
The American Dream and Other Fairy Tales
2022

Representation Score
Fair
2020
Director
Jennifer Siebel Newsom
Runtime
88 minutes
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Jennifer Siebel Newsom’s documentary offers a systemic critique of the American identity, moving beyond simple storytelling to deconstruct the foundational structures of power. Specifically, it targets masculine archetypes that drive individualism and inequality. While the film provides a strong critique of traditional gender hierarchies and cultural norms, it lacks specific focus on LGBTQ+ or disability representation, remaining centered on broad socio-economic and patriarchal frameworks.
Category Breakdown
The documentary focuses on systemic value systems and masculine ideals rather than character-driven LGBTQ+ narratives.
The film centers its thesis on subverting traditional gender hierarchies, critiquing how extreme masculine ideals of power and control have shaped the national value system and institutionalized inequality.
The narrative explores how institutionalized inequality affects diverse populations, examining systemic barriers that prevent many Americans from achieving the traditional American Dream.
The work challenges traditional Western institutions and capitalist norms, deconstructing the pursuit of individualism and money as systemic obstacles to the collective good.
The film's scope is focused on socio-economic and gendered power structures, with no central themes addressing neurodivergence or physical disabilities.
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Official Synopsis
Examines how a US value system built on the extreme masculine ideals of money, power and control has glorified individualism, institutionalized inequality, and undermined the ability of most Americans to achieve the American Dream.

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