Leans Progressive
7.6
Love & Basketball
(2000)
Political: Leans Left
Diversity: Moderate
Billie (1912)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Progressive
Viewer Rating
Not Rated
Overview
Billie is the "little mother" of the family and cares for the two smaller children. Her father has fallen under the spell of drink. Billie has become hardened by her struggle against the drink demon in her father and treats him with scant consideration.
Starring Cast
Bias Dimensions
Political: Strong Left
Diversity: High
Overview
Billie is the "little mother" of the family and cares for the two smaller children. Her father has fallen under the spell of drink. Billie has become hardened by her struggle against the drink demon in her father and treats him with scant consideration.
Starring Cast
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Progressive
Primary
The film's central focus on Billie Holiday's life, marked by systemic racism, government persecution, and her use of art as protest (e.g., "Strange Fruit"), explicitly promotes a progressive critique of societal injustice, aligning it with a clearly left bias.
The documentary centers on the life of Billie Holiday, a Black woman, naturally featuring a diverse array of individuals from her historical context. The narrative deeply explores the systemic racism and sexism she faced throughout her life and career, explicitly critiquing the traditional power structures and identities that contributed to her struggles.
Secondary
The documentary 'Billie' chronicles the life and career of jazz singer Billie Holiday, exploring her music, personal struggles, and fight against racial injustice. The film does not feature identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes, focusing instead on other aspects of her complex life.
The documentary 'Billie' (2005), which chronicles the life of jazz icon Billie Holiday, does not feature any transsexual characters or themes. The film's narrative is entirely focused on Holiday's personal and professional journey, thus rendering the evaluation of transsexual portrayal as N/A.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
The 1912 short film "Billie" is an early drama. There is no evidence to suggest it is an adaptation of a work with pre-established characters whose genders were subsequently changed, nor is it a biopic or a reboot of existing characters.
The 1912 film "Billie" is an early adaptation of a play. There is no evidence of any character being canonically, historically, or widely established as one race in prior source material and then portrayed as a different race in this film. Therefore, no race swap occurred.
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