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Our New President

Our New President

2018

Director

Maxim Pozdorovkin

Runtime

77 minutes

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Synopsis

The story of Donald Trump's election told entirely through Russian propaganda. By turns horrifying and hilarious, the film is a satirical portrait of Russian meddling in the 2016 election that reveals an empire of fake news and the tactics of modern day information warfare.

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Diversity & Representation

Overall Score

3.2/10

Limited


Category Breakdown

LGBTQ+ Representation

Minimal

The film lacks any discernible focus on LGBTQ+ identities or narratives. It remains centered on the broader socio-political landscape of Russian information control.

Gender Representation

Limited

The documentary observes a landscape dominated by traditional patriarchal power structures. Leadership within the analyzed propaganda clips primarily features male figures.

Racial & Ethnic Diversity

Limited

The film is set within a localized, homogeneous Russian provincial context. The subjects represent a largely mono-ethnic population without diverse ethnic perspectives.

Religious & Cultural Diversity

Excellent

The film excels in its critique of institutional integrity. It presents a world of moral relativism where truth is used as a tool of the state.

Disability Representation

Minimal

There is no significant evidence of subjects with visible or invisible disabilities. The focus remains on macro-level information movement rather than individual lived experiences.

Strengths

  • Provides a sophisticated critique of institutional integrity and the manufacturing of consent.
  • Offers a profound intellectual subversion of authority and state-sponsored truth.
  • Effectively deconstructs the mechanics of modern information warfare and political manipulation.

Areas for Improvement

  • Lacks representation of LGBTQ+ identities or narratives addressing heteronormativity.
  • Features a lack of racial and ethnic diversity due to its localized setting.
  • Does not include subjects with visible or invisible disabilities in the narrative.

AI Analysis

Our New President is a specialized documentary that prioritizes the deconstruction of information warfare over demographic breadth. Its low scores in race, gender, and LGBTQ+ representation stem from its specific ethnographic focus on Russian state media and a homogeneous provincial setting. However, the film achieves high marks in cultural representation through its intellectual subversion of authority. It provides a sophisticated critique of how systemic power manipulates perception and erodes objective truth. Ultimately, the work functions as a study of institutional fragility rather than a showcase for diverse human identities.

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