Sunrise on the Reaping

AI Rating: 4/10 - "Sunrise on the Reaping," a Hunger Games prequel set during the 50th Games' reaping (Haymitch's era), continues Suzanne Collins' dystopian critique of propaganda, class divides, authoritarianism, and media manipulation—inspired by Hume and AI deepfakes. Like the series, it embeds progressive themes of inequality and resistance against power structures, with diverse district representations. However, it prioritizes tense storytelling and survival drama over explicit identity politics, social justice lectures, or forced DEI messaging, avoiding heavy "woke" prioritization.