If, like me, you’re suffering from seeing too much hate in word and deed around the world and especially at home, sickened by witnessing the ravings of a corrupt, feeble-minded fascist US president, and tired of mustering ever more moral compassion that requires ever more vigilance and #resistance: here is a somewhat arbitrary list of topically relevant films to help you #keepwoke and perhaps even laugh at the pathetic last gasps of white supremacy. I love all these films, but your mileage may vary.
CLASSIC NOIR:
Crossfire (1947): Antisemitic violence among returning WWII soldiers is met with a powerful response by the descendants of immigrants. Very white, but very powerful, especially Robert Young’s anti-hate speech. Available free to screen at https://archive.org/details/Rancor1947Leg.
COMEDY:
Er ist Wieder Da (Look Who’s Back) (2015): Hitler awakes in 2015 to find himself homeless and then a superstar. A great critique of the media and corporate America, and the first German comedy about Hitler. Oliver Massuci is utterly magnetic as Hitler returned from the dead. Powerful and hilarious. Available on Netflix.
SATIRE:
Iron Sky (2012): Finland offers this portrait of Nazis who’ve been hiding and breeding on the moon until they return to earth in 2018. A bit outdated in its depiction of a Sarah Palin-style US president, but still generally a highly relevant political satire for the current regime. Available to rent via iTunes or Amazon, or free with Amazon Prime.
DOCUMENTARY:
What Our Fathers Did: A Nazi Legacy (2015): What allows one son to repudiate his Nazi father while another champions his and denies reality? Find out as human-rights lawyer Philippe Sands (the Jewish grandchild of Holocaust victims) interviews the aging sons of Nazis Frank and von Wächter. Powerful, poignant, and riveting. Available on Netflix.
HORROR:
Dead Snow (2009): Enjoy the emotional catharsis of horror? Enjoy this Norwegian cabin film featuring Nazi zombies! Rent from iTunes or Amazon.
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Meanwhile, my progressive friends, hang in there. The US is still the nation that elected a black man president by a significant majority of votes, twice.
And, as of this posting, 43% of voters want Trump impeached.
B Noir Detour 
August 17, 2017 at 8:11 PM
Excellent stuff, Salome — and a couple that I’m off to try to find in our county library system.
I’m surprised he hasn’t yet tweeted that there were fine people in the Barcelona van . . .
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August 17, 2017 at 9:15 PM
Thanks for your support.
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August 17, 2017 at 11:43 PM
As they say in the locker room . . .
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August 17, 2017 at 8:31 PM
Oh, I forgot to say: You might think to add Black Legion (1937), with Bogie as a white supremacist who — too late — sees the error of his ways and shops the whole racist organization of the title.
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August 17, 2017 at 9:15 PM
I’ve never seen Black Legion — but I’m looking into it now!
ETA: Just watched it. The usual oversimplification and some melodrama, but quite appropriate for this historical moment. No hoods now. Thanks for suggesting it!
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August 17, 2017 at 11:45 PM
Glad you got the chance to watch Black Legion! I thought it was remarkably good for its era.
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August 18, 2017 at 12:30 AM
Reblogged this on I Found it at the Movies and commented:
Recommended viewing! 🙂
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August 18, 2017 at 1:05 PM
Nicely done. I caught IRON SKY a while back. Such ludicrous but pointed fun!
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August 18, 2017 at 5:35 PM
“sickened by witnessing the ravings of a corrupt, feeble-minded fascist US president..”
WEW
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August 22, 2017 at 6:46 AM
Really good post!!! Look Who’s Back, sounds hilarious; and Iron Sky really interesting!!! I ought to check out all these movies!!!
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August 22, 2017 at 3:00 PM
So glad you enjoyed the post. Do check out the films. Look Who’s Back is especially fascinating in that it is Germany’s first Hitler comedy.
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