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No God, No Master

Name: No God, No Master
Director: Terry Green
Released: 2014
Duration: 94 min

Representation Score

3.5/10

Limited

2014

PG-13

Director

Terry Green

Runtime

94 minutes

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No God, No Master is a historical crime thriller that prioritizes the psychological impact of terrorism over identity politics. It functions as a character study of systemic tension during a period of intense political upheaval in 1919 New York. The film avoids a simplistic moral binary by exploring the nuances of political discontentment. However, it lacks explicit markers of progressive representation, such as casting that reflects multiple aspects of identity or subversion of social hierarchies. Ultimately, the narrative follows a traditional structure, focusing on state investigation and historical crime rather than contemporary social deconstruction.

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Category Breakdown

Does No God, No Master have LGBTQ+ representation?

Limited

The film focuses on geopolitical and criminal tensions in the post-WWI era. It does not include any non-straight or non-cisgender identities or narratives that question the assumption that everyone is straight.

How does No God, No Master portray gender?

Fair

The story centers on William Flynn, a male authority figure in a violent culture. The film adheres to traditional period-drama gender roles without challenging established hierarchies.

How racially and ethnically diverse is No God, No Master?

Fair

Set in 1919 New York, the film explores a period of ethnic tension. However, it lacks intentional casting that reflects multiple aspects of identity or characters of color who play a significant role in driving the story.

How does No God, No Master represent religion and culture?

Fair

The story explores complex cultural values by examining greed, power, and politics. It avoids simple good-versus-evil binaries by distinguishing between true villains and the merely discontented.

Does No God, No Master include disability representation?

Minimal

The provided information contains no mention of characters with physical or neurodivergent disabilities.

Present on Screen

The narrative offers a nuanced exploration of systemic dissatisfaction and the psychology of fear.
It avoids a simple good-versus-evil binary by distinguishing between criminals and the discontented.

Limited or Absent

The film lacks explicit representation of LGBTQ+ identities or narratives that question the assumption that everyone is straight.
There is a lack of actively leading characters of color or intentional casting that reflects multiple aspects of identity.
The story adheres to traditional gender roles without challenging historical hierarchies.

Official Synopsis

A plot to overthrow the United States government is uncovered in New York City in the summer of 1919 when William Flynn, a field agent for the Bureau of Investigation, is sent to investigate a bomb threat that has targeted some of America's most powerful politicians and leaders of commerce, New York millionaire John D. Rockefeller, Sr. among them. Flynn's investigation takes him on a journey into the underworld of homegrown terrorism and introduces him to a competitive culture of violence and murder. Greed, power, and politics are at the center of the story and Flynn must distinguish the villains from the merely discontented. Along the way, he discovers that terrorism has many faces and that a determination of guilt or innocence often lies in the psychology of fear that constricts individuals at every level of society. Sedona International Film Festival.

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