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We Are the Flesh

Name: We Are the Flesh
Director: Emiliano Rocha Minter
Released: 2016
Duration: 79 min

Representation Score

6.9/10

Good

2016

Not Rated

Director

Emiliano Rocha Minter

Runtime

79 minutes

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New Showbiz Analysis

We Are the Flesh is a postmodern exploration of the human condition that prioritizes biological metamorphosis over identity-based storytelling. It strips away traditional social structures, challenging conventional human existence. However, the film's abstract approach often obscures specific markers of race, gender, and sexual orientation. By focusing on biological fluidity, it challenges the viewer's perception of what constitutes a normative human experience. While the film critiques structured societal norms, it does so through a vacuum of social structure rather than through explicit, diverse character representation.

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Category Breakdown

Does We Are the Flesh have LGBTQ+ representation?

Limited

The film focuses on body horror and transformation, which overshadows traditional LGBTQ+ identities. There are no clear representations of non-straight or non-cisgender identities.

How does We Are the Flesh portray gender?

Fair

The narrative emphasizes biological imperatives for survival, making masculinity and femininity secondary to primal instincts. Gender roles are less defined by traditional markers.

How racially and ethnically diverse is We Are the Flesh?

Fair

The film's post-apocalyptic setting obscures traditional racial and ethnic identifiers. It avoids Western domesticity by focusing on a world without established social structures.

How does We Are the Flesh represent religion and culture?

Good

The film excels in showing moral relativism in a decaying society. It portrays the breakdown of social institutions, including religion, as irrelevant.

Does We Are the Flesh include disability representation?

Fair

Physical transformations are used as metaphors for existential inquiry, rather than depicting the lived experiences of neurodivergence or chronic illness.

Present on Screen

Effectively challenges traditional gendered power dynamics through existential horror.
Critiques structured societal norms by showing the collapse of religion and authority.
Challenges the viewer's perception of the normative human experience through biological fluidity.

Limited or Absent

Could include more explicit representations of LGBTQ+ characters.
Could better represent racial and ethnic diversity.
Uses physical impairment as a metaphorical plot device rather than depicting lived disability experiences.

Official Synopsis

After wandering a ruined city for years in search of food and shelter, two siblings find their way into one of the last remaining buildings. Inside, they find a man who will make them a dangerous offer to survive the outside world.

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