
It's Alive: The True Story of Frankenstein
1994

Representation Score
Good
2018
TV-PGDirector
Jean Froment
Runtime
53 minutes
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The documentary provides a historical perspective on Mary Shelley’s literary impact. It successfully centers a female intellectual figure, offering a necessary correction to male-dominated scientific histories. However, the film is limited by its Eurocentric focus on 19th-century Western literary traditions, which restricts the inclusion of diverse racial and ethnic perspectives. While the themes of the Creature touch upon bodily differences, the film lacks active representation of disability or LGBTQ+ identities, remaining a strictly educational historical account.
Category Breakdown
The documentary does not explicitly depict LGBTQ+ identities or romantic relationships. It may touch on the social structures of the Romantic era, but there is no focus on non-straight relationships.
The film highlights Mary Shelley's intellectual legacy. By emphasizing her role, the production challenges traditional hierarchies that often sideline female creators in literary history.
The narrative focuses on a 19th-century European literary context. It remains centered on Western traditions without evidence of diverse ethnic perspectives or race-bent casting.
The film critiques the arrogance of traditional scientific authority through the 'Modern Prometheus' theme. It examines the Creature as a figure misunderstood by systemic structures and institutional progress.
The subject matter touches on themes of bodily autonomy and physical differences. However, the film lacks explicit representation of neurodivergent or disability-led narratives within its documentary format.
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Official Synopsis
In 1818, Mary Shelley wrote Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus, a powerful and timelessness novel which eternal theme is nothing other than man's quest for the secret of life. Since then, the Creature became a pop culture icon, overshadowing the novel and Doctor Frankenstein himself.

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