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The Old School of Capitalism

In a movie without actors, Žilnik shows the true nature of the neoliberal transition in Serbia #politicalmovie #greatfilm

Stara skola kapitalizma (2009) Director: Želimir Žilnik Runtime: 122 min

The main protagonists of The Old School of Capitalism are workers, victims of privatization and “losers of transition” on the one hand, and, on the other hand, the new capitalists, who have bought their companies for pennies.

Now, combine this explosive mixture characteristic for the first half of the 2000s, with a group of…

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Diaz - Don't Clean Up This Blood

This is one of the films that everyone should watch. Based on actual events.

Diaz – Don’t Clean Up This Blood (2012) Director: Daniele Vicari Actors: Claudio Santamaria, Jennifer Ulrich, Elio Germano Runtime: 127 min

In July of 2001, over 200.000 people took to the streets of Genoa in protest against a meeting of the G8– the group of the worlds’ eight most powerful industrial countries whose summit decisions were to have a global impact on the world. In the aftermath of…

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Obedience

This documentary film consists of footage of the famous experiments by Stanley Milgram on obedience to the authority and readiness of the individual to go against his own conscience and reason if it is imposed on him by a person he perceives as a figure of authority.

Obedience (1963) Director: Stanley Milgram Runtime: 45 min

This documentary film consists of footage of the famous experiments by Stanley Milgram on obedience to the authority and readiness of the individual to go against his own conscience and reason if it is imposed on him by a person he perceives as a figure of authority.

The experiment starts with two people arriving in a psychological…

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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest quickly gained status of a cult movie and became a must-see for all rebellious ones...

One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975) Director: Milos Forman Actors: Jack Nicholson, Louise Fletcher, Michael Berryman Runtime: 133 min

Murphy, a resourceful convict, pleads insanity in order to avoid heavy physical work and spend the rest of his sentence in a „friendly environment.“ However, when he is committed to the a mental institution he finds himself in a situation in which sadistic…

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Silkwood

The choices she makes are those choices we would like to believe we’d make if we were in her shoes. This is why for us Karen Silkwood is a hero.

Silkwood (1983) Director: Mike Nichols Actors: Meryl Streep, Kurt Russell, Cher Runtime: 131 min Karen Silkwood was an ordinary girl – had a working-class background, with a couple of children and a failed marriage behind her, without prospects for significant advancement in life. But, in history she will be remembered as a hero. Karen Silkwood worked at the plutonium factory where she advocated…

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Lost Command

Hollywood movie on the Algerian war that was banned in France for ten years (1966–1976).

Lost Command (1966) Director: Mark Robson Actors: Anthony Quinn, Alain Delon, George Segal Runtime: 129 min Hollywood movie on the Algerian War that was banned in France for ten years (1966–1976). Main protagonist of the “Lost Command” is a French peasant determined to become a newcomer to the military aristocracy. He was decisive on becoming a general, even if it meant climbing over a mountain…

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The Red and the Black

The first anti-fascist uprising in history was the strike of about 2.000 miners in Istria in 1921

Crveni i crni (1985) Director: Miroslav Mikuljan Actors: Bekim Fehmiu, Milan Strljić, Olivera Ježina, Fabijan Šovagović Runtime: 136 min The first anti-fascist uprising in history is considered to be the strike of about 2.000 miners in the area of Labin in Istria. The strike began on the 2nd of March 1921 as a protest against the terror of Italian fascists over the trade unionists. The strike was…

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Harlan County U.S.A.

Very intense documentary on famous “Brookside Strike” of 1972/3, in Harlan County, (Kentucky, USA)

Harlan County U.S.A. (1976) Director: Barbara Kopple Runtime: 103 min A very intense documentary about the famous “Brookside Strike” in 1972/3, when the miners in Harlan County, (Kentucky, USA) went on a strike. The miners have decided to join the United Miners of America (UMWA) trade union, and then they insisted that the company which owns the mine signs a collective agreement with the UMWA.…

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Lifting the Veil

When we become aware of it all, will we still remain silent and pretend that everything is okay?

