Colonialism Movies

  • 2009
    Let Each One Go Where He May

    Let Each One Go Where He May

    Let Each One Go Where He May

    7.72009HD

    The film traces the extensive journey of two unidentified brothers who venture from the outskirts of Paramaribo, Suriname, on land and through...

    Let Each One Go Where He May
  • 1988
    Lotus Flower

    Lotus Flower

    Lotus Flower

    01988HD

    After his family was brutally murdered by French settlers on his wedding day, an Algerian man joins the French army and is sent to Vietnam to fight...

    Lotus Flower
  • 2011
    Octobre à Paris

    Octobre à Paris

    Octobre à Paris

    8.22011HD

    On October 17, 1961, 30,000 Algerians demonstrated peacefully in Paris to protest the discriminatory curfew imposed upon them and to demand Algerian...

    Octobre à Paris
  • 1936
    Gardens of the Orient

    Gardens of the Orient

    Gardens of the Orient

    01936HD

    This portait of life on the tea plantations is decidedly rosy – clearly, there are no exploited workers here. However, the film provides an...

    Gardens of the Orient
  • 2010
    The Bear Facts

    The Bear Facts

    The Bear Facts

    5.62010HD

    In this animated short, a self-important colonial explorer emerges from a sailing ship and plants a flag on the Arctic ice, as a bemused Inuit hunter...

    The Bear Facts
  • 2009
    Les 16 de Basse-Pointe

    Les 16 de Basse-Pointe

    Les 16 de Basse-Pointe

    102009HD

    Les 16 de Basse-Pointe
  • 2026
    The Fold

    The Fold

    The Fold

    02026HD

    A visual and psychological investigation of the French psychiatrist and photographer Gaëtan Gatian de Clérambault (1872–1934), who...

    The Fold
  • 2023
    Hijos de África

    Hijos de África

    Hijos de África

    02023HD

    Hijos de África
  • 1935
    Native Life in Bundi

    Native Life in Bundi

    Native Life in Bundi

    01935HD

    Amateur film showing daily life in Bundi, India.

    Native Life in Bundi
  • 1971
    Search for the Goddess of Love

    Search for the Goddess of Love

    Search for the Goddess of Love

    31971HD

    CBS News presents a Smithsonian adventure featuring Iris Love and narrated by Walter Schirra produced by CBS News in association with the Smithsonian...

    Search for the Goddess of Love
  • 2025
    Idak-Idak-Idak

    Idak-Idak-Idak

    Idak-Idak-Idak

    02025HD

    Idak-Idak-Idak is a hybrid-documentary relating the stolen Lombok Treasures with the Sasak diaspora through three generations of women: a daughter,...

    Idak-Idak-Idak
  • 1970
    Almost Arcady

    Almost Arcady

    Almost Arcady

    01970HD

    Educational film about Cyprus - landscape, people, work, traditions etc.

    Almost Arcady
  • 1933
    Procession of Elephants at Jaipur; Galta; Raj Mahal

    Procession of Elephants at Jaipur; Galta; Raj Mahal

    Procession of Elephants at Jaipur; Galta; Raj Mahal

    01933HD

    Armoured elephants, sacred monkeys and a camel carriage from Rajasthan.

    Procession of Elephants at Jaipur; Galta; Raj Mahal
  • 1971
    The Struggle Continues

    The Struggle Continues

    The Struggle Continues

    01971HD

    A Luta Continua explains the military struggle of the Liberation Front of Mozambique (FRELIMO) against the Portuguese. Produced and narrated by...

    The Struggle Continues
  • 2011
    365 Without 377

    365 Without 377

    365 Without 377

    02011HD

    Imposed under the British colonial rule in 1860, Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code criminalise any sexual acts between consenting adults of the...

    365 Without 377
  • 1928
    Nyimsao and Kheseto: A Tale of the Naga Hills

    Nyimsao and Kheseto: A Tale of the Naga Hills

    Nyimsao and Kheseto: A Tale of the Naga Hills

    01928HD

    The life of the people of the Naga Hills, Assam, including sports activities and tribal ceremonies, presented within a fictional framework.

    Nyimsao and Kheseto: A Tale of the Naga Hills
  • 1935
    Delhi - Jubilee

    Delhi - Jubilee

    Delhi - Jubilee

    01935HD

    Amateur footage of Delhi and Jaipur, from a military review to an atmospheric torchlit procession - and some armour-plated elephants.

    Delhi - Jubilee
  • 1971
    El Fidayoune

    El Fidayoune

    El Fidayoune

    101971HD

    In the midst of the Algerian War in 1957, fighters (fidayounes) resisted French intervention with the help of a doctor.

    El Fidayoune
  • 1917
    East of Suez

    East of Suez

    East of Suez

    01917HD

    "As you loll comfortably on the deck, your steamer approaches the Suez Canal and you enter this interesting stretch of water at Port Said. You land...

    East of Suez
  • 1995
    Une ambition politique

    Une ambition politique

    Une ambition politique

    01995HD

    Une ambition politique