The White Boy Saved Us All Again in Gladiator II
A direct fall into the white savior narrative

Tsujimaki, commonly known as Marie. Her public face is that of a makeup artist, while her hidden side is that of a professional killer. She sends people who are stuck in this world to the afterlife one after another with a perfect death, and what is her brilliant way of killing?
A direct fall into the white savior narrative
Years before Mexican director, Alfonso Cuaron, was winning Academy Awards for movies like Gravity (2013) and Roma(2018), he directed a small, intimate film about two best friends who decide to embark on an improvised road trip to spend time with an older, attractive woman who miraculously agrees to go with them. Y tu Mamá También is a deep journey into the raw sexuality and friendship of the young protagonists, as well as a subtle social and political commentary on Mexico at the time.
When a powerful church leader is found dead, Benoit Blanc enters a tight-knit community where everyone has secrets, but not everyone is fully developed.
I understand that this would have been consistent with the language used by that generation, due to its role in the medical profession, however as someone who has family members with Down Syndrome I took it very personally.
What starts off as a success story for a single mother living below the poverty line, slowly begins to weave itself into a tangled web of greed, guilt, and destruction.
This documentary moves chronologically through Black representation in horror films, revealing the genre's connections to Black history.