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The Hidan of Maukbeiangjow

Name: The Hidan of Maukbeiangjow
Director: Lee Jones
Released: 1973
Duration: 93 min

Representation Score

5.2/10

Fair

1973

Director

Lee Jones

Runtime

93 minutes

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The film provides a moderate level of progressive representation for its time by challenging traditional hierarchies and spiritual norms. It moves away from standard Western institutional values through its use of extraterrestrial and Vodoun themes. However, the narrative remains limited by a lack of explicit LGBTQ+ identities and unclear racial characterizations. While women hold significant roles, their ability to act is often framed through their relationships with men or their status within the plot's conflict.

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Category Breakdown

Does The Hidan of Maukbeiangjow have LGBTQ+ representation?

Fair

The film does not explicitly show same-sex relationships or non-cisgender identities. While there is a love story, the focus is on the main apprentices without exploring LGBTQ dynamics.

How does The Hidan of Maukbeiangjow portray gender?

Fair

Women play significant roles through characters like Prudence and Ruthie, who have specialized positions. However, many female characters are tied to male mentors or serve as operatives and victims.

How racially and ethnically diverse is The Hidan of Maukbeiangjow?

Limited

The film includes Vodoun rituals, introducing non-Western spiritual practices. However, the racial identities of the main characters are not clearly defined.

How does The Hidan of Maukbeiangjow represent religion and culture?

Good

The movie stands out by emphasizing non-traditional spiritualities like Vodoun instead of Western moral systems. It challenges authority by showing apprentices who know more than their mentors.

Does The Hidan of Maukbeiangjow include disability representation?

Minimal

There is no depiction of physical or neurodivergent disabilities. The zombified state of Rosebush is a genre cliché rather than a disability representation.

Present on Screen

Challenges traditional authority by centering apprentices who surpass their mentors.
Integrates non-Western spiritual frameworks like Vodoun into the science fiction narrative.
Provides female characters with specialized roles and ability to act beyond simple clichés.

Limited or Absent

Lacks explicit representation of LGBTQ+ identities or non-cisgender gender dynamics.
Provides insufficient detail regarding the racial and ethnic identities of the cast.
Female characters are frequently defined by their connections to male figures.

Official Synopsis

This is the story of two apprentices who know more than their mentors. One is Kasper, who discovers the Hidan of Maukbeiangjow, to where six girls have been abducted. He is apprentice to Sam Trowel, whom Fred refers to as "private pig," an independent investigator who gets his mission information through a time-delay self-destruct tape (that is a parody of Mission: Impossible). The other is Prudence, a Christian spiritualist who is an apprentice to a wizard named Aph. Aph has had the impudence to use vodoun rituals to possess corpses with demonic earth spirits, or the spirits of extraterrestrials summoned from the Red Star galaxy. Fred and Junior tie up Prudence and a zombified girl named Rosebush while an alien learning to use the body of Ruthie, one of Trowel's operatives, keeps Kasper tied up while she guards whom she calls "the Prudence." The first alien brought by Aph eventually takes Trowel's body. He is intent to use Fred's safe-cracking skills to destroy evidence of his arrival

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