Movie

Logical Revolts

2012 · 44 min

A quiet, cerebral essay film that drifts through archives and landscapes, inviting you to piece together buried histories.

Overview: This is a film that begins with the discovery, by a filmmaker, of a script long lost in a museum archive. The script is for a film that was made by the United Nations in 1957 about the Suez crisis. Due to objections from Israel and France the film was banned, and all the rights were bought back by the UN. The filmmaker travels to Egypt to scout for the original locations of the film, with a thought in mind of remaking it. Throughout his travels the filmmaker uncovers more history about the Egyptian people's resistance to colonial rule and invasion.

Search YouTube for the trailer

Stream in the UK

DocAlliance Films

More options Data from JustWatch

In your watch list

How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: colonialism
memory
politics
power
identity
Places: big city
countryside
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: documentary
nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none

All scales, 0 to 10

Scales, 0 to 10
Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	1
Horror	0
Humour	1
Realism	9
Romance	0
Tension	3
Darkness	5
Complexity	7
Emotional weight	6

Titles like Logical Revolts

Movie

Mapping Lessons

2020

A dense, essayistic collage that asks you to piece together history and memory from fragments, rewarding patience with a haunting sense of displacement.

Melancholic, earnest, slow-burn · about colonialism and memory · documentary

Via: melancholic
earnest
colonialism
memory
documentary
Pacing: slow-burn
Attention: demanding
Runtime: 61 min

Details In your watch list

Mapping LessonsHidden from your suggestions.

Movie

Spell Reel

2017

A slow, cerebral archival meditation that asks you to lean in and piece fragments of memory and history together.

Melancholic, earnest, slow-burn · about colonialism and memory · documentary

Via: melancholic
earnest
colonialism
memory
documentary
Pacing: slow-burn
Attention: demanding
Runtime: 96 min

Details In your watch list

Spell ReelHidden from your suggestions.

Movie

The Expansions

2017

A slow, cerebral essay film that drifts through a city's layers of history and power, asking patience and rewarding reflection.

Slow-burn · about colonialism and memory · documentary

Via: colonialism
memory
documentary
Pacing: slow-burn
Attention: demanding
Runtime: 32 min

Details In your watch list

The ExpansionsHidden from your suggestions.

Movie

Living in a Coded Land

2014

A slow, contemplative essay that drifts through images and memories, asking you to sit quietly with the weight of history and place.

Melancholic, earnest, slow-burn · about colonialism and memory · documentary

Via: melancholic
earnest
colonialism
memory
documentary
Pacing: slow-burn
Attention: demanding
Runtime: 80 min

Details In your watch list

Living in a Coded LandHidden from your suggestions.

Movie

Wax & Gold

2026

A quiet, essayistic documentary that drifts between archive images and present-day conversations, asking you to sit with history and memory rather than follow a story.

About colonialism and memory · documentary