Apropos of, oh, nothing at all that might be in the news at the moment (Free Palestine!):
What are the best movies about resistance to oppression, repression, and colonialism?
The image illustrating this post is from, of course, 2006’s V for Vendetta, which felt slightly futuristic a decade and a half ago, and doesn’t, so much, anymore. (This movie was yesterday’s Daily Stream recommendation, which you could have gotten in your email in-box if you were subscribed to my Substack or my Patreon. I’m not being a vile capitalist pig about it, cuz you get them even if you’re on the free versions of either. But also while we still have to exchange capitalistically acquired cash for basic life services like food and shelter, you could help a gal out and join the paid side of my Substack or Patreon, too. If you’re in a financial position to do so.)
V for Vendetta feels terrifyingly prescient now, and I will stand by it as a good cinematic choice for fighting back against oppression. But I’ll also highlight the brilliant documentary Navalny, about the biggest thorn in the side of Russian asshole-in-chief Vladimir Putin, partly because Alexei Navalny seems just utterly delightful as a man, so funny and genuinely charming… which by itself, apart from Navalny’s actual activism against the seemingly humorless and dour Putin-the-despot, is so very telling.
It's not the best movie about those things but I do want to use the question to draw attention to Landscape with Invisible Hand, a really beautiful and witty movie that came out this year about a young adult dealing with the frustration and angst of living on an Earth colonized by extraterrestrial aliens.
It's not the best movie about those things but I do want to use the question to draw attention to Landscape with Invisible Hand, a really beautiful and witty movie that came out this year about a young adult dealing with the frustration and angst of living on an Earth colonized by extraterrestrial aliens.
I hadn't heard of this film. Must see it! Thanks for the recommendation.