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Game (1971)
Game (1971)
Overview
A South Shore High School student film that is an allegory on the wastefulness of war and the duplicity of those who wage it. Filmmaker Wayne Williams, who was 17 at the time, cuts back and forth between a chess game and a guerrilla theater war game to underscore the sense of importance of the fighters and the cynicism of those who control their lives - and deaths. The film is part of a series of student films that all won awards at the 1971 Young Chicago Filmmaker’s Festival.
Starring Cast
Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Progressive
Political: Strong Left
Diversity: High
Christianity: Negative
Viewer Rating
Not Rated
Overview
A South Shore High School student film that is an allegory on the wastefulness of war and the duplicity of those who wage it. Filmmaker Wayne Williams, who was 17 at the time, cuts back and forth between a chess game and a guerrilla theater war game to underscore the sense of importance of the fighters and the cynicism of those who control their lives - and deaths. The film is part of a series of student films that all won awards at the 1971 Young Chicago Filmmaker’s Festival.
Starring Cast
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Progressive
Primary
The film's central thesis explicitly promotes a progressive ideology by advocating for collective ownership of the Earth and challenging private property, which is a core tenet of anti-capitalist and socialist thought.
This documentary focuses on the Native American occupation of Alcatraz, centering the voices and struggles of Indigenous activists. The narrative implicitly critiques the historical actions and policies of dominant societal structures concerning Native American rights.
Secondary
The film, consistent with Newsreel's anti-establishment stance, portrays organized Christianity as an institution complicit with or supportive of the oppressive societal structures it critiques. The narrative offers no significant counterbalancing positive portrayal, framing it as part of the problem.
Based on the provided information, the film 'Earth Belongs to the People' does not contain any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. Consequently, its net impact on LGBTQ+ portrayal is rated as N/A, indicating no depiction.
The film "Focus on Marijuana" is an educational or documentary-style production centered on the topic of marijuana. There are no identifiable transsexual characters or themes present in its narrative or subject matter, resulting in no portrayal to evaluate.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
This 1971 film by Newsreel is a documentary, depicting real people and events related to social and political movements. As a non-fictional work, it does not feature fictional characters or historical figures reimagined with a different gender from their documented reality.
This is a documentary film from 1971 about the Native American occupation of Alcatraz. It features real historical figures and events, not fictional characters or actors portraying established roles, thus precluding a race swap.
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