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Uncle Thomas: Accounting for the Days

Name: Uncle Thomas: Accounting for the Days
Director: Regina Pessoa
Released: 2019
Duration: 13 min

Representation Score

5.3/10

Fair

2019

Director

Regina Pessoa

Runtime

13 minutes

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New Showbiz Analysis

Uncle Thomas: Accounting for the Days is a semi-autobiographical animated tribute that prioritizes personal experience over commercial spectacle. By using a poetic lens to explore personal memories, the film breaks from conventional, linear storytelling structures. The work highlights individual lived experiences and unique narrative styles. However, it lacks clear markers of diverse representation, focusing instead on a deeply personal and regional perspective.

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Category Breakdown

Does Uncle Thomas: Accounting for the Days have LGBTQ+ representation?

Fair

The film focuses on emotional intimacy and personal memories, suggesting a move away from typical, plot-driven stories centered around straight relationships.

How does Uncle Thomas: Accounting for the Days portray gender?

Fair

Directed by a woman, the film shifts focus from male-dominated narratives towards intimate, domestic settings that prioritize relational depth and emotional intelligence.

How racially and ethnically diverse is Uncle Thomas: Accounting for the Days?

Fair

The movie centers on a specific cultural background tied to the director's personal history, validating a heritage often sidelined in mainstream animation.

How does Uncle Thomas: Accounting for the Days represent religion and culture?

Good

The narrative emphasizes internal truth over large religious or institutional structures. It celebrates an individual's poetic influence by dismantling traditional power dynamics.

Does Uncle Thomas: Accounting for the Days include disability representation?

Minimal

There is no available data regarding the depiction of neurodivergence or physical disabilities in this work.

Present on Screen

Challenges mainstream animation conventions through unconventional, poetic narrative structures.
Emphasizes emotional intelligence and intimate, relational depth over traditional masculine authority.
Validates specific cultural heritages through a deeply personal, auteur-driven approach.

Limited or Absent

Could benefit from more diverse racial or multi-ethnic casts.
Currently lacks any depiction or data regarding disability or neurodivergence.
Needs clearer, explicit markers of diverse social identities or multi-layered activism.

Official Synopsis

From Regina's personal and visual memories, a tribute to her uncle Thomas, who was an artistic inspiration and played a key role in her becoming a filmmaker. A moving tribute to a poet of the everyday.

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