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

Its director stated on the record that "i am terrified of making films only for people who already agree with me; I would rather have one person who disagrees with my politics watch my film and see t…" 1. Its actor/producer stated on the record that "we think of ourselves as docents leading you to a community made up of people who've made some very difficult decisions for themselves, The biggest thing durin…" 2. Its narrative-universality assessment registers 8 of 10 3. Taken together, the content-balance model places it entertainment-first at 12 of 100 4.

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    Creator statementdirector: "I am terrified of making films only for people who already agree with me; I would rather have one person who disagrees with my politics watch my film and see themselves in it without putting up a shi…"IndieWire, 2020 source ↗
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    Creator statementactor/producer: "We think of ourselves as docents leading you to a community made up of people who've made some very difficult decisions for themselves. The biggest thing during this process was just to try to sit st…"NPR, February 2021 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 12 of 100, tier entertainment-first.WhatSphere content-balance model, score_version 1. Narrative universality 8/10 -> advocacy signal 22

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Primary audienceOlder WomenOlder Women84
Young MaleYoung FemaleMature MaleMature Female
Primary audienceOlder Women
Targeted

Quadrant Scores

Young Men
16
Young Women
62
Older Men
38
Older Women
84
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Advocacy

Advocacy12
Entertainment

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Synopsis

A woman in her sixties embarks on a journey through the western United States after losing everything in the Great Recession, living as a van-dwelling modern-day nomad.

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Advocacy Over Time in Drama

The average advocacy score of Drama titles by release year, with this title marked. Higher is more advocacy-driven.

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Average advocacy score of Drama titles by release year
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1984114
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1999542
2000341
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2003436
2004465
2005467
2006282
2007268
2008249
2009228
2010722
2011424
2012419
2013724
20141022
20151219
20161023
20171331
2018935
20191136
2020734
20211335
20222134
20231618
20241617
2025320
2026427
This title (2021)121

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Cast & Crew

Kaili Corcoran (director) · Chloé Zhao (director) · Mary Kerrigan (director) · Joshua James Richards (director)