COMMONWEALTH

The coloniser imposes their authority, attempting to subjugate the local culture, convinced of their own superiority. Yet this power operates in both directions; the influence is mutual. The films presented in this section explore this process in various ways: in the attempts to bridge extreme otherness, in appropriating the coloniser’s literary canon, in recognising the hypocrisy of empire, or in mythologising the so-called civilising mission.

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Karolina Kosińska PhD is curator of this section.