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Saving Flora

Name: Saving Flora
Director: Mark Drury Taylor
Released: 2019
Duration: 95 min

Representation Score

4.5/10

Fair

2019

Not Rated

Director

Mark Drury Taylor

Runtime

95 minutes

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New Showbiz Analysis

Saving Flora is a character-driven adventure that prioritizes individual ability to act over institutional compliance. The film challenges traditional gender roles by positioning a young female protagonist as a competent leader in a high-stakes survival scenario. However, the film lacks multi-layered breadth, focusing on a human-animal bond without addressing broader social identities such as race or LGBTQ+ perspectives. Ultimately, the film's progressive qualities stem from its critique of power dynamics rather than its demographic diversity.

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Category Breakdown

Does Saving Flora have LGBTQ+ representation?

Limited

The film does not include explicit LGBTQ+ characters or narratives that question the assumption that everyone is straight or cisgender. The plot centers on the relationship between a girl and an elephant.

How does Saving Flora portray gender?

Good

Dawn, a 14-year-old girl, is the main driver of the story. She shows a significant role in driving the story and courage by defying her father's authority to save Flora.

How racially and ethnically diverse is Saving Flora?

Limited

The narrative appears to follow traditional, homogeneous casting patterns. There is no indication of a diverse or non-Anglo-Saxon majority cast within the provided context.

How does Saving Flora represent religion and culture?

Good

The story critiques institutional exploitation by framing the circus as a flawed system. It prioritizes individual empathy and moral decision-making over established property rights and traditions.

Does Saving Flora include disability representation?

Minimal

There is no evidence of characters with visible or invisible disabilities in the narrative.

Present on Screen

The film features a strong female protagonist who exercises significant autonomy and intellect.
The narrative effectively challenges patriarchal structures by centering a girl's moral compass over institutional authority.
It provides a meaningful critique of systemic exploitation through its central conflict.

Limited or Absent

The film lacks representation for LGBTQ+ identities and non-assuming gender matches what was assigned at birth characters.
There is a notable absence of racial and ethnic diversity within the cast.
The story does not address disability representation or inclusive character archetypes.

Official Synopsis

Flora is a circus elephant who can no longer perform her tricks. The night before she's scheduled to be euthanized, the circus owner's 14-year old daughter, Dawn, sneaks Flora from the circus. All that stands between them and the safety of the elephant preserve is two hundred kilometers of woods, one raging river, two elephant hunters and the fear of not making it.

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