Georgie Carr
PhD Researcher and Critic
UK
Voted for
| Film | Year | Director |
|---|---|---|
| La canta delle marane | 1961 | Cecilia Mangini |
| Handsworth Songs | 1986 | John Akomfrah |
| Mamma Roma | 1962 | Pier Paolo Pasolini |
| Black Girl | 1965 | Ousmane Sembène |
| The Battle of Algiers | 1966 | Gillo Pontecorvo |
| The Go-Between | 1971 | Joseph Losey |
| Sambizanga | 1972 | Sarah Maldoror |
| La BATALLA DE CHILE: LA LUCHA DE UN PUEBLO SIN ARMAS: LA INSUR ECCION DE LA BURGUESIA | 1975 | Patricio Guzmán |
| Harlan County, USA | 1976 | Barbara Kopple |
| Fear Eats the Soul | 1974 | Rainer Werner Fassbinder |
Comments
In their manifesto Towards A Third Cinema, Fernando Solañas and Octavio Getino advocate for films that “mobilise, agitate and politicise”.
They argue that: “The existence of a revolutionary cinema is inconceivable without the constant and methodical exercise of practice, search, and experimentation. It even means committing the new film-maker to take chances on the unknown, to leap into space. […] Inventing film forms and structures that serve a more profound vision of our reality resides in the ability to place oneself on the outside limits of the familiar, to make one's way amid constant dangers.”
I have selected just some of the films that I love that do this.