Oppression Movies
- 2018
Five Fingers for Marseilles
Five Fingers for Marseilles5.62018HD
Years ago, the young Five Fingers fought for the rural town of Marseilles against brutal police oppression. Now, after fleeing in disgrace, Tau, one...
- 2023
Terrestrial Verses
Terrestrial Verses72023HD
A satirical take on the mundane absurdities of life in modern-day Iran, these nine vignettes illuminate the lighter side of enduring under...
- 1965
The Wild Men of Kurdistan
The Wild Men of Kurdistan61965HD
After dealing with the Shut in the Balkans, Kara Ben-Nemsi ('Karl the German') receives a firman (precious passport) from the padishah (Ottoman...
- 2011
Three Veils
Three Veils3.12011HD
The lives of three young Middle Eastern women intertwine as they struggle to defy tradition and create their own realities. From an arranged marriage...
- 1993
Deadly Maria
Deadly Maria5.61993HD
40-year Maria is living in a monotonous and deadlocked marriage with her husband. In addition, she has to take care of her ill despotic father. One...
- 1970
Animal Farm
Animal Farm01970HD
Animals on a farm lead a revolution against the farmers to put their destiny in their own hands. However this revolution eats their own children and...
- 2010
Press
Press6.62010HD
The story of a Kurdish newspaper whose journalists are under the constant threat of being abducted and killed by the state security forces.
- 1984
Before Stonewall
Before Stonewall6.71984HD
New York City's Stonewall Inn is regarded by many as the site of gay and lesbian liberation since it was at this bar that drag queens fought back...
- 1980
O Homem Que Virou Suco
O Homem Que Virou Suco7.31980HD
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...
- 2012
Saving Face
Saving Face7.22012HD
Every year hundreds of people - mostly women - are attacked with acid in Pakistan. Follow several of these survivors, their fight for justice, and a...
- 1965
The Sin
The Sin7.81965HD
Aziza and her husband Abdullah are both day laborers who work on various farms. When Aziza is brutally raped by a guard while she is picking potatoes...
- 1993
The Man by the Shore
The Man by the Shore5.81993HD
Early 1960s Haiti during 'Papa Doc' Duvalier's dictatorship seen through the eyes of a young girl whose family has suffered heavily.
- 1969
The Toth Family
The Toth Family6.91969HD
The Toth family resides in Northern Hungary. The couple has a daughter and a son, the latter a member of the armed forces. When his weary major is...
- 1970
Astrapogiannos
Astrapogiannos51970HD
The battle-scarred hero of the Greek Revolution, Giannos "Astrapogiannos", returns home after the end of the blood-soaked War of Independence, only...
- 1998
The Inheritors
The Inheritors6.91998HD
In a small farming valley in Austria in the beginning of the 20th century a tyrannical farmer is found dead, and all the farmhands are relieved to be...
- 2020
Black Thoughts
Black Thoughts12020HD
A man that is a stranger, is an incredibly easy man to hate. However, walking in a stranger’s shoes, even for a short while, can transform a...
- 2022
The Viking Sisters
The Viking Sisters02022HD
In 10th century Norway, a young shaman is forced to hunt down her outlaw sister.
- 1981
San Basilio
San Basilio61981HD
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...
- 1998
Black Nuisance
Black Nuisance01998HD
An ode to Rogelio Sikat’s classic Filipino short story “Impeng Negro,” about a boy who is both Filipino and Black.
- 2023
Demi-Goddesses
Demi-Goddesses02023HD
The second essay about still dominant dark aspects of our modern society. It is conceived as a surreal anti-patriarchal thought experiment and raises...