2002 Spring Modernity from Below
“Land of Wandering Souls [La Terre des Ames Errantes]”
In 1999 the first fibre optics cable was laid across Cambodia. Rithy Panh recounts several weeks in the life of a poor Cambodian family – a woman, a disabled ex-service […]
Read More“Injustice”
The story of the struggles for justice of the families of people killed by the police. In 1969 David Oluwale became the first black person to die in police custody […]
Read More“Children Underground”
This modern tale ventures below the streets of Bucharest, Romania, to introduce us to five members of a “family” of orphaned, abandoned, or runaway children living in the Piata Victoriei […]
Read MoreModernity from Below
Histories of modernity have mostly been written from the perspective of its victors. In this view, modernization brings with it the emergence of modern site institutions, civil societies, cosmopolitanism, democracy, […]
Read More“I’m My Mother’s Daughter [Ich bin die Tochter meiner Mutter]”
Derin’s documentary is the first film on migration made in Germany by a Turkish female director. It centers around the story of Derin’s mother who came from a small village […]
Read More“A Single Spark”
In 1970, a young labor activist in South Korea committed suicide by self-immolation as a protest against the deplorable conditions under which Korean garment-industry workers were forced to work. Artfully […]
Read More“The Party of the Women Of Mount Chenoua [La Nouba des Femmes du Mont-Chenoua]”
This classic film from acclaimed novelist/filmmaker Assia Djebar is essential viewing for an understanding of women in Algeria. Taking its title and structure from the “Nouba”, a traditional song of […]
Read More“Rebellion in Patagonia [La Patagonia Rebelde]”
This classic of the Latin American cinema is based on actual historical events involving the brutal military suppression of a series of strikes during the early Twenties by rural workers […]
Read More“The Dupes [Al Makhdu’un]”
The Dupes, a stark black and white film, traces the destinies of three Palestinian refugees brought together by dispossession, despair and hope for a better future A masterful adaptation of […]
Read More“Long Night’s Journey into Day”
For over forty years, South Africa was governed by the most notorious form of racial domination since Nazi Germany. When it finally collapsed, those who had enforced Apartheid’s rule wanted […]
Read More“Safe Journey [Latcho Drom]”
LATCHO DROM (Safe Journey) captures the resilient perseverance of the Gypsies through years of persecution and poverty. From the barren desert landscapes of the Rajathan to France, LATCHO DROM chronicles […]
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