British Colonialism Movies
- 2024

The Lascar
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At the end of the 18th century, hundreds of Indian sailors, known as lascars, worked amongst European settlers in Aotearoa New Zealand - often under...
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- 2022

Thrown into Canada
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This documentary explores the history of Canada’s first major migration of non-European and non-white refugees who arrived in 1972 when Ugandan...
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- 2019

Coup 53
Coup 537.9622019HD
Tehran, Iran, August 19, 1953. A group of Iranian conspirators who, with the approval of the deposed tyrant Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, have conspired...
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- 1957

Freedom
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Freedom, Nigeria's contribution to the 1957 Berlin Film Festival, was based on a play commissioned by the Moral Re-Armament Association. Based on a...
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- 2020

The Bloody Border
The Bloody Border6.32020HD
The painful story of Ireland and the Irish people, who struggled for centuries to free themselves from the tyrannical clutches of the British Empire;...
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- 1990

A Little Piece of Sunshine
A Little Piece of Sunshine61990HD
Sunshine, an idyllic and almost forgotten island under British rule, is shortly to become independent. But a few days before this event is to take...
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- 1936

Gardens of the Orient
Gardens of the Orient01936HD
This portait of life on the tea plantations is decidedly rosy – clearly, there are no exploited workers here. However, the film provides an...
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- 2015

The Pearl Button
The Pearl Button6.92015HD
The ocean contains the history of all humanity. The sea holds all the voices of the earth and those that come from outer space. Water receives...
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- 1941

They Met in Bombay
They Met in Bombay7.31941HD
A jewel thief and a con artist are rivals in the theft of a valuable diamond and gem necklace in Bombay and as the Japanese Army invades China.
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- 2023

Black & White Duppy
Black & White Duppy42023HD
On the day of his grandma’s funeral, 17-year-old Red faces multi-generational demons in this surreal horror film exploring colonial trauma and...
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- 1964

The Death Knell
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At the beginning of the 1960s, in Salisbury (now Harare), in Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), the government of Ian Smith hanged three black...
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- 2019

The American Dream: Europeans in the New World
The American Dream: Europeans in the New World42019HD
The history of Europeans in North America, from the arrival of Columbus in 1492 to the business success of German immigrants such as Heinz, Strauss...
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- 2008

Inquilab
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A documentary that traces the life and times of Bhagat Singh, a committed Marxist who fought against British imperialism in undivided India and most...
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- 1940

Rewi's Last Stand
Rewi's Last Stand41940HD
Star-crossed lovers, Robert and Ariana, are caught up in the New Zealand wars of the 1860s. Ariana is claimed by the Maniapoto people as one of...
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- 2014

Yurumein: Homeland
Yurumein: Homeland102014HD
YURUMEIN (Homeland) is a documentary film which recounts the painful past of the Caribs on the island of St. Vincent in the Caribbean, their...
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- 2017

India on Film: 1899 – 1947
India on Film: 1899 – 194702017HD
As part of the 2017 UK-India Year of Culture, the British Council and British Film Institute share a unique collection of films documenting the...
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- 1970

Food from the Empire
Food from the Empire01970HD
Made in 1940 and sponsored by the Ministry of Information this film shows the food contributions supplied to Britain by various colonies and...
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