Poverty In Black And White
Poor Black characters are usually surrounded by crime and violence, while poor White characters are portrayed as noble and hard-working.

Eva wakes up alone in an unfamiliar apartment. Her lover from the previous night is nowhere to be found. She thinks she's all alone, but there's a little boy asking her questions.
Poor Black characters are usually surrounded by crime and violence, while poor White characters are portrayed as noble and hard-working.
An Indonesian film that brings strong representation of Asian descent in this heart-warming tale of a woman and her dog.
A Christmas movie that is not about a middle-class, straight relationship but centers on a lesbian couple.
Portraying how easy it is to be an ally heavily benefits the majority audience. The more we encourage it, normalize it, and give people the tools to become one, the sooner we can co-exist peacefully.
'Playing with Fire' was clearly a film made for a kid or tween-ish audience. Keeping that in mind, I thought 'Playing with Fire' was alright, though it did portray some harmful stereotypes.
There were too many irrelevant parts that could have been shortened, and too many characters that didn't advance the plot. Either way, some things didn't add up. This was just another played out plot with little, if any, originality in it. By the end of the film, I wasn't happy that she finally got her freedom, I was happy that it was finally over.