Colonial wars and resistance
Family: War, peace and the conduct of conflict · 16 entries
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The Water Diviner
2014 CE · 1435 AH†The Water Diviner.Days of Glory
2006 CE · 1427 AH†Days of Glory.Ceddo
1977 CE · 1397 AH†Ceddo.Palestine 36
2025 CE · 1446 AH†Palestine 36.Çanakkale 1915
2012 CE · 1433 AH†Çanakkale 1915.Outside the Law
2010 CE · 1431 AH†Outside the Law.Khartoum
1966 CE · 1386 AH†Khartoum.Lawrence of Arabia
1962 CE · 1382 AH†Lawrence of Arabia.The Battle of Algiers
1966 CE · 1386 AH†Gillo Pontecorvo's landmark film on the 1956–57 Battle of Algiers between the FLN and French colonial forces — the classic screen account of an anti-colonial struggle.Mat Kilau
2022 CE · 1443 AH†A Malaysian epic on the warrior Mat Kilau and the Pahang resistance to British rule in the 1890s — the highest-grossing Malaysian film ever at release.Free Men
2011 CE · 1432 AH†Ismaël Ferroukhi's film on the Grand Mosque of Paris and rector Si Kaddour Benghabrit sheltering Jews under Nazi occupation — a true story of Muslim rescue.Ceddo
1977 CE · 1397 AH†Ousmane Sembène's Senegalese classic about a village resisting Islam, Christianity and colonialism alike — a pillar of African cinema portraying Islam's arrival with a critical eye.Lion of the Desert
1981 CE · 1401 AH†Moustapha Akkad's film starring Anthony Quinn as the Libyan resistance leader Omar al-Mukhtar; banned in Italy for decades for its depiction of the fascist campaign.Chronicle of the Years of Fire
1975 CE · 1395 AH†Chronicle of the Years of Fire.
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