Documentary  •  2025  •  83 min

Our Movement Starts Here (2025)

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Our Movement Starts Here (2025)


Rating & Dimensions

Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Progressive
Political: Strong Left
Diversity: High
Christianity: Positive

Viewer Rating
7.8

Overview

The story of a rural community in the American South that inspired the international environmental justice movement and articulated the concept of environmental racism by fighting the state of North Carolina's toxic landfill.


Starring Cast

N/A

Detailed Bias Analysis

Analyzing...
Progressive

Primary

Political: Strong Left
Confidence: High

This documentary chronicles the foundational struggle of the environmental justice movement, highlighting a community's fight against systemic environmental racism and the disproportionate impact of toxic waste on communities of color. It champions collective action and advocacy as solutions to deeply entrenched inequities.

Diversity: High
Confidence: High

This documentary chronicles the pivotal struggle of a majority-Black community in North Carolina against a toxic landfill, an event recognized for sparking the environmental justice movement and articulating the concept of environmental racism. The film centers on the community's fight against systemic injustice and highlights the origins of a significant social movement.

Secondary

Christianity: Positive
Confidence: Medium

The film portrays Christianity positively, featuring a "Rev. Dr." as a participant in discussions about the community movement. This indicates the Christian faith and its institutions are integral to the depicted rural, majority Black community.

LGBTQ: N/A
Confidence: Medium

Our Movement Starts Here is a documentary exploring the 1982 protest in Warren County, North Carolina, and the origins of the environmental justice movement. The film focuses on civil rights activism and environmental racism. It does not feature identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes within its narrative.

Trans: N/A
Confidence: High

Our Movement Starts Here (2025) does not feature identifiable transsexual characters or themes. The narrative does not explore gender identity or sexual transformation, indicating an absence of such portrayals within the film's content.

Female Combat: N/R

The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.

Gender Swap: No
Confidence: High

Our Movement Starts Here is a documentary featuring interviews with real historical figures and activists. The film does not contain fictional characters. A gender swap applies to characters whose gender is altered from established source material or history, a condition not present in this documentary.

Race Swap: N/R

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

Family Values: N/R

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


Viewer Rating Breakdown

7.8

Viewer Rating

Combines user and critic ratings from four sources

User Ratings

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7.8
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Critic Ratings

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