Lifting the Veil (2011) Director: Scott Noble Runtime: 114 min Through merciless analysis of the external and internal policies of the United States we are faced with the unavoidable truth that will not leave anyone indifferent. On the example of the Obama administration we see how Democratic Party takes over the ideas of social movements and then dilutes them and makes them harmless for the…

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161>88

Rise of the far-right in Czech Republic after 1989, and birth of a new anti-fascist movement is well documented in this film.

161>88 (2012) Director: Antifascist Action (AFA) Runtime: 94 min The rise of the extreme right in Czech Republic after 1989, as well as the birth of a new anti-fascist movement, and more than 20 years of struggle against neo-Nazis that followed, is very well documented in this activist and anti-fascist film. Transition in Czechoslovakia began after the Velvet Revolution of 1989 when the ruling…

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Generation Kill

Very realistic view of the war in Iraq based on the book by a journalist Evan Wright

Generation Kill (2008) Director: Susanna White, Simon Cellan Jones Actors: Alexander Skarsgård, James Ransone, Lee Tergesen, Jon Huertas, Stark Sands, Billy Lush Runtime: 7 x 67 min This mini-series about the invasion of Iraq in 2003, which consists of seven one-hour episodes, is based on the book by a journalist Evan Wright, about his experiences as an embedded reporter with the United States…

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Punishment Park

The court gives you two options: either you get huge prison sentence or you choose “Punishment Park”.

Punishment Park (1971) Director: Peter Watkins Actors: Patrick Boland, Kent Foreman, Carmen Argenziano Runtime: 88 min Punishment Park is a dystopia (reverse utopia) in which US President Richard Nixon declares a state of emergency, suspends all civil rights, the police arrests thousands of people and deliverers them to military tribunals which are adjudicating with no evidence and without the…

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Battle of Moscow

In 1941, the capture of Moscow was one of the key military and political objectives of Nazi Germany

Bitva za Moskvu (1985) Director: Yuri Ozerov Actors: Yakov Tripolsky, Mikhail Ulyanov, Aleksandr Goloborodko Runtime: 358 min Since the preparations for the invasion of the Soviet Union started, the capture of Moscow was one of the key military and political objectives of Germany. The invasion (Operation Barbarossa) began on the 22nd of June 1941, and the second phase was Operation Typhoon, the…

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Citizenfour

"We are building the biggest weapon for oppression in the history of mankind." Edward Snowden #greatfilm

Citizenfour (2014) Director: Laura Poitras Actors: Edward Snowden, Glenn Greenwald Runtime: 114 min

“We are building the biggest weapon for oppression in the history of mankind.” Edward Snowden

In January of 2013 documentary film director and producer Laura Poitras received an encrypted e-mail from a stranger who called himself Citizen Four, who offered to provide insider information about…

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Battleship Potemkin

Battleship Potemkin is one of the most influential films of all time. #greatmovie #politicalfilm

Bronenosets Potemkin (1925) Director: Sergei Eisenstein Actors: Aleksandr Antonov, Vladimir Barsky, Grigori Aleksandrov Runtime: 75 min

Battleship Potemkin is one of the most influential films of all time.

When the film was made in 1925, it quickly established a film editing as one of the key elements of film language and radically changed cinema. Indeed, when we’re watching this film it’s hard…

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Conspiracy

Topic of the Wannsee conference, depicted in Conspiracy (HBO, 2001) was the "final solution to the Jewish question"

Conspiracy (2001) Director: Frank Pierson Actors: Kenneth Branagh, Stanley Tucci Runtime: 96 min

In late January of 1942, in Wannsee near Berlin Nazi bureaucrats held a meeting which brought together 15 representatives of different branches of the German state, the army, the SS, the Nazi party and so on. The sole topic of the meeting was the “final solution to the Jewish question“. The goal of…

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The Pentagon Papers

The Pentagon Papers - historical movie about events leading up to the publication of the Pentagon Papers in 1971.

The Pentagon Papers (2003) Director: Rod Holcomb Actors: James Spader, Claire Forlani, Paul Giamatti Runtime: 92 min

The protagonist of the movie is Daniel Ellsberg, a remarkable young analyst, who is the subject of the U.S. Cold War ideology of spreading liberal-democratic values and the threat of a communist ‘domino effect’. His greatest wish is to contribute to the victory of the USA and for…