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The Riveters

2018 · 3 min

A quick, charged confrontation that plays like a stylized period standoff, tense and pointed but over almost before it begins.

Directed by
Kate Felix
Genres
Drama
Starring
Lee Lawson, Ron Van Der Zvaag, Jennifer Ninni
Overview
Fed up with her 'lame duck' status, The Upstart decides to face The Patriarch in a 1940's feminist throw-down.

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Directed by
Kate Felix
Genres
Drama
Starring
Lee Lawson, Ron Van Der Zvaag, Jennifer Ninni
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How it feels

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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • gender
  • power
  • rebellion
  • identity
Places
None
Era
period
Audience
teen
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror0
Humour4
Realism6
Romance1
Tension6
Darkness4
Complexity4
Emotional weight4

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Kate Felix
Written by
Kate Felix
Starring
Lee Lawson, Ron Van Der Zvaag, Jennifer Ninni
Runtime
3 min
Languages
English

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