Charles Stone's Drumline: Film Analysis

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When it comes to the movie industry, it is pretty obvious that black directors are not giving much credit to. It seems as if the white directors/producers are giving way ore credit to. Even in the African American cinema, white directors are continue to be favor over black directors. It is every clear on how differently not only the black actors are portrays, but also how the directors are portrays as well. In this paper, I will be comparing Dennis Hopper’s movie titled Color, and Charles Stone’s Drumline. I will compare and contrast the two by showing how the black community is represented differently from the white community. The movie is an American police procedural action crime film starring Sean Penn and Robert Duvall, and directed

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