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.

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.

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.