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Shepherd

Name: Shepherd
Director: Bakir Tanović
Released: 1971
Duration: 85 min

Representation Score

3.1/10

Limited

1971

Director

Bakir Tanović

Runtime

85 minutes

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Shepherd is a period drama focused on the tension between individual rights and communal control. The plot follows a shepherd and a young boy fighting for grazing rights against local peasants. The film's primary strength lies in its potential to critique communal authority. By positioning the community as an antagonist, it challenges the idea of the collective as an inherent moral good. However, the film lacks depth in representing diverse identities. The narrative is heavily centered on male characters and resource-based conflict, leaving significant gaps in gender, disability, and LGBTQ+ representation.

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Category Breakdown

Does Shepherd have LGBTQ+ representation?

Minimal

The film does not include any LGBTQ+ characters or themes. There is no representation of sexual orientation in the narrative.

How does Shepherd portray gender?

Fair

The story focuses on a male-centric struggle between a shepherd and a young boy. It lacks evidence of women's ability to drive the story or challenges to traditional gender roles within the central conflict.

How racially and ethnically diverse is Shepherd?

Fair

The film likely explores regional or ethnic identities specific to its 1971 setting. However, the specific ethnic composition of the cast remains unverified.

How does Shepherd represent religion and culture?

Good

The narrative disrupts familiar patterns by presenting local peasants as an antagonistic force. This suggests a critique of communal authority and the struggle for individual autonomy.

Does Shepherd include disability representation?

Minimal

There is no evidence of characters with physical or neurodivergent disabilities. The synopsis does not include any such representation.

Present on Screen

Offers a compelling critique of communal authority and systemic pressure.
Explores themes of individual autonomy and resistance against collective interests.

Limited or Absent

Lacks visible women's ability to drive the story or gender diversity in the central narrative.
Provides no representation of LGBTQ+ identities or characters with disabilities.

Official Synopsis

The tribulations of a hardy shepherd and a young boy fighting local peasants in order to have the right to graze his sheep. The old man is killed by some enraged peasants but the young boy carries on his work and battle.

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