Dogtown And Z-Boys Film Analysis

Everyone wants to be a part of the streets but not everyone has the heart, dedication, or strength to live the lifestyle. There is a law of ethics when running around in the streets. There are rules that one always has to follow in order to survive. There is no love when dealing with those that follow the code, ones heart has to be made coal because anything can happen and anything goes. Out there in the streets you are a family that continuously looks out for each other and let nothing separate the bond that you have on the streets. In this paper I will discuss what the code of the street is and what is consist of, also residential segregation and how it hold those in the streets back from achieving success.

The city, Toronto in this case, presents a web of streets and geographical space that threatens to lock its citizens in a certain demarcated way of life and conduct. The four key characters in this narrative - Tuyen, Carla, Jackie, and Oku - each feel blocked in by the constrained locality that they have been born into and each attempts to escape it in his own way.: Tuyen by being an artist, Carla by being a courier; Oku by being a student and Jackie by working in a store. The first two not only attempt to escape by means of their profession using their profession to either flee the spaces and squares (by bike) or transcend it via imagination (by art) but they also adopt profession that go against societal expectations. These societal expectations were created by, and exist within the geographical space they live in. Toronto of the late 20th century had an internalized set of expectations for immigrants and its citizens. The parents of the characters succumbed to it. The protagonists, however, resolved to step out of their boundaries and most of them succeeded.

What if I told you that I know the outcome of your life and where you will end up before you even know it? Wouldn’t you be scared? See for a regular person who has a supporting family around them this question will almost feel almost like a death sentence. Nobody wants anyone to judge them before they even go through life on what they will end up being.

The character stories included throughout the movie are very significant to the personality of the character. These emotions of the characters were captured by Kriv Stenders. The stories of the miners really give the audience a glimpse of who they are deep down. The movie is set in the remote Pilbara is Western Australia the inhabitants need a friend to share the feelings of loneliness and loss, to provide a sense of purpose. Red Dog helps the miners to create a sense of community. Vanno, Jocko and Peeto are unique and are a useful help of aid, also because of their past or personality that they portray through the movie.

In the movie “Gangs of New York”, we see a city changed and reshaped through cultural influence of feuding individuals with different ideas. The movie is about a young man, Amsterdam Vance, who seeks to avenge his father, who was brutally murder in a gang dispute, against his adversary Bill the Butcher. On the surface the movie seems simple enough but in the back ground we see a cultural shift as immigrants come into America. Also we see political influences and material possession such as clothing and other belongings set people apart and define the social status of the

“The world is a funny place, no? Sometimes you pick your dog. Sometimes your dog picks you.” Good morning ladies and gentlemen for the AFC, and the quote you have just heard is from the Australian film “Red dog” and is stated to be one of the most powerful quotes in Australian theatre. Australian film has been around for many years and of those years there have been many examples of what some might like to call a masterpiece. Some of these films include the Mad Max series, Gallipoli, Crocodile Dundee but of these films, the film that stands out the most to audiences is the movie Red dog. Red dog is directed by Australian producer Kriv Stenders and was made in 2011. The story takes place during the 1970’s so one would expect to view various counts of racism and sexism but there was no evidense of these themes ever showing as the dialogue had been written for a G rating. It was as if the whole production has had its mouth washed out with soap by there mother for cursing. The reason this film was successful to most was because of the message it portrayed as the movie was based around a young Australian Kelpie named Red dog and how he united a fractured community while searching for his master. The movie is highly regarded today as of the best Australian films as it brings all Australian values to the table. The main reason for the audiences love for this film is because of its portrayal of a character’s loyalty, mateship and the Australian Landscape and this is what occurs throughout the film.

Dogtown and the Z-boys is a movie that represented the concept of youth subcultures. It expressed social conflicts associated with class, and culture. Although, the Dogtown movement first started off as a surfer subculture. Later, environmental, and historical consequences created the skater subculture. What is seen in this film is a minority group of teenagers from the outskirts of South Santa Monica and Venice beach. The skater subculture in Dogtown was created by the Zephyr club. In which it consisted of teenagers with similar backgrounds and styles. For example, they all came from broken down homes, they were aggressive, competitive, and much localized to their community. In a sense, like in any youth subculture, skaters were consider outcast, and full of trouble. Although, factors relating in social, environmental, and historical impacts lead this subculture to become very influential during its time period, and to become skating trailblazers.

The subcultures have often been considered as the phenomenon that stands out from the society and contradicts it. Nevertheless, the emergence of any type of subcultures is to a high extent stimulated and supported by the social factors as well as historical ones. The events that triggered the emergence and the development of the Z-Boys group and their subculture that later transformed into the complete culture and ideology among the American youth. The documentary Dogtown and Z-Boys depicts the story of a group of outstanding surfers who decided to use their skills on land and popularized the skateboarding in Santa Monica and throughout the United States. While in the 1970s both surfing and skateboarding were the countersport cultures, the

An example of contemporary Chicanx life can be seen in the punk movement in East Los Angeles. Within the main Chicano culture, there is a subculture of Chicanos who referred to themselves as ‘Punks.’ In this community, punks utilized their unique and grungy style as a form of resistance to liberate themselves from our racist society. As revealed in Eric Avila’s presentation and in “The Folklore of the Freeway,” freeways were used to get rid of slums and diverse areas in order to pave way a structure designed for white suburban families. In doing so, they destroyed many urban and inner-city neighborhoods like Boyle Heights, Lincoln Heights, and East Los Angeles.

Dogtown and Z-Boys is a documentary that depicts the wild life of a skate and surf team, including twelve individuals and the community in which they lived. This documentary shows how the surf and skate “culture” was different and unique in the 1960s in California and changed over time. The individuals that were a part of this team and community were known as the dropouts and lowlifes, but truly embraced the “locals only” way of life. They all started off surfing and transitioned to skating, which became extremely popular but was a short lived and crashed in 1965. The people who kept skating were doing it because they loved doing it. Different styles and locations for skating became available throughout time, and the dogtown boys were always

Some challenges between anti-social behaviors and geographic are evident in the film Boyz n the Hood. It a 90’s films created by John Singleton, about a boy Tre styles who is sent to live with his father Furious styles in South Central Los Angeles after he got into a fight at school. At his father 's house, he is taught morals and values of being a respected man. On the other hand, his friends Ricky and Doughboy who are half-brothers has a different upbringing with no real support system, resulting in forming a gang, involvement with drugs and a tragic ending. This film is based on the African American experience in terms of environmental conditions which results in a great deal of African American males being pushed into the criminal justice system.

Boyz N the Hood, displays the challenging upbringing of adolescents who have to live with harsh conditions around not only their home but also their surrounding town. The film compares the differences between the lifestyles of Tre Styles and his friends’, Darren and Ricky Baker. Darren and Ricky are half-brothers who are nothing alike. Singleton demonstrates the importance of male leadership in a home in the ghetto of Los Angeles by comparing the difference between the lifestyles of Tre and his friends. While many adolescents in the hood have close friendships, some form close relationships by assembling gangs and create a world of violence due to alcohol abuse, which together ultimately breeds discrimination.

In less than forty years, the city of Compton went from a shielded suburb near the confines of Los Angeles, to a terrorizing image of American culture. The results of this transformation and creation of “gangsta rap” is still well renowned today. Through de jure segregation, Reagan economics, undermining of black prosperity, N.W.A., and “Boyz n the Hood”, the city of Compton told its story and became a global image. This paper will analyze the shift of culture in Compton and the transcendent cultural effect it formed in America.

An exclusive club that was started by a group of delinquents and a piece of oak with wheels screwed on, later became the phenomenon that is now known as skateboarding. Wanting to show this evolution, Stacy Peralta directed, Dogtown and Z-Boys, a documentary that captures the history and the iconic moments of skateboarding. The trend of skateboarding was rapidly losing interest in the 70’s until a group of rebellious surfers, commonly known as the Z-Boys, decided to transfer their unique lifestyle and individuality into the dying world of skateboarding. The Z-Boys liberated the declining sport of skateboarding by pushing the boundaries of where they could skateboard and by changing the culture of skating. They went to the extreme to find the perfect terrain to emulate surfing.

There is an area in NYC named El Barrio within El Barrio there is a large group of working-class Puerto Rican residents living their lives but struggling with facing street cultural and their ethnic background. Living in harsh situations put a toll on the residents that were trying to live and make it out. In El Barrio, street culture is clustered and influential and is challenging for them to continue the traditional Puerto Rican culture. In this paper, I agree that street culture has a significant impact on the resident than their traditional Puerto Rican culture, I demonstrate by looking at their jobs, relationships, drug usage. Also, looking at substantial, significant residents Primo for a male aspect, Candy for a female perspective, but connect to the whole community in El Barrio. I believe this is significant because these are the three-main topics that was brought up also the two main voices for each gender, which helps the reader read about the unique way street culture had started to have more of an influence of tradition.