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White Right: Meeting the Enemy

Name: White Right: Meeting the Enemy
Director: Deeyah Khan
Released: 2017
Duration: 60 min

Representation Score

6.4/10

Good

2017

Director

Deeyah Khan

Runtime

60 minutes

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Deeyah Khan’s documentary is a sophisticated examination of systemic power. By positioning a underrepresented filmmaker as the investigator, the film challenges traditional ethnographic dynamics and exposes the mechanics of white supremacy and nationalist exclusion. The film's greatest impact comes from its multi-layered approach. It uses the friction between the filmmaker's identity and her subjects to expose the mechanisms of hate and exclusion. While the film is a powerful critique of hate, it focuses more on the rhetoric of the aggressors than on the lived experiences of the underrepresented groups they target.

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Category Breakdown

Does White Right: Meeting the Enemy have LGBTQ+ representation?

Limited

The film highlights the exclusionary rhetoric and hostility directed toward the LGBTQ+ community by extremist groups. However, it lacks active LGBTQ+ ability to act or central narratives involving LGBTQ+ characters.

How does White Right: Meeting the Enemy portray gender?

Good

Deeyah Khan disrupts traditional hierarchies by serving as the primary intellectual authority. The film highlights the imbalance of power within patriarchal extremist structures.

How racially and ethnically diverse is White Right: Meeting the Enemy?

Excellent

The film excels by placing a Muslim woman of color in a position of investigative ability to act. This lens effectively critiques racial hegemony and white supremacy.

How does White Right: Meeting the Enemy represent religion and culture?

Excellent

The documentary deconstructs Western exceptionalism by exposing the violent ideologies of nationalist movements. It provides a deep sociological critique of identity-based power struggles.

Does White Right: Meeting the Enemy include disability representation?

Minimal

There are no prominent depictions of physical or neurodivergent disabilities that serve as central narrative drivers in this work.

Present on Screen

Uses a multi-layered approach to critique racial hegemony and white supremacy.
Subverts traditional power dynamics by centering a woman of color as the intellectual authority.
Provides a profound sociological critique of Western nationalist ideologies.

Limited or Absent

Lacks active LGBTQ+ ability to act or central narratives involving LGBTQ+ characters.
Does not feature prominent depictions of physical or neurodivergent disabilities.

Official Synopsis

Emmy award-winning filmmaker Deeyah Khan joins the frontline of the race wars in America, sitting down face-to-face with Neo-Nazis and fascists.

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