Directed by Shadi Abdel Salam • 1970 • Egypt
Starring Ahmad Anan, Ahmad Hegazi, Ahmed Marei
Based on one of the major texts of classical Egyptian literature, THE ELOQUENT PEASANT is a folkloric morality tale in which a peasant, wronged by a greedy nobleman, must rely on his elegant speaking style in order to attain justice.
Directed by Med Hondo • 1970 • France, Mauritania
Starring Robert Liensol, Théo Légitimus, Gabriel Glissand
A furious howl of resistance against racist oppression, the debut from Mauritanian director Med Hondo is a bitterly funny, stylistically explosive attack on Western capitalism and the lega...
Directed by Agnès Varda • 1970 • United States
Agnès Varda turns her camera on an Oakland demonstration against the imprisonment of activist and Black Panthers cofounder Huey P. Newton. In addition to evincing Varda’s fascination with her adopted surroundings and her empathy, this perceptive sho...
Directed by Francesco Rosi • 1972 • Italy
Starring Gian Maria Volontè, Luigi Squarzina, Peter Baldwin
Winner of the Palme d’Or at Cannes, Francesco Rosi’s gripping docufiction conspiracy puzzle unfolds in a complex flashback structure as it recounts the life and mysterious death of Enrico Mattei...
