Cultural Resistance in Film

Do the Right Thing (1989) is a Spike Lee film that explores the racial tensions and cultural resistance in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn.

Wakanda is the fictional African nation in the Marvel Cinematic Universe that is technologically advanced and resists colonization.

Eat Drink Man Woman (1994) is an Ang Lee film that follows the lives of a Taiwanese family during the Japanese occupation and explores their cultural resistance.

Ali La Pointe is the fictional Algerian revolutionary leader in the film "The Battle of Algiers" (1966) who leads the fight against French colonialism.

Viva Zapata! (1952) is an Elia Kazan film that tells the story of Mexican revolutionary Emiliano Zapata and his fight against oppression.

Marjane Satrapi is the Iranian graphic novelist and filmmaker who wrote and directed the animated film "Persepolis" (2007), which is based on her own childhood.

Kes (1969) is a Ken Loach film that follows the story of a young working-class boy in Yorkshire who finds solace in falconry.

The Salt of the Earth (1954) is a film about a huelga (strike) by Mexican-American zinc miners in Silver City, New Mexico.

Pather Panchali (1955) is the first film in Satyajit Ray's Apu Trilogy and follows the story of a young boy named Apu growing up in rural Bengal during the British Raj.

General Massu is the French general who leads the brutal crackdown on the Algerian resistance in the film "The Battle of Algiers" (1966).

Black Girl (1966) is an Ousmane Sembène film that follows the story of a young Senegalese woman who travels to France to work as a nanny and faces racism and exploitation.

Djamila Bouhired is the Algerian woman who plays a key role in the resistance movement in the film "The Battle of Algiers" (1966).

Z (1969) is a Costa-Gavras film that follows the investigation into the assassination of a Greek left-wing politician and exposes the military junta's involvement.

The Casbah is the Algerian neighborhood where the resistance movement is strongest in the film "The Battle of Algiers" (1966).

A Separation (2011) is an Asghar Farhadi film that follows the story of a couple going through a divorce and explores the cultural resistance of Iranian women against the oppressive regime.