilation. Her courage leads to a fierce battle with the elders and the repercussions of her actions affect the entire community.
The Hour of the Furnaces is a documentary film that delves into the history of Argentina, focusing on the social and political oppression faced by its people during the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s. It examines various topics such as oligarchy, coup d'état, Peronism, adult illiteracy, and the influence of the United States. The film also explores the effects of neocolonialism, anti-colonial resistance, and the struggles of the working class and peasants. Through interviews, archival footage, and powerful imagery, The Hour of the Furnaces serves as a scathing critique of capitalism and aims to inspire solidarity and social change.
Xala is a satire comedy set in Senegal, focusing on a wealthy businessman named El Hadji who is struck with impotence on the night of his marriage to his third wife. The film explores themes of colonialism, neocolonialism, and corruption as El Hadji's impotence becomes a metaphor for the impotence of post-colonial African nations.
In pre-colonial times a peddler crossing the savanna discovers a child lying unconscious in the bush. When the boy comes to, he is mute and cannot explain who he is. The peddler leaves him with a family in the nearest village. After a search for his parents, the family adopts him, giving him the name Wend Kuuni (God's Gift) and a loving sister with whom he bonds. Wend Kuuni regains his speech only after witnessing a tragic event that prompts him to reveal his own painful history.
In 1950, in Algeria, in a village in Kabylia, Algerian resistance fighters resisted the French occupation army. Bachir returns to the village to escape the clashes ravaging Algiers. In Thala, he has two brothers, Ali and Belaïd. The first is engaged with the ALN (The National Liberation Army) and fights against the colonizer. His second brother, Belaïd, the eldest, is convinced of a French Algeria. His family torn apart, Bachir decides to join the war and takes sides against the repression of the French army. The French army is trying in vain to turn the population against the insurgents by using disinformation. The more time passes, the more the inhabitants of the village and surrounding areas, oppressed, rally to the cause of the FLN, their houses and their fields will be burned... Adaptation to the cinema of the eponymous novel Opium and the Stick, published in 1965, by Mouloud Mammeri, the film was dubbed into Tamazight (Berber), a first for Algerian cinema.
The Vampires of Poverty is a satirical mockumentary comedy set in Bogota, Colombia. It follows the story of a filmmaker who goes undercover to interview indigent people living in poverty-stricken areas. As he delves deeper into their lives, he discovers the moral complexities and idiosyncratic characters within the streets of Bogota. With crude humor and alternative comedy, this film provides a unique and thought-provoking critique of society and its treatment of the poor.
At the outbreak of the Second World War, two friends, Mokrane and Menach, abruptly interrupt their studies and return to their remote native Kabylian village of Tagsa. While waiting to be drafted into the French Army they have time to woo. Mokrane falls for beautiful Aazi and soon marries her only to find out that she can bear no child. Menach, on his part, is stongly attracted to Davda, but the latter is already married to a rich merchant...Happiness does not seem to be in store for the two former students...