Based on powerful archival material documenting the most daring moments in the struggle for liberation in the Third World, this documentary is accompanied by classic text from The Wretched of the Earth by Frantz Fanon.

Land of Smiles

2016

English

3.4

♡ 30

Bradley Stryker Director

Alexandra Turshen as Abby

Noel Johansen as Austrian Backpacker

Caitlin Stryker as Jewel

Olivia Cheng as Vendor

A young backpacker is lured through the third world paradise of Thailand searching for her kidnapped best friend and unknowingly she becomes the object of a sociopath's obsession.

The Age of the Earth

1980

Portuguese

6.5

♡ 3

Glauber Rocha Director

Norma Bengell as Amazon Queen

Maurício do Valle as Brahms

Danuza Leão as Brahms' Wife

Glauber Rocha as Self

Drawing inspiration from a poem penned by Castro Alves, this film vividly captures the political, cultural, and intellectual climate of Brazil during the late 1970s. At its core, the story revolves around four distinctive embodiments of Christ's image: a black man, a soldier, an Indian, and a guerrilla fighter. These courageous individuals, hailed as the harbingers of doom in the tupiniquim lands, valiantly combat the insatiable avarice and oppressive "civilizing" brutality propagated by the formidable John Brahms—a foreign exploiter devoid of morals.

The Five Obstructions

2003

Danish

7.4

♡ 17

88%

mentor protégé relationship

third world

Lars von Trier Director

Charlotte Sieling as Naked Woman

Lars von Trier as Self / Obstructor

Alexandra Vandernoot as The Perfect Woman

Stina Ekblad as Woman with Money

In 1967, experimental filmmaker Jorgen Leth created a striking short film, The Perfect Human, starring a man and women sitting in a box while a narrator poses questions about their relationship and humanity. Years later, Danish director Lars von Trier made a deal with Leth to remake his film five times, each under a different set of circumstances and with von Trier's strictly prescribed rules. As Leth completes each challenge, von Trier creates increasingly further elaborate stipulations.

The Firing Squad

2024

English

5.0

♡ 14

75%

Timothy A. Chey Director

Eric Roberts as Adam Markman

Kevin Sorbo as Pastor Lynbrook

Cuba Gooding Jr. as Samuel Wilson

Justin Berti as Scott Berg

Based on the true story of three Christian prisoners who face execution in a third world country and how their joy in Christ results in a stunning conclusion.

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