Third WorldCinema

By Zakaria ELYAZGHI & Taoufik BENSELLAK

2014

1. Introduction : ‘definition’ of 3rd cinema

2. Goals

3. Examples of Groups and Filmmakers

4. Classic third cinema films

5. Proposed films :

• 2 movies

• Streaming

• Discussion & interpretations

6. Conclusion

Outlines :

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What’s third cinema ?

• Third Cinema is a Latin American film movement that started in the 1960s-70s which decries neocolonialism, the capitalist system, and the Hollywood model of cinema as mere entertainment to make money.

• Third Cinema started with a quote by anti-colonialist writer Frantz Fanon: "...we must discuss, we must invent..."

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The goals of 3rd cinema• Third Cinema questions structures of power, particularly

colonialism and its legacies.

• aims for liberation of the oppressed.

• engages questions of identity and community.

• opens a dialogue with history to challenge previously held conceptions of the past.

• challenges viewers to reflect on by the experience of poverty and subordination.

• facilitates interaction among intellectuals and the masses.

• strives to recover and rearticulate the nation. 4

Examples of 3rd cinema

• The Argentine Grupo Cine Liberación, Raymundo Gleyzer's Cine de la Base, the Brazilian Cinema Nôvo, the Cuban revolutionary cinema and the Bolivian film director Jorge Sanjinés.

• The African filmmaker Med Hondo. He was a forceful supporter of African films reflecting popular political struggles and cultural differences.

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Classic Third Cinema Films

Africa

• Afrique, Je Te Plumerai (Africa, I Will Fleece You) • Jean-Marie Téno • Cameroon

• Iskandariya Leh? (Alexandria Why? ) • Youssef Chahine • Egypt

• La Battaglia di Algeri (The Battle of Algiers ) • Gillo Pontecorvo • Algeria

• La Noire (Black Girl) • Ousmane Sembene • Senegal

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Classic Third Cinema Films

Asia

• Cyclo (Xich lo) • Tran Anh Hung • Vietnam

• In Search of Famine (Aakaler Sandhane) • Mrinal Sen • India

• Wedding in Galilee (Urs al-jalil) • Michel Khleifi • Palestine

• Yellow Earth (Huang tu di) • Chen Kaige • China

 

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Classic Third Cinema Films

Latin America

• La Batalla de Chile (Battle of Chile) • Patricio Guzman • Chile 

• Black God, White Devil (Deus e o Diabo na Terra do Sol) • Glauber Rocha • Brazil 

• De Cierta Manera (One Way or Another) • Sara Gómez • Cuba 

• La Hora de los Hornos (Hour of the Furnaces) • Fernando Solanas and Octavio Getino • Argentina

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2 movies . . .

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Soleil Ô(Oh, Sun) is a 1967 French-Mauritanian drama film directed

by Med Hondo.

Ratings: 7,3/10 10

Interpretations

Quotes :

“God is surely a white man”

“Well if he’s a negro then he’s the biggest bastard the world ever

invented”

“Unless he’s a negro”

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Interpretations

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• Soleil O explores the plight of black immigrants in France as they try to resist unfair housing policies, labour exploitation and a hostile social environment that demands complicity with attitudes rooted in the colonial past.

• shows how words are not the only language. The film is not afraid to embrace the humorous side of bourgeois ignorance.

(Cidade de Deus) is a 2002 Brazilian crime drama film directed by Fernando Meirelles and co-directed by Kátia

Lund, released in its home country in 2002 and worldwide in 2003.

Ratings: 8,7/10

City of God

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Conclusion

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Today , Third Cinema still influences filmmaking strategies and projects.

Third Cinema continues to evolve as political, social, and cultural climates change throughout the world .

Thanks

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