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Becoming Animal

Becoming Animal

Representation Score

7.7/10

Good

2018

Director

Emma Davie, Peter Mettler

Runtime

78 minutes

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Becoming Animal serves as a radical rethinking of human identity, replacing traditional anthropocentric hierarchies with a fluid, interconnected model of existence. Its strength lies in its philosophical structure, which challenges Western institutional dominance. By focusing on sensory perception and ecology, it moves beyond typical social drama clichés. However, it lacks explicit markers of identity politics and avoids conventional casting and character-driven arcs, limiting specific representation for race, gender, and LGBTQ+ identities.

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Category Breakdown

Does Becoming Animal have LGBTQ+ representation?

Fair

While the film doesn't explicitly include queer identities or romantic arcs, it rejects traditional heterosexual norms and disrupts typical societal structures.

How does Becoming Animal portray gender?

Fair

The film focuses on shared biological experiences rather than traditional masculine roles, avoiding conventional gender stereotypes by emphasizing consciousness and sensory perception.

How racially and ethnically diverse is Becoming Animal?

Fair

As an audiovisual essay on ecology, the film lacks a central human cast and thus avoids racial categorization. However, the absence of diverse human ability to act limits its score.

How does Becoming Animal represent religion and culture?

Good

The film challenges the separation between civilization and nature through David Abram's philosophy. It promotes an ecological spirituality that critiques Western industrial capitalism and anthropocentric views.

Does Becoming Animal include disability representation?

Fair

The film emphasizes sensory immersion, offering a neurodivergent-friendly storytelling method. Although no specific characters with disabilities are shown, the structure invites a non-traditional experience of reality.

Present on Screen

  • Challenges Western anthropocentric dominance through a sophisticated philosophical framework.
  • Promotes an inclusive, sensory-focused storytelling method that invites non-standard perceptions.
  • Disrupts traditional gender and straight-centered hierarchies by focusing on biological unity.

Limited or Absent

  • Lacks explicit representation of specific LGBTQ+ identities or romantic arcs.
  • Provides limited visibility for diverse racial and ethnic human ability to act.
  • Does not feature specific depictions of characters with disabilities.

Official Synopsis

A palpably rendered audiovisual essay draws together the distinct sensibilities of filmmakers Peter Mettler (The End of Time) and Emma Davie (I am Breathing) and philosopher David Abram (The Spell of the Sensuous) to forge a path into the places where humans and animals meet.

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