
Resistance
2015

Representation Score
Fair
2019
Director
Michael Wech
Runtime
95 minutes
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Resistance Fighters functions as a science-thriller that prioritizes systemic critique over individual identity politics. It succeeds by deconstructing corporate and institutional competence, challenging the myth of uninterrupted scientific progress. The film's strength lies in its global scope and its interrogation of capitalist-driven negligence. By focusing on a worldwide biological crisis, it naturally incorporates a multi-ethnic perspective. However, the documentary lacks explicit focus on LGBTQ+ identities or specific disability-centric narratives. The human elements, such as patients, often serve as plot stakes rather than fully realized individuals with ability to act.
Category Breakdown
The film focuses on medical, scientific, and diplomatic spheres. There are no LGBTQ+ character arcs or narratives addressing the assumption that everyone is straight or cisgender.
The narrative features fighting doctors and rebellious scientists. While specific gender breakdowns are unconfirmed, the focus on professional roles in high-stakes environments suggests a departure from traditional domestic roles.
The film addresses a global threat involving diplomats and the World Health Organization. This subject matter necessitates a diverse, international cast of experts that transcends Anglo-centric medical narratives.
The film engages critically with Western structures by framing the crisis through greed and negligence. It values systemic interrogation over the preservation of established institutional authority.
Patients wrestling with life-threatening diseases are featured. However, these portrayals serve the medical urgency of the crisis rather than exploring disability ability to act or neurodivergence.
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Official Synopsis
The UN General Assembly regards antibiotic-resistance as a "global and most urgent threat". The WHO alarms that we could fall back into a "post-antibiotic age". The film tells us how we got there: It is a story about how negligence, greed, and short-sightedness have rendered the lifesaving effects of antibiotics powerless. It is a science-thriller about disillusioned, fighting doctors, rebellious scientists, patients wrestling with life-threatening diseases and diplomats searching for a global solution. They all are Resistance Fighters.

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