Occupation Movies

On April 1, 1945, the United States military launched its invasion of the main island of Okinawa, the start of a battle that was to last 12 weeks and...

In the nearly 50 years since Israel's decisive victory in the 1967 Six-Day War, hundreds of thousands of Israeli citizens have established expanding...

Documentary about the Lyon sex workers who occupied the church of St. Nizier on June 3, 1975.

For the first time, some of Vidkun Quisling's closest followers as well as his opponents come forward and describe their impressions of the Norwegian...

Documentary about the struggle of the people of Jeju Island, South Korea. Set in the context of the U.S. presence in Korea after World War II, the...

Since the war in Gaza and the expanding occupation of the West Bank, a peaceful resolution to the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians feels...

3 CM LESS (the title comes from projections that the Palestinian children of today will grow up on average three centimeters shorter than their...

Iben Holt, a rich bohemian, lives in an occupied country. On his way home from a party he hears an explosion and sees flames rising from a factory....

　　In 1937, Japan began their invasion of China by murdering over 300,000 people in the capital of Nanjing. The atrocities committed...

A documentary set in the Ciudad Oculta neighborhood that shows the daily lives of Ramona and Graciela, residents of what was supposed to become the...

Hassan is a courageous journalist who writes about the British colonization. Escaping arrest, he meets a gypsy singer in a remote village and love...

A documentary account by award-winning filmmaker John Ferry of the events that led up to the 1969 Native American occupation of Alcatraz Island as...

Louka, whose parents were killed in the Turkish invasion of Cyprus, persuades a beautiful smuggler to take him over the border to visit his village,...

This experimental short traces the lifespan of the graffiti and murals present at the occupation of NYC’s City Hall in June and July of 2020....

A documentary about long-haul truck drivers. The film consists of a series of interviews with different drivers, focusing on both their personal life...

Yugoslav Partisan propaganda film about the post-World War II events in Pula.

Kherson, Ukraine's embattled city, has endured invasion, occupation, and liberation. On February 24, 2022, Russian tanks entered Kherson, leading to...

They Break the Tree of Peace explores the reality of life under military occupation in Masafer Yatta, documenting the violence, intimidation, and...