
Hold Your Breath: The Ice Dive
2022

Representation Score
Limited
2019
TV-MADirector
Alex Parkinson, Richard Da Costa
Runtime
85 minutes
Average Rating
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Last Breath is a documentary centered on a singular, life-threatening survival event. Because the film is a non-fiction account of a specific maritime accident, the narrative structure is dictated by historical fact rather than constructed character arcs. The film functions as a study of individual ability to act under extreme physiological duress, prioritizing the biological and mechanical realities of a professional crisis over systemic critique or demographic exploration. Ultimately, the narrow, biographical scope of the film results in a low diversity score. The work focuses on individual physical endurance rather than characters who reflect more than one aspect of diversity or the disruption of traditional social narratives.
Category Breakdown
The documentary focuses on a specific survival incident involving a male commercial diver. There is no evidence of LGBTQ+ characters or non-cisgender identities.
The narrative centers on a male protagonist in a traditionally male-dominated industrial occupation. It lacks female characters in positions of ability to act or the subversion of gendered roles.
The film follows a focused, individual-centric narrative. It appears to follow a conventional, homogeneous biographical structure typical of specialized industrial documentaries.
The film documents a professional crisis without explicitly critiquing Western institutions or religion. It focuses on biological and mechanical realities rather than moralistic dogma.
The film explores physical vulnerability under extreme pressure. However, it features a situational, acute physical crisis rather than representing lived disability or neurodivergent identities.
Present on Screen
Limited or Absent
Official Synopsis
A commercial diver is stranded on the seabed with only five minutes of oxygen supply, but with no chance of rescue for more than 30 minutes. With access to amazing archival footage, this is the true story of one man’s impossible fight for survival.

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