Third Cinema

You are drawn to ideas and politics, real life and real streets and rule-breaking experiments.

A political cinema from Latin America, Africa and Asia that rejected both Hollywood and European art cinema. Made on low budgets with revolutionary aims, it used documentary, allegory and collective storytelling. (1960s – 1980s)

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Directors you will like

Glauber RochaBrazilGillo PontecorvoItalyOusmane SembèneSenegalTomás Gutiérrez AleaCubaFernando SolanasArgentinaDjibril Diop MambétySenegalPatricio GuzmánChileMohammed Lakhdar-HaminaAlgeriaSouleymane CisséMali

Start with these films

1. Black God, White Devil 1964 · Glauber Rocha · IMDb 7.1
2. The Battle of Algiers 1966 · Gillo Pontecorvo · IMDb 8.1
3. Black Girl 1966 · Ousmane Sembène · IMDb 7.4
4. Memories of Underdevelopment 1968 · Tomás Gutiérrez Alea · IMDb 7.6
5. The Hour of the Furnaces 1968 · Fernando Solanas · IMDb 7.6
6. Touki Bouki 1973 · Djibril Diop Mambéty · IMDb 6.9
7. The Battle of Chile 1979 · Patricio Guzmán
8. Xala 1975 · Ousmane Sembène · IMDb 6.7
9. Chronicle of the Years of Fire 1975 · Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina · IMDb 7.3
10. Yeelen 1987 · Souleymane Cissé · IMDb 6.9

Your learning path

Third Cinema · 10 filmsThird Cinema in 10 filmsIn the 1960s and 1970s directors in Latin America, Africa and Asia said cinema should help free people, not just entertain them.START