7.8
Viewer Rating
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Documentary • 2025 • 80 min
The Encampments (2025)
The Encampments (2025)
Overview
Students flooded Columbia University’s lawn to create the Gaza Solidarity Encampment in order to pressure their university to divest from the US and Israeli weapons companies. The film follows the central organizers of the encampment as they are thrust into the spotlight, face violent police repression and suspension, congressional pressure, and a media firestorm, all while fighting to attain their goal of divestment at any cost.
Starring Cast
Mahmoud Khalil
Where to watch
Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Progressive
Political: Strong Left
Diversity: High
Viewer Rating
7.8
Overview
Students flooded Columbia University’s lawn to create the Gaza Solidarity Encampment in order to pressure their university to divest from the US and Israeli weapons companies. The film follows the central organizers of the encampment as they are thrust into the spotlight, face violent police repression and suspension, congressional pressure, and a media firestorm, all while fighting to attain their goal of divestment at any cost.
Starring Cast
Mahmoud Khalil
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Progressive
Primary
Political: Strong Left
Confidence: High
The Encampments documents the 2024 Gaza Solidarity Encampment and student protest movement, explicitly advocating for university divestment from defense contractors and an end to perceived genocide in Gaza. The narrative champions student activism as a critical response to institutional complicity, reflecting a clear progressive stance on anti-colonialism and social justice.
Diversity: High
Confidence: High
The film intimately portrays America's student uprising, centering on diverse student activists, professors, and whistleblowers. It highlights the challenges faced by pro-Palestinian organizers as they confront resistance from police, media, and institutional repression. The narrative champions the activists' demands for justice, implicitly critiquing established power structures.
Secondary
LGBTQ: N/R
There is not enough publicly available information for AI to assess this category for this movie.
Trans: N/A
Confidence: High
The film 'The Encampments, 2025' does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or explore themes of gender and sexual transformation. The narrative contains no elements depicting the transsexual community or related experiences. Therefore, the film's portrayal of transsexual themes is not applicable.
Female Combat: N/R
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
Gender Swap: No
Confidence: High
The film does not feature any characters whose on-screen gender differs from their established gender in source material or historical record. All portrayals align with the characters' original or historical gender.
Race Swap: No
Confidence: High
The Encampments is a documentary film chronicling real-world events and featuring actual individuals involved in the 2024 Gaza Solidarity Encampment. The film does not adapt fictional characters or historical figures, therefore the concept of a race swap is not applicable.
Family Values: N/R
There is not enough publicly available information for AI to assess this category for this movie.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
6.7
7.7
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9.4
7.2
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