World Cinema - Part 2: Crash Course Film History #15

Africa, the Middle East, and South America have their own vibrant film communities and filmmakers. From social and political commentary to experimental films, these regions have made some very important pieces of cinema over the last century. In this episode of Crash Course Film History, Craig talks us through some of these movies and movie makers.

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[stanloona]

Crash course cinema is by far my favorite crash course seminar to date

[GuilhermeCarvalhoComposer]

This is one of those fantastic episodes where you leave thinking "well, my to-watch list just doubled, and in a direction I barely knew existed."
Thanks for the awesomeness, CrashCourse!

[LuisSierra]

City of God in Brazilian cinema is amazing

[Fungamerplays]

Hey you didn't talk about the film industry in *<insert commenter's country of origin>*

[adambanks]

You guys should start a Crash Course Art History!

[billyte]

I like how at the end you say "today we explored" instead of "today you learned", which always felt really patronizing on some other crash course channels.

[ahmedabdellatif]

I knew straight away you were going to mention Egyptian cinema from the tarboosh in the thumbnail. I am trying to discover more about my country's certainly very interesting cinema. There's Al-Haram(translated as the sin), 'Bedaya we nehaya(a beginning and an ending), al mowaten masri (War in the Land of Egypt), The Land, terrorism and kebab and much more. More recently though there are films such as Ibrahim labyad, sorry for the disturbance, the blue elephant, the Yacoubian building, Asmaa and the list goes on. I think you shouldn't get too carried away with the effects or the acting skills of some of the minor actors because they are not always on point, but they definitely do portray interesting aspects of Egyptian society.

[utkarshed]

A Separation is one of the greatest movies I have ever seen. The people are complex, the feelings are complex, the morality is complex. It's riveting and unforgettable.

[sagaciousshroomish]

Screenwriter: How many times would you want to topple that eagle?

Craig: Yes

[rmsp]

Since we are talking about the Cinema Novo movement, I would like to recommend "O Pagador de Promessas" (Keeper of Promises), a 1962 film about a farmer who, in order to fulfill a promise he made to a saint called Santa Bárbara, carries a huge cross on his back from one side of Salvador to another. It deals with themes such as religion, poverty, journalism, sensationalism, corruption and the loss of innocence. It kind of resumes a series of common events in Brazilians day to day life in a nutshell. Some scenes made me think of Aronofsky's Mother. I highly recommend it in case someone got interested in our Cinema.

[LarissaPierry]

Please make more videos! This course was extremely (in)formative, I just wish the videos were longer to explore more details and give us more movie recommendations. Thank you for the content!!

[michaelfrazier]

Iranian cinema was what got me into watching foreign film.

[dittokyu]

I think it would definitely be worth doing a second film history just on world cinema. I'm currently taking a course in South Korean Film and it is really interesting to learn how the industry developed despite division, military regime, censorship and Hollywood dominance. I'd love to get a more in depth look at global cinema :)

[lskyes]

I swear most of the comments are complaining about why X Y Z wasn't included. Like it's a ten minute video, how much do you think they can include?

[Mattteus]

A Taste of Cherry is one of my all time favourite films!

[barnabop]

No mention of Nollywood?! I'm appalled, I demand a part three to remedy this error.

Oh and for anyone interested in learning a bit more about Iranian New Wave films I recommend Kyle Kallgreen's video essay on Jahar Panahi's This Is Not A Film

[BlueSugarMaple]

Waiting ever so patiently for that sweet, sweet animation episode.

[nunouno]

We need a season two of this series where you guys actually go into depth with some of these film movements and waves. The first 12 episodes were great with how you guys went into such great and highly detailed and well organized videos on a single subject matter. But the last three episodes had to condense entire decades of film history into a single episode. While I can understand your motive for this, what with only having 16 episodes, there is so much more we can learn that didn't get any attention (Italian Neo-Realism) or just barely got glossed over (Pretty much all of Japan and Animation).

[kraetyz]

I was so certain you'd spend a bit more time examining the cool and crazy world of Nigerian film making. I gotta say, I'm a bit disappointed.

[nemesis]

I was under the impression that Mexico had the largest film industry in the world during WW2