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How's It Going?

Name: How's It Going?
Director: Anne-Marie Miéville, Jean-Luc Godard
Released: 1978
Duration: 78 min

Representation Score

6.5/10

Good

1978

Director

Anne-Marie Miéville, Jean-Luc Godard

Runtime

78 minutes

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How's It Going? is an essayistic critique of systemic power that prioritizes class consciousness over traditional character-driven drama. It excels by focusing on labor, unionism, and political communication. However, the film remains limited by its focus on European labor contexts and lacks explicit LGBTQ+ identities or diverse racial representation.

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Category Breakdown

Does How's It Going? have LGBTQ+ representation?

Fair

The film focuses mainly on class struggle and labor issues. It does not explicitly depict LGBTQ+ identities or same-sex relationships.

How does How's It Going? portray gender?

Good

Collaborative direction highlights Miéville’s voice along with Godard’s, challenging the male-dominated auteur theory. The narrative shifts from domestic themes to political activism.

How racially and ethnically diverse is How's It Going??

Fair

The film centers on European labor movements in Portugal and France. It lacks a diverse, non-white majority cast but explores international solidarity among workers.

How does How's It Going? represent religion and culture?

Excellent

The film prioritizes anti-capitalist narratives centered around a communist printing press. It critiques Western institutions by highlighting the struggles of manual workers.

Does How's It Going? include disability representation?

Minimal

There is no evidence of the portrayal of physical or neurodivergent disabilities in this work.

Present on Screen

Engages strongly with progressive, anti-capitalist cultural frameworks.
Challenges traditional gender hierarchies through collaborative direction.
Explores international solidarity through documenting foreign protests.

Limited or Absent

Does not explicitly depict LGBTQ+ identities or queer narrative arcs.
Limited racial diversity, focusing primarily on European labor movements.
No discernible representation of physical or neurodivergent disabilities.

Official Synopsis

During the making of a video film about a communist printing press, a union member and a leftist activist discuss how to present their information, especially how to caption two specific images: one of a protest in Portugal, the other of a strike in France. One of them decides to write to his son, a manual worker living outside of Paris with his girlfriend, telling the young man about his troubles.

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