Oppression Movies

Deraldo, a popular poet from Northeast Brazil, arrives in the capital of São Paulo, making a living only from his poetry and pamphlets. All is...

Arrancar los ojos is a project that proposes a constellation of works around the gaze and its political dimension. A reflection on the concepts of...

In 10th century Norway, a young shaman is forced to hunt down her outlaw sister.

The first major uprising against police brutality, harassment, and societal oppression was not at Stonewall in 1969, but at Compton's Cafeteria in...

A struggling black college grad wakes up to find that reparations have finally been paid to descendants of slaves in America. With this new found...

In Tokugawa-era (1637) Shimabara, oppressed peasant Christians revolt against the shogunate with the aid of charismatic Christian rebel leader Shiro...

Franek, a student of painting. By coincidence becomes involved in the cogs of a horrific totalitarian machine. His sensitivity and humanity will be...

It is the year 2010 and, due to extreme overpopulation, casual sexual activity has been outlawed. An innocent young girl named Little Red Riding Hood...

After the hero Julio Valiente was ambushed by Señor Escobar, there was no stopping him from being the head of San Basilio and thereby claiming...

Film by Spencer Williams.

An ode to Rogelio Sikat’s classic Filipino short story “Impeng Negro,” about a boy who is both Filipino and Black.

Ziba is an upper-class housewife in today's modern Tehran. Unable to relate to her environment or to her alienating life, she lives within her...

The story of a Kurdish newspaper whose journalists are under the constant threat of being abducted and killed by the state security forces.

Every year, millions of Americans are incarcerated before even being convicted of a crime - all because they can't afford to post bail. How did we...

You are in a bedroom observing a man quietly sleeping in his bed. His TV turns on and a strange figure shows up.

Two girls who love each other while living under a homophobic government, trying to stay together in a society that wants to keep them apart.

Why is it that often when we get what we want, we still feel empty? We work so hard to succeed, but our lives just end up becoming more about us. Can...

More than a century ago, large scale gold mining was begun at Kolar Gold Field, Mysore. At its peak, the mines employed 36,000 workers who braved the...

A former sheriff accused of heresy, robbery and conspiracy tries to live the lawless life. But that is quickly put an end to when a bounty hunter is...