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The Red, White, and Black

Name: The Red, White, and Black
Director: John "Bud" Cardos
Released: 1970
Duration: 103 min

Representation Score

1.5/10

Minimal

1970

Director

John "Bud" Cardos

Runtime

103 minutes

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The film stands out by featuring progressive racial casting while maintaining traditional genre conventions. By highlighting the 10th Cavalry, it offers Black characters important military roles. However, it still upholds traditional gender hierarchies and frontier morality. The inclusion of Mexican bandits also follows established genre clichés.

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Category Breakdown

Does The Red, White, and Black have LGBTQ+ representation?

Minimal

The film follows the typical social norms of the 1970s Western genre. There are no representations of LGBTQ+ identities or same-sex relationships.

How does The Red, White, and Black portray gender?

Limited

The story emphasizes traditional gender hierarchies and male authority. While a wife plays a supporting role, the main characters are male military leaders.

How racially and ethnically diverse is The Red, White, and Black?

Good

The film breaks the mold of the all-white Western by focusing on the all-Black 10th Cavalry Regiment. This allows Black characters to have significant military roles and importance.

How does The Red, White, and Black represent religion and culture?

Limited

The story aligns with traditional Western values like frontier justice and patriotism. It follows a standard law versus lawlessness framework without questioning Western institutions.

Does The Red, White, and Black include disability representation?

Minimal

There are no prominent depictions of physical or neurodivergent disabilities that play central roles in the film.

Present on Screen

Highlights an all-Black cavalry regiment, providing meaningful racial representation.
Challenges the historical homogeneity of the traditional American Western genre.
Places characters of color in positions of military and institutional importance.

Limited or Absent

Reinforces traditional gender hierarchies and male-dominated authority structures.
Adheres to standard frontier morality and conventional Western values.
Uses established genre clichés, such as Mexican bandit antagonists.

Official Synopsis

Told by a U.S. Army colonel and his wife, this vintage Western set in post-Civil War Texas chronicles the exploits of the all-black 10th cavalry regiment, which was formed in 1871. Cesar Romero plays the unit's commander.

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