In his radical debut feature, Ousmane Sembène reveals the agony of the postcolonial experience through the story of a Senegalese migrant abused by her French employers. Eager to find a better life abroad, a Senegalese woman becomes a governess to a family in southern France where she suffers from discrimination and marginalization.

A dramatized account of a great Russian naval mutiny and a resultant public demonstration, showing support, which brought on a police massacre. The film had an incredible impact on the development of cinema and is a masterful example of montage editing.

Céline Sciamma’s slow burning love story is a rich period piece about a female painter On an isolated island in Brittany who is obliged to paint a wedding portrait of a young woman. Stunning cinematography and a heartbreaking plot make it one of the best modern pieces of queer cinema. 

The Sight and Sound Poll of 2022 shocked the film world when it named Chantal Akerman’s feminist art film the number one film of all time. A lonely widowed housewife does her daily chores and takes care of her apartment where she lives with her teenage son, and turns the occasional trick to make ends meet. Slowly, her ritualized daily routines begin to fall apart.