Even the Rain

Name: Even the Rain
Released: 2010
Cast: Luis Tosar, Gael García Bernal, Juan Carlos Aduviri, Karra Elejalde, Raúl Arévalo

2010 · Movie · PG-13

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Scored entertainment-first on WhatSphere's content-balance model 3

Its director stated on the record that "the film draws parallels between the indigenous resistance to Columbus five hundred years ago and the contemporary struggle of Bolivian indigenous people again…" 1. Its narrative-universality assessment registers 8 of 10 2. Taken together, the content-balance model places it entertainment-first at 7 of 100 3. Relative to the expected cast make-up for its production origin, on-screen representation registers above the baseline for White and Indigenous and below it for Hispanic and Black 4.

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Creator statementdirector: "The film draws parallels between the indigenous resistance to Columbus five hundred years ago and the contemporary struggle of Bolivian indigenous people against the privatization of water, showing t…"Zinn Education Project / Freedom Socialist Party film analysis 2010 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 7 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: White 84, Indigenous 74, Hispanic 17, Black 31.WhatSphere representation model, score_version 1

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Synopsis

As a director and his crew shoot a controversial film about Christopher Columbus in Cochabamba, Bolivia, local people rise up against plans to privatize the water supply.