5.5
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
From These Roots (1958)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Progressive
Viewer Rating
Rating: 5.5
Overview
Follow the life of successful writer Elizabeth “Liz” Fraser Allen as she returns to her New England hometown of Strathfield to run her family’s newspaper after her father suffers a heart attack.
Starring Cast
Bias Dimensions
Political: Strong Left
Diversity: High
Christianity: Positive
Overview
Follow the life of successful writer Elizabeth “Liz” Fraser Allen as she returns to her New England hometown of Strathfield to run her family’s newspaper after her father suffers a heart attack.
Starring Cast
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Progressive
Primary
The film's central thesis explicitly promotes progressive ideology by dramatizing the life and struggles of a civil rights activist against systemic racial injustice, advocating for social justice and equality.
This documentary explicitly focuses on and celebrates the cultural achievements of African Americans during the Harlem Renaissance. Its narrative provides a strong and explicit counter-narrative to traditional historical accounts by elevating a historically marginalized group's contributions.
Secondary
As a 1950s American soap opera, the film implicitly upholds Christian-influenced moral values and community norms. While characters navigate personal struggles, the narrative generally aligns with virtues often associated with the faith, portraying it as a foundational aspect of the community's ethical framework.
The 1958 television soap opera "From These Roots" does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. The narrative focuses on traditional family dramas and relationships, consistent with television programming of its era, without depicting queer identities or experiences.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
As an original daytime soap opera that premiered in 1958, "From These Roots" introduced all its characters for the first time. There is no prior source material or established canon for its characters to be compared against, thus precluding any gender swaps.
From These Roots was an original daytime soap opera created for television in 1958. Its characters were new creations, meaning there was no prior established canon or historical record for their race to be altered from. Therefore, no race swaps occurred.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
7.5
3.5
Critic Ratings
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