TV series

Half the Sky

2012 · 1 season

A sober, globe-spanning documentary that bears witness to suffering and leaves you unsettled and moved.

Overview: PBS two-part documentary based on a book of the same name that argues the oppression of women worldwide is the “paramount moral challenge” of our time.
How it feels: Earnest, bleak, melancholic and tense. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Justice, gender, power, survival
Content: Mild violence, gore, sexual content and language.
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Tone: earneststrength 3 of 3
bleakstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: justice
gender
power
survival
trauma
Places: big city
countryside
small town
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: documentary
true story
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild