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When I first watched Interstellar in the theater, I loved it because I'm a bit of a physics geek. I loved the dedication to getting the astrophysics right, and I was blind to the other messages being portrayed by the movie. Fast forward to sharing this with my children, and I have a very different perspective. Most of the movie is suspenseful, and asks tough questions of survival, but the end scene portraying those who survived shows the result of an unspoken genocide. In the end scene, we see a space station populated by white people happily farming and playing baseball, with not one person of color represented. That there is not a single person of color present implies that only people who were white made it into the space station, and everyone else was left behind on a doomed planet -- thus the unspoken genocide. I realize some people might say I'm being too sensitive because they see no problem -- telling me, after all, it is just a movie and you don't have to make everything about race. With those people, I'd have a discussion of how movies that are meant to spark scientific curiosity and inspire an adventurous spirit, yet only portray success for white people, leave those who are not white with a sense of being left out. People pick up on these subtle messages, even if only on a subconscious level, as if the movie is saying "see this future? see the people in it? ... it's not for you." That is the horrible power of these messages. These messages are subtle, and shout louder than words ever could. These messages are felt by children in places parents can't reach. I'm deleting this movie from my purchased videos because I can do better than showing my children these kind of messages.