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Scored mixed entertainment and message on WhatSphere's content-balance model 5

Its director stated on the record that "i liked the idea of a Black family going to Africa, which Hollywood doesn't normally do, Most films like this have white people visiting Africa, but this is a…" 1. Its director stated on the record that "we're not blaming this on the lions, What the story is trying to say is that it doesn't matter who of us treats nature badly, nature will get back at all of us" 2. Its producer stated on the record that "this idea of a Black father and Black daughters at the centre of the movie, we don't often see that in a movie like this, It's not a movie that's just for Blac…" 3. Its narrative-universality assessment registers 8 of 10 4. Taken together, the content-balance model places it mixed entertainment and message at 21 of 100 5. Relative to the expected cast make-up for its production origin, on-screen representation registers above the baseline for Black and below it for White and Hispanic 6.

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    Creator statementdirector: "I liked the idea of a Black family going to Africa, which Hollywood doesn't normally do. Most films like this have white people visiting Africa, but this is a twist on it."The Upcoming, August 2022 source ↗
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    Creator statementdirector: "We're not blaming this on the lions. What the story is trying to say is that it doesn't matter who of us treats nature badly, nature will get back at all of us."The Film Pie, 2022 source ↗
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    Creator statementproducer: "This idea of a Black father and Black daughters at the centre of the movie, we don't often see that in a movie like this. It's not a movie that's just for Black fathers or Black people, it's an inclu…"Melanmag, September 2022 source ↗
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    Narrative universalityNarrative universality 8 of 10; identity centrality incidental.WhatSphere content assessment. Narrative universality 8/10 -> advocacy signal 22
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    Content balanceAdvocacy 21 of 100, tier mixed entertainment and message.WhatSphere content-balance model, score_version 1. Narrative universality 8/10 -> advocacy signal 22
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    RepresentationRepresentation vs production-origin baseline: Black 100, White 5, Hispanic 31.WhatSphere representation model, score_version 1

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Primary audienceOlder MenOlder Men87
Young MaleYoung FemaleMature MaleMature Female
Primary audienceOlder Men
Targeted

Quadrant Scores

Young Men
70
Young Women
13
Older Men
87
Older Women
30
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Audience Representation

White
5
Black
100
Hispanic
31
Asian
31
South Asian
40
Middle Eastern
40
Indigenous
46
Mixed
38
Other
46
LGBTQ+
0

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Advocacy

Advocacy21
Mixed

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Synopsis

A recently widowed man and his two teenage daughters travel to a game reserve in South Africa. However, their journey of healing soon turns into a fight for survival when a bloodthirsty lion starts to stalk them.

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Cast & Crew

Philippe Rousselot (director) · Baltasar Kormákur (director)