Black-and-white films

The film not only gives audiences a chance to find the similar experience, but also gives a way for audiences to see how certain condition impacted the society. Both the films The Birth of a Nation and Within Our Gates emerged with the controversial issues at that time; lynching, rape, discrimination, violence. By applying the film as a social and political force, Griffith's The Birth of a Nation proposes a controversial for the negative depiction of African Americans and the positive portrayal…

Race Movies are a type of film genre that only existed from the United States in 1915 till the 1950. The cinema was created from the black movie companies and only had black performers and only for the black movie peers. Only 500 Race Film was produced throughout from 1915 to the 1950. The film genre produced outside of Hollywood and completely forgotten from the film historians throughout the historic periods. The stereotypes of African-American from the Race Films like the uneducated of the…

Superficially speaking, one can say that the film Night and Fog is a comparison between several pieces of footage of the atrocities that took place in the Auschwitz concentration camp during the Holocaust and footage of that same place about a decade later. The director of this film, Alain Renais, uses actual black and white footage of the conditions of Auschwitz that was filmed by Nazi officials in 1933. In addition, he used his own (color) footage of Auschwitz several years after the camp was…

Jordan Peele’s film“Get Out”, the film showcases racial hypocrisy and white supremacy in modern day society. Best known for his appearance on the series “Key & Peele”, Jordan Peele made his directorial debut with a horror film that focuses on the life of a black man living in a white man’s world. Still keeping in touch with his comedic side, the movie was more lighthearted than a typical horror film. The film itself wasn't what scared people, yet it was the reality and message behind the film…

Skeeter begins interviewing black maids to learn about their experiences serving prominent white families. Although The Help gives the perspective of the black maids in this time period, The Help focuses too much on a white protagonist and does not focus enough on the stands that were taken against racism or the suffering coloured people faced in that time period. The film takes facts from the time period, however many important elements are left out taking away from the films overall accuracy…

Octavia Spencer and Viola Davis. The film is about a young white woman, Eugenia "Skeeter" Phelan, and her relationship with two black maids, Aibileen Clark (Viola Davis) and Minny Jackson (Octavia Spencer), during the Civil Rights era in 1963 Jackson, Mississippi. Skeeter is a journalist decides to write a book from the point of view of the maids (referred to as "the help"), exposing the racism they are faced with as they work for white families. In the film, Davis plays Aibileen Clark,…

their race is superior to the other. Alan Parker uses a number of techniques to express the theme of racism in the 1988 film, Mississippi Burning, exploring the acts that white people in the state of Mississippi, 1964, committed against African Americans. These techniques include the use of scenes, dialogue, visuals and sound effects. Parker introduces many important scenes into the film that stand out and demonstrate clearly the racist attitude and actions of the people of Mississippi,…

Films that we watch and enjoy present racism that is subtle and strategically positioned that allows audiences to believe there is no racial aspects that affect blacks and whites from having a relationship. This hegemonic idea allows audience to enjoy racists films, with some extremely degrading ideas flying over their heads. Lee Antz presented some great insight on black and white buddy films in “Hegemony in Black and White: Interracial Buddy Films and the New Racism" and their attempt to…

“woman” is portrayed in film, and how these representations have influenced the Gaze. Earlier in this semester I analyzed Bell Hooks “The Oppositional Gaze” which connected with me and I decided to expound on this approach to film. I intended to analyses how black female spectator’s perception of themselves and the society can be influenced based on the messages depicted within the film entitled Imitation of Life (1959); What is the role of the females throughout this film, how these roles are…

different films that have similarities and differences to set them apart. Our vision is drawn to what is going on rather than the sound or other effects. By paying attention to the visual aspect of a cinema a person can interpret the message. Though they have contrasting elements, The Great Train Robbery and The Godfather Part I share similarities that contribute to the visual effects. While watching The Great Train Robbery we view the whole cinema in black and white. Some of the film can be…