Question 1

Is The Mauritanian woke?

Accepted Answer

The Mauritanian has a woke score of 28/100, which means it is not especially woke compared with higher-scoring titles. The movie keeps pushing US government torture and indefinite detention at Guantanamo the whole way through. The story constantly lectures about the military system denying justice and lawyers battling to free an innocent man. It shows the US authorities as the villains enabling false confessions under duress the entire film.

Question 2

Is there DEI in The Mauritanian?

Accepted Answer

The biggest factors in our score are Political / ideological dialogue, Institutional / cultural critique, Identity-driven story themes. The true story of the Mauritanian Mohamedou Ould Slahi, who was held at the U.S military's Guantanamo Bay detention center without charges for over a decade and sought help from a defense attorney for his release.

The Mauritanian

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