Movie review
June 23, 2022 · 113 min · PG
Woke Score
Lower is better
Review
Rise is a 2022 Disney biographical drama about the Antetokounmpo family’s emigration from Nigeria to Greece in the 1990s, their struggles with poverty and citizenship barriers, and their sons’ path to NBA success through basketball. The narrative focuses on family bonds, faith, and determination as the drivers of their rise. The film depicts the family’s encounters with Greek immigration bureaucracy and xenophobia as factual obstacles in their true story.
Breakdown
These are the editorial factors and ratings behind our score for Rise.
Woke representation / casting
Casting matches the real Nigerian family with no forced diversity.
Woke political dialogue
No activist or ideological dialogue.
Identity-driven story themes
Family’s Nigerian immigrant background drives key plot obstacles in this true story.
Western institutional / cultural critique
Film depicts Greek immigration system barriers and xenophobia as obstacles faced by the family.
Woke character or canon changes
Not relevant
Anti-woke backlash and complaints
No woke complaints or backlash reported.
Creator track record context
Director has history of films on migration and xenophobia.
Production
