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The Psychic

Name: The Psychic
Director: Silk White
Released: 2020
Duration: 76 min

Representation Score

5.8/10

Fair

2020

TV-MA

Director

Silk White

Runtime

76 minutes

Average Rating

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New Showbiz Analysis

The film centers on Hazel, a Black single mother, navigating a romance while balancing her daughter’s needs. The cast is predominantly Black, and dialogue reflects shared cultural understandings. Romantic and familial dynamics follow conventional structures, with the mother as the moral and practical center. Supernatural elements are treated with skepticism by friends, creating tension between faith and logic. No queer or disabled characters appear, and the story does not challenge traditional gender roles. The focus remains on personal agency within a specific social context. Male characters lack significant interiority or plot agency. The psychic’s warning is treated as a mystery rather than a cultural practice. The narrative presents a grounded, community-focused perspective without broadening its demographic scope.

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Category Breakdown

Does The Psychic have LGBTQ+ representation?

Minimal

No same-sex romance or queer characters appear in the cast or dialogue. The romantic focus remains strictly between heterosexual pairs. Non-binary identities are absent from the narrative.

How does The Psychic portray gender?

Fair

Hazel drives the plot as a single mother and protagonist. She negotiates boundaries with her daughter and makes independent choices about her romance. Men serve as romantic interests or background figures.

How racially and ethnically diverse is The Psychic?

Excellent

The cast is predominantly Black, with characters like Kareem, Floyd, and Hazel reflecting a specific community. Dialogue references shared cultural context, grounding the story in a distinct ethnic experience without exoticizing it.

How does The Psychic represent religion and culture?

Fair

Faith in the psychic is questioned by friends as a scam or bullshit, yet the protagonist remains open to it. Family structure centers on a single mother, and traditional gender roles are present but not treated as the sole moral framework.

Does The Psychic include disability representation?

Minimal

No characters display ongoing physical or mental disabilities. The psychic’s condition is a plot device, not a depiction of disabled life. No wheelchair users, neurodivergent characters, or medical conditions are featured.

Present on Screen

Black cast leads a drama centered on a single mother’s choices.
Dialogue explicitly discusses community norms and dating dynamics.
The protagonist actively negotiates with her daughter and romantic interest.
Skepticism toward supernatural claims is voiced by multiple characters.

Limited or Absent

No LGBTQ+ characters or relationships are depicted.
No characters with ongoing disabilities appear in the cast.
Male characters lack significant interiority or plot agency.
The psychic’s warning is treated as a mystery rather than a cultural practice.

Official Synopsis

Hazel is a single mom to daughter Jennifer, whom is warned by a psychic not to pursue a romance with a man. As she happens to meet Floyd, the man of her dreams, everything is bliss and happy days. Right up until one day.

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