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Quadrangle
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5.6/10
Fair
2010
Director
Amy Grappell
Runtime
19 minutes
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Quadrangle provides a compelling look back at a 1970s social experiment that challenged the nuclear family model. Through documenting a group marriage involving two couples, the film disrupts traditional Western domesticity and monogamy. However, the documentary's scope is limited by its focus on a specific demographic. While it successfully dismantles social norms around marriage and gender roles, it lacks significant racial or disability-based representation, reflecting the social context of that time. Overall, the film serves as a study of social non-conformity. It excels at examining how individuals create new realities outside systemic norms, even if it centers on a particular cultural subset.
Category Breakdown
Does Quadrangle have LGBTQ+ representation?
The film examines group marriage as a way to challenge traditional monogamy. It focuses on restructuring existing relationships rather than highlighting specific LGBTQ+ identities, questioning the rigidity of conventional relationships.
How does Quadrangle portray gender?
The documentary challenges traditional gender roles by placing women in communal decision-making processes. It redistributes domestic and emotional labor away from patriarchal models, although individual influence is still tied to the collective.
How racially and ethnically diverse is Quadrangle?
The film seems to focus on a specific demographic group typical of 1970s social experiments. There is no indication of significant racial blending or casting of non-white actors within this group.
How does Quadrangle represent religion and culture?
The narrative effectively critiques traditional Western institutions and the nuclear family structure. It portrays communal living as a rejection of established social contracts, favoring experimental approaches to living.
Does Quadrangle include disability representation?
There is no information available regarding the portrayal of disability within this documentary.
Present on Screen
- Critiques the rigidity of traditional monogamous relationships through alternative structures.
- Challenges patriarchal hierarchies by exploring communal decision-making and redistributed labor.
- Strongly deconstructs traditional Western social norms and institutional frameworks.
Limited or Absent
- Lacks significant racial and ethnic diversity within the depicted social group.
- Does not include any representation or discussion of disability.
- Focuses more on restructuring relationships than on specific LGBTQ+ identities.
Official Synopsis
A documentary about two 'conventional' couples that swapped partners and lived in a group marriage in the early 70s, hoping to pioneer an alternative to divorce and the way people would live in the future.
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