Hi all. I thought you might find this list interesting. For my Grade 12 English class, students are developing a thesis based on a film directed by a person of colour who is creating films in English. Here is a list of the movies they can use. I compiled the list and am slowly watching them all. This is obviously not a complete list, but its a good start. SELECTED FILMS BY DIRECTORS OF COLOUR This is a list of films by Directors who are racialized and are producing films in English. The brackets identifies their heritage, if known. African Heritage is used for people who, because of the slave trade, do not know their specific geographic ancestral African roots. There is no order to this list Children of Men – Alfonso Cuaron [Mexico] My Blueberry Nights – Wong Kar-wai [Hong Kong] Snowpiercer – Bong Joon-ho [Korea] Red Doors – Georgia Lee [Taiwan] The Ice Storm – Ang Lee [Taiwan] Sweet Sweetback’s Baadassss Song – Melvin Van Peebles [African Heritage] Watermelon Man - Melvin Van Peebles [African Heritage] Boyz N The Hood – John Singleton [ African Heritage] Poetic Justice - John Singleton [ African Heritage] On The Ice - Andrew Okpeaha MacLean [First Nations / Inupiaq] Do the Right Thing – Spike Lee [African Heritage] Crooklyn – Spike Lee [African Heritage] Bamboozled – Spike Lee [African Heritage] Training Day – Antoine Fuqua [African Heritage] The Joy Luck Club – Wayne Wang [Hong Kong] The Princess of Nebraska – Wayne Wang [Hong Kong] Snow Flower and the Secret Fan – Wayne Wang [Hong Kong] Smoke – Wayne Wang [Hong Kong] Ping Pong Playa – Jessica Yu [China] Better Luck Tomorrow – Justin Lin [Taiwan] Shopping for Fangs – Justin Lin [Taiwan] Girlfight – Karyn Kusama [Japan] Bangkok Dangerous (2008) – Pang Brothers [Hong Kong] Children of Invention – Tze Chun [China] A Leading Man – Steven J. Kung [China] Smoke Signals – Chris Eyre [First Nations] Skins – Chris Eyre [First Nations] Female-Identified Directors The Secret Life of Bees – Gina Prince-Blythewood [African Heritage] Love and Basketball – Gina Prince-Blythewood [African Heritage] Sepet – Yasmin Ahmad [Malaysai] Amreeka – Cherien Dabis [Palestine] Detroit Unleaded – Rola Nashef [Lebanon] Senior Project – Nadine Truong [Vietnam] Jose Rizal – Marilou Diaz-Abaya [Philippines] Monsoon Wedding – Mira Nair [India] Salaam Bombay – Mira Nair [India] Bend It Like Beckham – Gurinder Chadha [ India / Sikh] Bride and Prejudice - Gurinder Chadha [ India / Sikh Daughters of the Dust- Julie Dash [African Heritage] Down in the Delta – Maya Angelou [African Heritage] Long Life, Happiness & Prosperity – Mina Shum [Hong Kong] Phat Girlz – Nnegest Likke [African Heritage] A Dry White Season – Euzhan Palcy [Martinique / African Heritage]] Canadian Directors Ararat - Atom Egoyan [Armenia] Wadjda – Haifaa Al-Mansour [Saudi Arabia] Sabah – Ruba Nadda [Palestine & Syria] War Witch – Kim Nguen [Vietnam] Earth – Deepa Mehta [India] Fire - Deepa Mehta [India] Water - Deepa Mehta [India] Bollywood/Hollywood - Deepa Mehta [India] Other directors to check out: Oscar Micheaux [African Heritage] John M. Chu [China] Bashar Shbib [Syria] Other Films to Check out: All The Invisible Children The Flowers of War
Posted on: Mon, 02 Jun 2014 16:05:35 +0000
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