The Courage of the People (1971) poster
1971 · drama · political · documentary

The Courage of the People

Directed by Jorge Sanjinés1h 34m1971
ElsewhereIMDb7.1134TMDB7.416
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Heavy, steady, extreme drama / political, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold, hand-scored across twelve axes of taste.

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A documentary reenactment of the government-ordered massacre of striking tin miners and their families at the Siglo XX Mines in 1967 in Bolivia.

Our read · The Courage of the People (1971) reads as a heavy, steady, inventive drama · political · documentary entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature. Hand-scored on twelve axes of taste — mood, pacing, weirdness, hope, stakes, humour, reality, density, warmth, auteur, intensity, and era — with a derived palette drawn from its dominant cinematography.

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You want a powerful Bolivian documentary reenactment of a government massacre of striking miners.

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Each axis is hand-scored — not derived from votes or genre averages. The marker shows where this film sits; the gradient fill uses the film's own cinematography palette.

Mood · HeavyCosy
Pacing · Slow-burnKinetic
Intensity · GentleExtreme
Weirdness · ConventionalSurreal
Hope · NihilisticRedemptive
Stakes · IntimateEpic
Humour · NoneBroad
Reality · GroundedFantastical
Density · SparseTwisty
Warmth · ColdTender
Auteur · TransparentSignature
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