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    The film Divines directed by Houda Benyamina focuses on the harsh realities faced by marginalized groups in society, especially those facing multiple oppressions based on factors like race, religion, gender, and socioeconomic status. The protagonist Dounia is a teenage girl of color from a low-income background living in the outskirts of Paris. Struggling with poverty and lack of opportunities, she becomes involved in drug dealing. The film highlights the difficulties children from dysfunctional environments face and how they turn to risky behaviors. It was inspired by the 2005 riots in France and aims to portray the perspectives of those living with intersecting oppressions.

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    The film Divines directed by Houda Benyamina focuses on the harsh realities faced by marginalized groups in society, especially those facing multiple oppressions based on factors like race, religion, gender, and socioeconomic status. The protagonist Dounia is a teenage girl of color from a low-income background living in the outskirts of Paris. Struggling with poverty and lack of opportunities, she becomes involved in drug dealing. The film highlights the difficulties children from dysfunctional environments face and how they turn to risky behaviors. It was inspired by the 2005 riots in France and aims to portray the perspectives of those living with intersecting oppressions.

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    The film Divines directed by Houda Benyamina focuses on the harsh realities faced by marginalized groups in society, especially those facing multiple oppressions based on factors like race, religion, gender, and socioeconomic status. The protagonist Dounia is a teenage girl of color from a low-income background living in the outskirts of Paris. Struggling with poverty and lack of opportunities, she becomes involved in drug dealing. The film highlights the difficulties children from dysfunctional environments face and how they turn to risky behaviors. It was inspired by the 2005 riots in France and aims to portray the perspectives of those living with intersecting oppressions.

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    Integrative Viewing Response On Divines' by Houda Benyamina

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    The film Divines directed by Houda Benyamina focuses on the harsh realities faced by marginalized groups in society, especially those facing multiple oppressions based on factors like race, religion, gender, and socioeconomic status. The protagonist Dounia is a teenage girl of color from a low-income background living in the outskirts of Paris. Struggling with poverty and lack of opportunities, she becomes involved in drug dealing. The film highlights the difficulties children from dysfunctional environments face and how they turn to risky behaviors. It was inspired by the 2005 riots in France and aims to portray the perspectives of those living with intersecting oppressions.

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    Integrative Viewing Response on ‘Divines’ by Houda Benyamina

    Divines film is directed by Hounda Benyamina, and managed to influence the cultural

    and social thought process. Director’s anger in real world towards in dealing with individuals

    who are marginalized not just because they are of certain race; instead, there exists multiple

    marginalities playing their part collectively in lethal way. The protagonist of the film is women

    of low income-strata, racially not Caucasian White, and there are instances in the film where

    connection with violence receives an additional marginality of belief system, that is, Muslims

    being the violent community. Economic realities of the protagonist are places her at the outskirts

    of Paris, where the opportunities to hustle and involvement with drug can be an easy money.

    Easy money is the response of helplessness, or lack of the feeling being connected. At

    sociological and psychological level, hustling and drug-dealing are behaviors associated with

    deviant behavior. A deviant behavior is the product of society, and individuals with deviant

    behaviors have solid reasoning and justification. Two dazzling moments form the movie are

    Maimouna’s death when firefighters could have attempted to save her, and Dounia’s rebellion

    against her teacher when faced with the reality of receiving training for receptionist.

    In response to the teacher, Dounia ridicule her for lacking money and vowed to earn

    money beyond comprehension of her teacher. Being passionate is an ordinary course of

    behavior, and often encouraged. On the other hand, an individual lacking resources and facing

    multiple for marginalization vows to make money is indicative of helplessness, which certainly
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    ended Dounia’s connection with Rebecca. Rebecca is a drug dealer, and Dounia’s eagerness to

    earn money ends up securing favor with her when she managed to steal drugs from a hiding spot

    for Rebecca. Dounia’s different course of actions are also reflective of the white supremacy and

    the associated power it has over other races. As per critical race theory, race plays a critical role

    in defining its relationship with law and power. Society is divided into haves and haves not,

    which is true in the case of ‘Desires’ film. In post-colonial world, formal colonization and

    master-slave relationship is thing of the past, and the recent reality is not easy to comprehend.

    Maimouna could have been alive if she was White and Christian, and Dounia would not have to

    hustle in streets and refrained from drug dealing if she was also White, Male, and Christian.

    The film highlights lifestyle and daily routine patterns of a teenage girl (protagonist), and

    the method of hustling. Additionally, securing the money at a secret hiding place means the

    financial management of the kids who are passionate about life and eager to escape poverty.

    However, kids from dysfunctional finds it difficult to settle their spiritual and emotional crisis. It

    is reflected in the movie with spitting of Dounia on Dijgui as a fun game of dare. Steve Rose

    interviews Houda Benyamina in an interview for the Guardian in 2016, where director insists by

    stating, ‘it’s better to make a film than a bomb.’ The film’s inspiration comes from the 2005 riots

    of France, and the film-maker channeled her anger into arts. She presented the worldview of

    individuals living with multiple marginalities, especially the discrimination based on race,

    culture, income faith, and gender. Film highlights the difficulties and harsh realities of life faced

    by individuals due to multiple realities, and they can strike at high intensity when combined

    together. Film won prizes in industry and praise of different segments of the society because it

    revealed intersectional identities, and their associated experiences. .


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    Works Cited

    Divines. Directed by Houda Benyamina, Netflix, 2016.

    ‌Rose, Steve. “Divines Director Houda Benyamina: ‘It’s Better to Make a Film than a

    Bomb.’” The Guardian, 10 Nov. 2016, www.theguardian.com/film/2016/nov/10/divines-

    director-houda-benyamina-its-better-to-make-a-film-than-a-bomb.

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