Colonialism in the cinema has been the subject of many books and essays. Stereotyping, distortion, imagistic mistreatment, assimilationism and caricatural visions of colonies have been practiced in this type of cinema. With a few exceptions, such as the film Gandhi, most films have not been made with narratives constructed from the point of view of the colonized. During the era of colonialism, many European governments funded film projects which involved their overseas colonies; either for instructional purposes for individuals living in colonies or to support colonialism in general. Although the United States did not engage with colonialism to the same level as Western European nations, the American westward expansion led to the establishment of the Western genre, which dealt with many co