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Hidden

Hidden

Representation Score

2.2/10

Limited

2015

R

Director

Ross Duffer, Matt Duffer

Runtime

83 minutes

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Hidden operates within a contained survivalist framework centered around a traditional nuclear family. This focus limits the scope for broad diversity representation, resulting in a low overall score. However, the film finds strength in deconstructing societal structures and traditional gender roles, highlighting the daughter's independence and the breakdown of institutional morality. Despite these strengths, the narrative lacks representation of LGBTQ+ identities, racial diversity, and disability inclusion, keeping the story within a conventional, homogeneous demographic.

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Category Breakdown

Does Hidden have LGBTQ+ representation?

Minimal

The film focuses on a traditional nuclear family without any representation of LGBTQ+ identities or same-sex relationships.

How does Hidden portray gender?

Fair

The film uses a traditional family structure but challenges gender roles by showing the daughter's independence and disrupting the protector cliché.

How racially and ethnically diverse is Hidden?

Limited

The story centers on a homogeneous family unit in a post-apocalyptic setting, lacking diverse racial and cultural representation.

How does Hidden represent religion and culture?

Fair

The film explores moral relativism and the collapse of societal institutions, shifting the focus from civic duty to individual survival and situational ethics.

Does Hidden include disability representation?

Minimal

There is no representation of characters navigating visible or invisible disabilities, nor is there any neurodivergent representation in the main cast.

Present on Screen

  • Challenges traditional gender roles through the daughter's growing independence.
  • Explores complex moral relativism and the breakdown of societal institutions.
  • Disrupts the standard 'protector' cliché within a patriarchal framework.

Limited or Absent

  • Lacks visible racial and ethnic diversity within the central cast.
  • Provides no representation for LGBTQ+ identities or non-assuming gender matches what was assigned at birth characters.
  • Fails to include characters navigating disabilities or neurodivergence.

Official Synopsis

A family takes refuge in a fallout shelter to avoid a dangerous outbreak.

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