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Christmas in the Caribbean

Name: Christmas in the Caribbean
Director: Walter Tournier
Released: 2001
Duration: 24 min

Representation Score

3.5/10

Limited

2001

Director

Walter Tournier

Runtime

24 minutes

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New Showbiz Analysis

Walter Tournier’s animation examines the clash between local Caribbean realities and imported European traditions during the holiday season. It uses the holiday context to explore how cultural impositions function within a specific social and geographic environment. The film offers a subtle critique of power dynamics, depicting how cultural celebrations can serve as tools for negotiating essential resources. However, it lacks depth in representing LGBTQ+ identities, adheres to traditional gender roles, and does not address disability.

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Category Breakdown

Does Christmas in the Caribbean have LGBTQ+ representation?

Minimal

The film does not include any LGBTQ+ characters or representations of non-straight relationships.

How does Christmas in the Caribbean portray gender?

Fair

The story revolves around a patriarchal governor and his male relatives, adhering to traditional gender roles without challenging patriarchal structures.

How racially and ethnically diverse is Christmas in the Caribbean?

Good

The film focuses on a Caribbean island community and highlights how they navigate European customs and traditions.

How does Christmas in the Caribbean represent religion and culture?

Good

The movie critiques the artificiality of Western holiday traditions in a tropical setting, showing how celebrations serve practical purposes such as securing drinking water.

Does Christmas in the Caribbean include disability representation?

Minimal

There is no depiction of characters with visible or invisible disabilities in the film.

Present on Screen

Critiques the universal application of Western holiday traditions by situating them in a tropical context.
Offers a nuanced view of how cultural celebrations can serve practical purposes.
Focuses on a Caribbean community, shifting away from typical Western-centric storytelling.

Limited or Absent

Does not include representations of LGBTQ+ identities or non-straight relationships.
Maintains traditional patriarchal structures without challenging gender hierarchies.
Provides no representation of characters with visible or invisible disabilities.

Official Synopsis

The governor of a small Caribbean island is about to be visited by his European nephews, so he decides to treat them with the celebration a traditional Christmas day. This includes eating turkey for dinner, decorating the Christmas tree, and watching the snow fall. His subjects are willing to fullfil this task in order to improve the distribution and protection of drinking water that comes from a spring.

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