Film Series
Rise Up!: Portraits of Resistance
As we brace for the explosive, fearlessly inventive rebel yell that is the brilliant new Brazilian social thriller Bacurau, we’re looking back at the rich history of revolutionary cinema. This is a selection of films that give voice to oppressed communities across the globe fighting to achieve self-determination. Centering the struggles of indigenous people and communities of color—from Cuba to Palestine to Senegal and beyond—this galvanizing program examines the myriad ways in which artists have deployed cinema as a tool for social action.
This no-holds-barred sci-fi survival thriller, set in a not-too-distant future Brazil, explodes with the force of a Molotov cocktail hurled straight into the eye of racial and political oppression.
Gillo Pontecorvo’s landmark of revolutionary cinema captures Algeria's struggle for freedom.
An epically entertaining, up-with-the-people Bollywood super-spectacle.
Trailblazing director Sarah Maldoror’s bracing vision of Angola’s anti-colonialist struggle.
A revolutionary hero is born in Glauber Rocha’s boldly stylized Brazilian acid western.
An urgent, eye-opening vision of modern Palestinian struggle and resistance.
Alanis Obomsawin’s galvanizing dispatch from the frontlines of the fight for indigenous rights.
This anti-colonialist Cuban classic blazes with white hot intensity.
This explosive Bolivian docudrama transmutes raw anger into a jolting Marxist manifesto.
Mati Diop’s revelatory feature debut turns raw class fury into a tantalizing ghost story.