14 CONTENTS

1. ACTUALTY AND ILLUSION The first filmmakers 1985 to 1918

2. REALISM Nanook of the North Robert J. Flaherty, North America, 1922

3. PERSPECTIVE Rashomon Akira Kurosawa, Japan 1950

4. NEO-REALISM Pather Panchali Satyajit Ray, India 1955

5. CULTURAL APPROPRIATION Black Orpheus Marcel Camus, Brazil 1959

6. COLONIALISM Black Girl Ousmane Sembene, Senegal 1966

7. REVOLUTION Battle of Algiers Gillo Pontecorvo, Algeria 1966

8. INDIGENOUS PEOPLE Black Robe Bruce Beresford 1991 Canada Once Were Warriors Lee Tamahori 1999 and Boy Taika Waititi, New Zealand 2010

9. THE MUSLIM WORLD The Wind Will Carry Us Abbas Kiarostami, Iran 1999

10. POLITICS ARE PERSONAL In the Mood for Love Wong Kar-wai, China 2000

11. DIASPORA Head On Fathi Akin, Turkey and Germany 2004

12. WOMEN & ISLAM Wadjda, Haifaa Al Mansour, Saudi Arabia 2012

13. THE REAL WAKANDA Half of a Yellow Sun Biyi Bandele and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Nigeria 2013

14. REVENGE AND REDEMPTION Train to Busan Yeon Sang-Ho 2016 and The Host Bong Joon-ho, Korea 2006

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