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Remove All American Media And Culture From Your Life

Anti-imperialist comm to help you in your personal journey of cultural anti-imperialism.

American culture has spread all over the world, it has dumbed down and impoverished our variegated pre-colonial and non-capitalist cultures. Every time you yank yourself, a bit of their culture worms its way into your mind. Sometimes it's explicit propaganda like Top Gun, but sometimes it's subtle: the contempt shown for the poor, the celebration of selfishness, the value-system of their empire.

All inputs enter the mind, are absorbed, and blossom as thoughts and deeds. Mass-produced culture dulls you and makes you a boring, mass-produced personality. And nations are losing their personality by letting one imperial power do this to them.

That the empire is doing this as a more-or-less deliberate tool of influence doesn't need stressing.

Stop doing this to yourself. Don't watch their television. Don't watch their films. Don't read their stupid news and politics: ABC and CNN and NBC and the rest. Don't be so fucking boring. You don't have to be boring and stupid. Turn off your TV. Pick up some of your country's classic books, or listen to African funk, or go to a storytelling night.

Examples of posts that are welcome

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To mark spooky season, can this comm recommend "31 Horror Movies to watch in October" (lemmy.ml)
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I'll start with this Spanish 2007 zombie horror: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rec_(film)

30 more to go for the month!

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[โ€“] frightful_hobgoblin@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (3 children)

What a positively horrible idea! I love it! I'll sticky the thread and edit this comment to track the list.

  1. Rec. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rec_(film) , Spain 2007, IMDB ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ
  2. Deathgasm. Wikipedia, 2015, Aotearoa, IMDB ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฟ
  3. Titane. France, 2016. Wikipedia, IMDB ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท
  4. Braindead, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Braindead_(film) , 1992, Aotearoa, IMDB ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฟ
  5. The Butcher Boy, 1997, Ireland, IMDB ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
  6. Saloum, Senegal, 2021, IMDB ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ณ
  7. Heavenly Creatures, 1994, Aotearoa, IMDB ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฟ
  8. Huesera: The Bone Woman, 2022, Mexico IMDB ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝ
  9. Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, 2016, England IMDB, Wikipedia ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ
  10. Speak No Evil, Denmark, 2022, Wikipedia ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฐ
  11. Thirst, South Korea, 2009, Wikipedia ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ท
  12. The Feast, Wales, 2021 (yn y Gymraeg) ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ
  13. Romasanta IMDB, Spain, 2004
  14. Calvaire (2004) - Belgium/Luxembourg
  15. Living in Bondage (1992) - Nigeria
  16. Juan of the Dead (2011) - Cuba
  17. Adam Chaplin (2011) - Italy
  18. Timecrimes (2007) - Spain
  19. Martyrs (2008) - France
  20. Versus (2000) - Japan
  21. Body Melt (1993) - Australia
  22. Living in Bondage (1992) - Nigeria
  23. Tetsuo: The Iron Man (1989) - Japan
  24. Gaia (2021) - South Africa
  25. Knife+Heart (French: Un couteau dans le cล“ur), France, 2018
  26. Fried Barry (2020) - South African
  27. The Devil's Backbone (2001) - Spain
  28. Byzantium, Ireland, 2018, IMDB
  29. Thirst, 2009, South Korea, Wikipedia
  30. Possession, Wikipedia, co-production between France and West Germany, available on The Pirate Bay
  31. Dust Devil (1993) - South African co-production filmed in Namibia
[โ€“] FrogPrincess@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I recommend Braindead, Peter Jackson's first film: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Braindead_(film)

[โ€“] lunar_solstice@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Is English culture allowed?

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies is a fun watch. Not a horrifying horror but it fits the theme of spooky season.

[โ€“] Emperor@feddit.uk 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

The Butcher Boy, 1997, Ireland, IMDB ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช

Not really a horror, try:

[โ€“] frightful_hobgoblin@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 weeks ago

I found The Butcher Boy really unsettling

[โ€“] Porcupine@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Saloum from Senegal, 2021.

Might seem like a crime flick for the first half, but I think it qualifies as a horror in the 2nd half.

[โ€“] SunlitSorceress@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 month ago

Glad to see this thread rolling ๐Ÿ™Œ

[โ€“] FrogPrincess@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 month ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speak_No_Evil_(2022_film)

Danish one that won awards. It's on รพe Corsair Cove, I just downloaded it

[โ€“] frightful_hobgoblin@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 month ago

I'm proposing Deathgasm from New Zealand.

It's comedy-horror rather than horror-horror, but it fits the seasonal theme

[โ€“] Emperor@feddit.uk 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)
[โ€“] frightful_hobgoblin@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Thanks! Will add them to the top comment after a little investigation.

Do you have any African ones?

[โ€“] Emperor@feddit.uk 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I largely just ran through my top films and split off by country. Africa is trickier but of those I've seen:

  • Dust Devil (1993) - South African co-production filmed in Namibia
  • The Dead (2010) - British production but filmed in Ghana.
  • Fried Barry (2020) - South African

Not seen but look worth a watch (not sure about availability though):

[โ€“] frightful_hobgoblin@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

You are amazing.

Saloum's already on the list. I watch Good Madam this month but I'm not recommending it.

[โ€“] Emperor@feddit.uk 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I have missed South Korea off despite them knocking it out of the park recently. Might as well go with the big ones:

For Russia:

Scandinavia:

[โ€“] frightful_hobgoblin@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Is Troll Hunter a horror or a comedy?

One thing I've heard is that it's a comedy to Norwegians but non-Norwegians don't get the jokes and it looks like a horror

[โ€“] Emperor@feddit.uk 1 points 3 weeks ago

It needn't be either/or - it's a comedy horror.

[โ€“] Renfield@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 weeks ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirst_(2009_film)