Birds of Passage

Name: Birds of Passage
Released: 2018
Cast: José Acosta, Carmiña Martínez, Natalia Reyes, Greider Meza, José Vicente

2018 · Movie · R

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Scored entertainment-first on WhatSphere's content-balance model 4

Its director stated on the record that "even more than telling Indigenous stories, I'm interested in telling the stories that people know, but from the Indigenous point of view — which is my point of…" 1. Its director/producer stated on the record that "as filmmakers, we are always looking for those oral histories and testimonies that are left untold… realities that even the majority of Colombians overlook, It…" 2. Its narrative-universality assessment registers 8 of 10 3. Taken together, the content-balance model places it entertainment-first at 10 of 100 4. Relative to the expected cast make-up for its production origin, on-screen representation registers above the baseline for Indigenous and below it for White and Hispanic 5.

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Creator statementdirector: "Even more than telling Indigenous stories, I'm interested in telling the stories that people know, but from the Indigenous point of view — which is my point of view, because I am Mestizo. In Colombia…"Seventh Row, February 2019 source ↗
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Creator statementdirector/producer: "As filmmakers, we are always looking for those oral histories and testimonies that are left untold… realities that even the majority of Colombians overlook. It is a real debt in our national discours…"Danny Concha interview, May 2019 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 10 of 100, tier entertainment-first.WhatSphere content-balance model, score_version 1. Narrative universality 8/10 -> advocacy signal 22
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RepresentationRepresentation vs production-origin baseline: Indigenous 99, White 12, Hispanic 13.WhatSphere representation model, score_version 1

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Synopsis

During the marijuana bonanza, a violent decade that saw the origins of drug trafficking in Colombia, Rapayet and his indigenous family get involved in a war to control the business that ends up destroying their lives and their culture.