Critical Minority - Watch Kathleen speak out about sexism
🎬Critical few
🏆IMDB 7.8/10 🏆Rotten Tomatoes 93%
Secret Score: 9⃣/10
《critical few" tells an unknown true story: a group of smart women assisted in space development and greatly enhanced the country's competitiveness. This film recreates this important historical fact. A group of African-American female mathematicians helped NASA defeat its powerful rival, the Soviet government, in the space race, and at the same time gave a voice to the issues of women and racial equality. Chance.
Just watch the movie "Critical Few"
Overall, I highly recommend everyone to watch the movie "Critical Minority". In addition to its ability to be nominated for three Oscars, the most important thing is that it is based on real events and discusses these issues with high credibility. It will naturally be more convincing.
The director's purpose in shooting this movie was to strengthen the audience's impression of racial discrimination, and I believe the director did it very successfully! Using a very disadvantaged character like a black woman to film a film that shows her not fearing the difficult environment, but still making her own way, and even becoming a very important character in the history of space.
You will be moved by her inspiration and reflect on your own situation because of her persistence. Even Kathleen can speak out for herself in such a difficult situation. What else can we do if we are born in a better environment and are not discriminated against? Are you qualified to say that you can’t do it?
Contains two major issues: gender framework and racial discrimination issues
What's special about "Critical Minority" is that it combines the two major issues mentioned in the title, gender framework and racial discrimination, and its setting is that "black women", a more vulnerable role, play an indispensable role in the history of space. character of.
It is divided into two aspects for discussion:
1. Gender framework:
The movie shows that it is more difficult for women to make big breakthroughs in their careers. The main reasons are environmental and man-made obstacles. For example, the movie shows that in order to give her a better education, Kathleen's father even had to They have to move 120 miles away to find a school that is willing to let them attend classes. But Kathleen did not let this dilemma limit her development. She used her diligence and unremitting efforts to get help from noble people, and she slowly climbed to her current position.
And women also have an important issue: marriage. It was difficult for men in that era to support their wives in facing the threats of this era, but the moving part in the movie is that although Mary’s husband may not be able to do so in his heart, Support, but love and tolerance give him the greatest support.
2. Racial discrimination
Racial discrimination based on skin color has always been a very important issue, especially in the past, when even toilets, restaurants, etc. were not allowed to be in the same environment as white people. Now it is difficult for people to imagine such an atmosphere of persecution. .
The most famous scene in the movie is that these great African-American women even have to go 800 meters away to use the restroom for people of color. This is impressive. In the movie, are the company executives unable to do this? Strike a good balance between talent professionalism and racial discrimination.
There are many movies now that want to convey to the audience through this issue: the idea that everyone should be equal, allowing people to reflect on whether in addition to skin color, we will also use external differences to engage in discriminatory behavior on some levels.
So what can we do?
After watching "Critical Minority", I have learned more about these issues. You may ask, how can we pay more attention to these issues?
1. Gender Equality Education Global Information Networkhttps://www.gender.edu.tw/web/index.php/home
2. Taiwan Gender Equality Education Association
