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Title | Author | Year of Publication | Country | Abstract |
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Gernika / Guernica | Serra, Koldo | 2016 | Spain, United States |
This film explores the impact of censorship and repression during the Spanish Civil War. An American reporter and local censor fight to lift restrictions on the press that suppress the impact of the war on civilians as well as Basque resistance.... |
Frantz | Ozon, François | 2016 | France |
A meditation on the personal consequences of nationalism and war, a French veteran of World War I seeks forgiveness from a German family. Adrien visits Frantz's family and fiancée pretending to be an old friend from school. Anna discovers Adrien'... |
The Siege of Jadotville | Smyth, Richie | 2016 | United States |
An Irish infantry company operating under the United Nations attempts to keep the peace following the outbreak of the Congolese Civil War, which threatened to escalate the Cold War. Sent to the mineral rich state of Katanga, which had seceded... |
Hacksaw Ridge | Gibson, Mel | 2016 | United States, Australia |
This internationally acclaimed film presents the true story of a conscientious objector who won the Medal of Honor for his service during the Battle of Okinawa in World War II. Desmond Doss volunteers for the U.S. Army with aspirations of being a... |
The Promise | Terry George | 2016 | United States |
This epic war drama portrays life in Istanbul during World War I and the accompanying dissolution of the Ottoman Empire, including the Armenian genocide (1915–17). Starring Christian Bale, Oscar Isaac, and Charlotte Le Bon, the film raises... |
Elles étaient en guerre (1914 - 1918) / Women at War | Fabien Beziat | 2016 | France |
This French documentary traces the overlapping journeys of exceptional French and European women who were swept up in World War I, women like Marie Curie, Edith Wharton, Mata Hari, and Rosa Luxemburg. It explores the situation of women at... |