
Rocketman: Mad Mike's Mission to Prove the Flat Earth
2019

Representation Score
Minimal
2022
Director
Okki Poortvliet
Runtime
10 minutes
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The documentary prioritizes technical ambition and engineering scale over social or identity-based storytelling. The narrative follows a singular pursuit of a large-scale design goal, leaving little room for multi-layered exploration. Because the film is built around a meritocratic engineering feat, it avoids engaging with systemic power dynamics or disrupting social hierarchies.
Category Breakdown
The film focuses entirely on a technical engineering project. There are no characters or narratives addressing LGBTQ+ identities or non-cisgender relationships.
The story centers on a male student and a male political figure. It lacks female characters in positions of ability to act, focusing instead on a gender-neutral technical study.
The scope is limited to a Dutch student and North Korean geopolitical imagery. It does not engage with racial diversity or explore multi-layered identities.
The narrative emphasizes individualistic achievement and technical curiosity. It maintains a secular, project-oriented focus without exploring post-colonial or religious frameworks.
There is no evidence of characters navigating visible or invisible disabilities. The film does not include neurodivergent representation.
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Limited or Absent
Official Synopsis
It’s October 10 2020 and Kim Jong-un presents the largest mobile rocket on Earth. Jippe Liefbroer, Interaction Design student, sees the rocket and thinks: it can be bigger. For his graduation project he built 'Kimmi's worst nightmare', a 31 meter long rocket. That is 1 meter longer than Kim Jung-un's.

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