Question 1

Is Belfast woke?

Accepted Answer

Belfast has a woke score of 21/100, which means it is not especially woke compared with higher-scoring titles. Belfast is a semi-autobiographical coming-of-age drama written and directed by Kenneth Branagh. It follows a nine-year-old Protestant boy named Buddy and his working-class family in 1969 Belfast as sectarian violence erupts at the start of The Troubles and forces them to decide whether to stay or emigrate. The story centers on family bonds, childhood innocence, and the personal toll of conflict, told through the boy's eyes in mostly black-and-white cinematography. Minor non-white background characters appear in school and street scenes.

Question 2

Is there DEI in Belfast?

Accepted Answer

The biggest factors in our score are Representation / casting choices, Identity-driven story themes, Political / ideological dialogue. Buddy is a young boy on the cusp of adolescence, whose life is filled with familial love, childhood hijinks, and a blossoming romance. Yet, with his beloved hometown caught up in increasing turmoil, his family faces a momentous choice: hope the conflict will pass or leave everything they know behind for a new life.

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