Cinema Of Resistance - 'Army Of Shadows'

A brand new series from WAIM taking a deep dive into the history of fighting fascism on film. In our first film we take a plunge into the French Resistance of World War Two.

A scene from Jean Pierre Melville’s Army Of Shadows, a story based on the real life story of the French Resistance during World War Two.

Introduction

We are about to live in a very different America under a second Trump administration. Trump and his staff have promised to begin their new era with mass deportations. They seem committed to separating families, and putting kids in cages once again. There is likely to be another attempt at a Muslim ban. Trans and queer people of all ages and stripes will become victimized and oppressed even further. The material the Trump team included in Project 2025 lays out a very dark vision for a new America that includes the elimination of key government agencies and will likely lead to millions of Americans losing health insurance access as well as their Social Security.

It is very likely to be a fascist, authoritarian version of America that feels much more like Europe in the 1930s than it does the country that we grew up in. In recent years, we hav…