Yes, it is. The A Level spec for Communication and Culture covers post colonalism but any suggestions for potentially interesting and accessible contemporary films that could be studied as post colonial? I guess the notion that colonalism never really ends is quite true given that it is perpetual and on going. So what’s the difference between colonalism and imperialism, I always get the two mixed up?

Hi Omar

That’s an interesting question. I’ve been puzzling over District 9 and whether that is a ‘post-colonial’ text – i.e. when does colonialism as such actually end? Western Australia in the 1930s would still be a predominantly ‘white settler’ community with deeply embedded colonialist ideologies from the UK. But in lots of ways, the parallel is with the American treatment of aboriginal peoples post the opening up of the West in the 19th century. I think I need to read a bit more about how film studies discusses post-colonialism. I suspect your query is related to A Level specifications?