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1212. The Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa

Name: 1212. The Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa
Director: Santiago Mazarro
Released: 2023

Representation Score

1.8/10

Minimal

2023

Director

Santiago Mazarro

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The documentary draws its diversity from the ethnic complexity of a medieval Mediterranean conflict rather than modern social commentary. It effectively captures a multi-national military coalition, offering a more layered view of history compared to a singular narrative. However, its focus on traditional warfare and religious power dynamics limits its relevance to contemporary representation metrics. The subject matter inherently centers on patriarchal military structures and historical power dynamics. Ultimately, the work serves as a scientific exploration of the past. Its strengths lie in ethnic diversity, while its weaknesses arise from a lack of modern social or gender-based representation.

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Category Breakdown

Does 1212. The Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa have LGBTQ+ representation?

Minimal

The documentary focuses solely on 13th-century military conflicts and archaeological science. There are no LGBTQ+ characters or narratives involving non-binary identities.

How does 1212. The Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa portray gender?

Limited

The narrative centers on large-scale battles and masculine combat. While modern experts may appear, the historical context reinforces traditional patriarchal structures.

How racially and ethnically diverse is 1212. The Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa?

Good

The film showcases a multi-ethnic landscape, featuring a coalition of European factions against the Almohad Caliphate. This offers a nuanced view of the peninsula's diverse reality.

How does 1212. The Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa represent religion and culture?

Fair

The story explores the power dynamics between Crusaders and the Almohad Caliphate through archaeological findings. It focuses on the historical Christian perspective of this conflict.

Does 1212. The Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa include disability representation?

Minimal

There is no representation of characters with visible or invisible disabilities in either the historical or modern segments.

Present on Screen

Shows a complex, multi-ethnic landscape through the depiction of diverse European and North African factions.
Offers a nuanced view of the Iberian Peninsula's multi-ethnic reality during the Middle Ages.

Limited or Absent

Does not include LGBTQ+ characters or narratives.
Focuses on traditional patriarchal and masculine-centric structures.
Does not represent characters with visible or invisible disabilities.

Official Synopsis

On 16 July 1212, a Crusader army made up of Castilians, Aragonese and Navarrese (but also French, English and Germans) confronted the army of the Almohad Caliph an-Nasir at the foot of the Sierra Morena mountain range. The Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa, as the battle is known, is considered the most important battle of the Middle Ages on the Iberian Peninsula and is a key event in the history of Spain. More than 800 years later, a group of archaeologists and specialists have begun an archaeological study of the battlefield. Is everything that has been said about the battle true? What secrets does the terrain hide? And, above all, what can we learn today about events that took place hundreds of years ago and that pitted tens of thousands of people against each other in the south of our country?

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