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The Land

Name: The Land
Director: Steven Caple Jr.
Released: 2016
Duration: 102 min

Representation Score

5.0/10

Fair

2016

Director

Steven Caple Jr.

Runtime

102 minutes

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New Showbiz Analysis

The Land is a gritty urban drama that highlights the interplay between socioeconomic conditions and individual ability to act. By focusing on skateboarding, the film offers a platform for examining racialized struggles and systemic entrapment. While the film challenges traditional gender roles through a powerful female antagonist, it remains limited by a male-dominated narrative structure and lacks representation of LGBTQ+ identities or disabilities.

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Category Breakdown

Does The Land have LGBTQ+ representation?

Fair

The film centers on a group of four male protagonists without exploring any queer identities or non-straight relationships.

How does The Land portray gender?

Fair

The story follows a group of teenage boys, but includes a powerful female character who disrupts traditional gender hierarchies by holding significant power.

How racially and ethnically diverse is The Land?

Good

Set in Cleveland, the film examines urban communities facing racial and socioeconomic challenges through characters who navigate systemic obstacles using skateboarding.

How does The Land represent religion and culture?

Good

The film presents skateboarding as an escape from corrupt environments, focusing on survival-based social structures rather than traditional institutions.

Does The Land include disability representation?

Minimal

There is no mention of characters with physical or neurodivergent disabilities in the film.

Present on Screen

Explores the intersection of socioeconomic struggles and systemic obstacles.
Challenges traditional gender hierarchies through a powerful female character.
Provides a nuanced look at urban survival through skateboarding.

Limited or Absent

Lacks representation of LGBTQ+ identities or queer relationships.
Narrative structure is heavily male-centric, limiting gender diversity.
No characters with physical or neurodivergent disabilities are included.

Official Synopsis

Four teenage boys devote their summer to escaping the streets of Cleveland, Ohio, by pursuing a dream life of professional skateboarding. But when they get caught in the web of the local queenpin, their motley brotherhood is tested, threatening to make this summer their last.

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