1.
Third World
Cinema
By Zakaria ELYAZGHI & Taoufik BENSELLAK
2014

2.
Outlines :
1. Introduction : „definition‟ of 3rd cinema
2. Goals
3. Examples of Groups and Filmmakers
4. Classic third cinema films
5. Proposed films :
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Streaming
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6. Conclusion
2 movies
Discussion & interpretations

3.
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..."

4.
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.

5.
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.

6.
Classic Third Cinema Films
Africa
• Afrique, Je Te Plumerai (Africa, I Will Fleece You) • JeanMarie 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

7.
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

8.
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

9.
2 movies . . .

10.
Soleil Ô
(Oh, Sun) is a 1967 French-Mauritanian drama film directed by
Med Hondo.
Ratings: 7,3/10

11.
Interpretations
Quotes :
“Unless he‟s a negro”
“God is surely a white man”
“Well if he‟s a negro then he‟s the
biggest bastard the world ever
invented”

12.
Interpretations
• 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.

13.
City of God
(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

14.
Conclusion
Today , Third Cinema still influences filmmaking strategies and
projects.
Third Cinema continues to evolve as political, social, and
cultural climates change throughout the world .

15.
Thanks