John Singleton's Boyz N: New Jack City

Gangs of New York is a film directed by Martin Scorsese in 2002. The film takes place during the Civil War and the settling of the Irish immigrants. