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The Pregnancy Project

Name: The Pregnancy Project
Director: Norman Buckley
Released: 2012
Duration: 86 min

Representation Score

5.4/10

Fair

2012

TV-14

Director

Norman Buckley

Runtime

86 minutes

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New Showbiz Analysis

The film succeeds by challenging the typical 'cautionary tale' regarding teen pregnancy. Instead of moralizing, it uses a social experiment to expose how institutional structures respond to perceived social deviations. The narrative effectively navigates the intersections of race, gender, and class. By showcasing a diverse group of students, it highlights how systemic biases and socioeconomic status coalesce to shape the stigma surrounding pregnancy. However, the film remains limited by its narrow focus on heterosexual reproductive dynamics. It lacks representation for LGBTQ+ identities and does not address disability, leaving those specific demographics unexamined.

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Category Breakdown

Does The Pregnancy Project have LGBTQ+ representation?

Limited

The film focuses almost exclusively on heterosexual implications of teen pregnancy and lacks meaningful inclusion of LGBTQ narratives or non-binary gender identities.

How does The Pregnancy Project portray gender?

Good

The narrative disrupts the 'passive victim' cliché by centering on Gaby Rodriguez’s intellectual role. It critiques how gendered expectations impact the academic trajectories of female students.

How racially and ethnically diverse is The Pregnancy Project?

Good

A diverse cast of Black and Hispanic students illustrates how racial identity and socioeconomic status influence social stigma. The film avoids a monolithic, white-centric lens.

How does The Pregnancy Project represent religion and culture?

Good

The film critiques the friction between individual ability to act and rigid American high school structures. It examines how pregnancy disrupts academic and socioeconomic mobility within these institutions.

Does The Pregnancy Project include disability representation?

Minimal

There is no significant evidence of characters with visible or invisible disabilities serving as central plot drivers or being subjected to specific clichés.

Present on Screen

Challenges traditional cautionary tales by prioritizing subject ability to act over moralistic judgment.
Provides a nuanced look at how gendered expectations impact female students' academic paths.
Uses a diverse cast to explore the intersection of race, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status.

Limited or Absent

Lacks meaningful representation or inclusion of LGBTQ+ narratives and identities.
Provides no significant focus on characters with visible or invisible disabilities.
Operates within a strictly heterosexual framework regarding reproductive social dynamics.

Official Synopsis

The Pregnancy project tells the real story of Gaby Rodriguez, a seventeen-year-old who attended a Washington state high-school and made her senior school project the treatment of pregnant teenagers by pretending to be pregnant.

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