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Mariam Georgis, SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Political Studies and Mamawipawin: Indigenous Governance and Community Based Research Space, University of Manitoba

Disney's 'Encanto' shows healing from intergenerational trauma

Protagonist Mirabel is able to help heal her family because she doesn't have to live through the trauma of displacement like her grandmother did. (YouTube/DisneyMusicVEVO)

Disney’s Encanto depicts a multigenerational story about a grandmother and her family endowed with magic gifts, who were forced to flee their village for a safer place in Colombia. The film has received critical acclaim and three Oscar nominations, including for Best Animated Feature.

But commentators have also made scathing criticisms too, especially in relation to the lack of a villain or worse, the vilification of the matriarch character, Abuela.

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