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Documentary, History  •  2025  •  119 min

Tales from the Atlantic Beyond (2025)

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Tales from the Atlantic Beyond (2025)

Rating & Dimensions

Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Progressive
Political: Strong Left
Diversity: High
Family Values: Mixed
Viewer Rating
10.0

Overview

Tales from the Atlantic Beyond is a 2025 documentary directed by Safoi Babana-Hampton. It traces Martinican artist Laurent Valère's journey from the Bay of Diamant in Martinique across three continents, documenting transatlantic dialogues on black experiences in a globalized world.

Starring Cast

Laurent Valère

Detailed Bias Analysis

Analyzing...
Progressive

Primary

Political: Strong Left
Confidence: High

The documentary centers on uncovering silenced stories of the transatlantic slave trade and colonial legacies through Black artists' perspectives, critiquing Eurocentric narratives and promoting social justice. This ideological context of systemic historical critique and identity reclamation drives its progressive alignment.

Diversity: High
Confidence: High

The documentary foregrounds Afro-descendant experiences and resilience against colonial oppression, intentionally centering minority voices to illuminate suppressed histories of the slave trade and its aftermath.

Secondary

Family Values: Mixed
Confidence: Low

The documentary depicts family storytelling, especially by women, as essential for transmitting collective memories and fostering community among Afro-descendant groups across generations. This portrayal emphasizes cultural preservation through familial bonds without delving into critiques or endorsements of specific family structures or roles.

LGBTQ: N/R

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

Trans: N/A
Confidence: Medium

No transsexual characters or themes appear in the film. It traces Black diasporic memory via a sunken slave ship's story and artistic expressions, as in the director's journey from Martinique to explore colonial silences.

Female Combat: N/R

The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.

Gender Swap: No
Confidence: Low

This original documentary explores a real historical event and personal journey without drawing from source material featuring canonical characters, thus containing no gender swaps.

Race Swap: No
Confidence: Low

This documentary follows Afro-descendant artist Laurent Valère's personal exploration of the Black diaspora through interviews and dialogs across continents, featuring real individuals without any adaptations, fictional characters, or portrayals of historical figures from established sources.

Viewer Rating Breakdown

10.0

Viewer Rating

Combines user and critic ratings from four sources

User Ratings

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N/A
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10.0

Critic Ratings

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