Politics of representation: who gets to tell this story? Pay attention to authorship—director, writer, producers—and whose camera gaze frames the subjects. Is the film sympathetic without condescending? Does it let its characters speak, or does it speak for them? Small-budget films can sometimes be the most honest because they’re close to their milieu; they can also exoticize poor communities for urban or diasporic consumption. The ethical balance is delicate.