Select one film to watch and write a one page response over it, relating it to themes of global history discussed in class.
Gandhi (1982)
Dir: Richard Attenborough, With Ben Kingsley
Richard Attenborough's hagiography of modern India's founder.
The African Queen (1951)
Dr. John Huston with Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn
Set during WWII, a riverboat captain and missionary attack a German steam boat.
Paths of Glory (1957)
Dir. Stanley Kubrick. With Kirk Douglas
A courtroom movie. The futility and irony of the war in the trenches in WWI is shown as a unit commander in the French army must deal with the mutiny of his men and a glory-seeking general after part of his force falls back under fire in an impossible attack.
Ghost and the Darkness - Romanticized account of the man-eating lions of Tsavo in Kenya. Set during the railroad building mania in British colonial Africa.
Veerapandiya Kattabomman (The Brave Warrior) (1959 (Links to an external site.)) - When the British East India Company forces polygar Kattabomman to pay taxes, levies and be their subsidiary ruler, he openly defies their policy and battles them until his arrest and hanging.
Khartoum (1966) - British defense of Sudanese city of Khartoum during the 19th century Mahdist war.
Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India (2001 (Links to an external site.)) - a sports drama (cricket) set during the British Raj.