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Evaluating an article: Earth (1930 film)
While this article does a good job giving an overview of the film and the political environment surrounding the release of the film. There is a significant amount of vague supporting information, for instance "The local Kulaks were more militant and committed violent acts against Soviet officials." statements like this are present throughout the background information on the article. When information like this is presented without a citation that describes what actions were taken by Kulaks it raises questions. Did the Kulaks organize in response to the film? Or were they standalone incidents that were in response to Soviet pressure towards collectivization? To what extent did this film draw from these incidents?

To contrast, the Receptions section of the article is well cited and written, this makes the article seem much more valid and usable in a paper or starting point to research the Earth film. Citations are spread out throughout this section and cover a wide variety of sources and medias, giving depth to the information the article draws from. Had the Background section had the same depth as the Reception section, one would be able to gather a much more complete understanding of the social and political environment surrounding this film, which in turn would give a better understanding of the film and its underlying messages. I would suggest bringing more depth to the Background section, with only two citations it is heavily lacking, it appears most of this information is general and non-descriptive which hurts the credibility of an otherwise good article.