白人救世主电影(White Savior Films,简称WSF)在美国电影史上盛行已久,这种类型的电影亘古不变的故事主线是:单枪匹马的白人主人公成功地拯救了深陷困难与麻烦之中的有色人群(people of colors,简称POCs)。这听起来似乎充满正义感,实际上只是通过把白人塑造成救世主(而非霸道的征服者)的形象及呈现有色人群无助迷茫的弱者形象使白人观众充满自我良好感和种族优越感。电影《相助》改编自美国作家凯瑟琳斯·托科 White Savior Films (WSF) has long been popular in the history of American cinema. The eternal theme of this type of film is that the single white protagonist succeeded in saving the colored people in deep trouble and trouble (people of colors, referred to as POCs). This may sound like a sense of justice, but in fact the white audience is full of self-esteem and racial superiority through the image of a white person as a savior (not an overbearing conqueror) and a weak and helpless image of a colored crowd. The film “Mutual Help” adapted from the American writer Catherines Toco