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The Nth Ward

Name: The Nth Ward
Director: Camille Brown
Released: 2017
Duration: 100 min

Representation Score

4.4/10

Fair

2017

Director

Camille Brown

Runtime

100 minutes

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New Showbiz Analysis

The Nth Ward stands out by positioning a female engineer in a high-level technical role within a traditionally male-dominated institution, disrupting standard thriller archetypes. The film integrates voodoo and Afro-Caribbean spiritual traditions, creating a narrative tension between official state bureaucracy and non-Western epistemologies. While the film excels in gender and cultural engagement, it lacks specific representation of LGBTQ+ or disability issues.

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Category Breakdown

Does The Nth Ward have LGBTQ+ representation?

Minimal

The film does not include any explicit references to LGBTQ+ characters or themes.

How does The Nth Ward portray gender?

Good

The central protagonist is a female engineer from the US Army Corps, which challenges typical disaster movie clichés by placing a woman in a high-level technical position.

How racially and ethnically diverse is The Nth Ward?

Good

Set in New Orleans, the film explores racial and ethnic complexities through the inclusion of voodoo and Afro-Caribbean spiritual traditions.

How does The Nth Ward represent religion and culture?

Good

The story highlights the tension between Western structural authority and localized spiritual traditions, critiquing institutional reliability and subjective truths.

Does The Nth Ward include disability representation?

Minimal

There is no specific evidence regarding the portrayal of characters with disabilities. While the hurricane aftermath implies trauma, no neurodivergent or physical disability representation is noted.

Present on Screen

Features a female engineer in a high-level technical leadership role.
Includes Afro-Caribbean spiritual traditions like voodoo in the plot.
Challenges Western-centric disaster narratives by critiquing institutional authority.

Limited or Absent

Does not explicitly represent LGBTQ+ identities or themes.
Does not provide specific character portrayals related to disability or neurodivergence.

Official Synopsis

An engineer with the US Army Corps is sent to New Orleans after the hurricane the assess the damage. Bizarre happenings and disappearances lead her down a path of political deceit and voodoo.

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