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Documentary  •  2024  •  98 min

Bad River (2024)

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Bad River (2024)

Rating & Dimensions

Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Progressive
Political: Strong Left
Diversity: High
Viewer Rating
8.2

Overview

Wisconsin's tribe's ongoing fight to protect Lake Superior for future generations. "Bad River" shows the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa's long history of activism and resistance in the context of continuing legal battles with Enbridge Energy over its Line 5 oil pipeline. The Line 5 pipeline has been operating on 12 miles of the Bad River Band's land with expired easements for more than a decade. The Band and the Canadian company have been locked in a legal battle over the pipeline since 2019.

Starring Cast

Nate Ante  •   Kris Arbuckle  •   Kathy Bender Ashmun

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Detailed Bias Analysis

Analyzing...
Progressive

Primary

Political: Strong Left
Confidence: Medium

The film's central thesis explicitly promotes progressive ideology by focusing on environmental justice and indigenous sovereignty. It highlights the struggle to protect natural resources and ancestral lands from external threats, advocating for community-led solutions and systemic change.

Diversity: High
Confidence: Medium

The film features a cast that authentically represents the Indigenous community central to its narrative. The story explicitly critiques traditional power structures and highlights the struggles of the community, making a strong statement about social justice and environmental protection.

Secondary

LGBTQ: N/R

There is not enough publicly available information for AI to assess this category for this movie.

Trans: N/R

There is not enough publicly available information for AI to assess this category for this movie.

Female Combat: N/R

The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.

Gender Swap: N/R

There is not enough publicly available information for AI to assess this category for this movie.

Race Swap: No
Confidence: Medium

Bad River, 2024 is a documentary that chronicles real people and historical events involving the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa. The film does not present fictional characters or adaptations of established works, therefore no instance of a race swap is present.

Family Values: N/R

There is not enough publicly available information for AI to assess this category for this movie.

Viewer Rating Breakdown

8.2

Viewer Rating

Combines user and critic ratings from four sources

User Ratings

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7.7
The Movie Database logo
6.8

Critic Ratings

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10.0
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N/A

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