Third World Movies

  • 1987
    Why

    Why

    Why

    01987HD

    The story of a starving third-world infant, set to a song by Harry Chapin. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2015.

    Why
  • 1985
    Hungry for Profit

    Hungry for Profit

    Hungry for Profit

    01985HD

    Is our food bought at the price of famine in the developing world? Is agribusiness more interested in producing profits than producing food? This PBS...

    Hungry for Profit
  • 1981
    Top Priority

    Top Priority

    Top Priority

    81981HD

    Set in an unspecified Third World country, this animated film, based on a short story by Enver Carim, suggests that "top priority" means different...

    Top Priority
  • 2009
    Banking the Unbanked

    Banking the Unbanked

    Banking the Unbanked

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    Banking the Unbanked
  • 2022
    Ciné-Guerrillas: Scenes from the Labudović Reels

    Ciné-Guerrillas: Scenes from the Labudović Reels

    Ciné-Guerrillas: Scenes from the Labudović Reels

    52022HD

    An archival road trip with Stevan Labudović, cameraman to Yugoslav President Tito and cinematic eye of the Algerian revolution, investigating...

    Ciné-Guerrillas: Scenes from the Labudović Reels
  • 2026
    Brasifilia

    Brasifilia

    Brasifilia

    02026HD

    An essay film in which three young people unearth a clandestine archive of Brazilian cinema and plunge into a Dadaist–Third World delirium....

    Brasifilia
  • 2009
    Crossroads

    Crossroads

    Crossroads

    62009HD

    A man finds himself at a spiritual crossroads and must choose which path to take according to his faith.

    Crossroads