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Breaking Habits

Name: Breaking Habits
Director: Robert Ryan
Released: 2019
Duration: 87 min

Representation Score

4.4/10

Fair

2019

TV-14

Director

Robert Ryan

Runtime

87 minutes

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Breaking Habits offers a compelling look at identity reconstruction. The film succeeds by focusing on a protagonist who actively challenges traditional power hierarchies, moving from a restrictive marriage into a position of industry ownership. The strength of the documentary lies in its depiction of personal autonomy. By repurposing religious symbolism to navigate a stigmatized industry, the subject demonstrates a unique way of transcending societal expectations. However, the film's scope is limited by a lack of information regarding racial and ethnic diversity. The narrative remains focused on a singular journey of individual transformation rather than a broader social spectrum.

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Category Breakdown

Does Breaking Habits have LGBTQ+ representation?

Fair

The film explores a departure from traditional domestic life and a 'bad marriage.' While specific identities are not explicitly confirmed, the subject's rejection of conventional marital structures suggests a move away from assumptions that everyone is straight or cisgender.

How does Breaking Habits portray gender?

Good

The documentary centers on a female protagonist who exercises a significant role in driving the story. She rejects subordinate domestic roles to pursue entrepreneurial leadership and autonomy within the cannabis industry.

How racially and ethnically diverse is Breaking Habits?

Minimal

There is insufficient information regarding the racial or ethnic composition of the subject or cast to provide a meaningful assessment.

How does Breaking Habits represent religion and culture?

Good

The narrative challenges Western institutions by juxtaposing religious iconography with the cannabis industry. This use of the 'Sister Kate' persona critiques the rigidity of established social and religious norms.

Does Breaking Habits include disability representation?

Minimal

The provided material contains no evidence of characters or subjects navigating physical, mental, or neurodivergent disabilities.

Present on Screen

Strong depiction of women's ability to drive the story and entrepreneurial leadership.
Effective challenge of traditional religious and domestic institutions.
Focuses on the profound reconstruction of personal and professional identity.

Limited or Absent

Lack of visible racial or ethnic diversity within the provided context.
Limited information regarding the representation of disability or neurodiversity.

Official Synopsis

A former corporate executive fleeing a bad marriage becomes a cannabis farmer, forms a company called Sisters of the Valley and takes on the persona of a nun, Sister Kate.

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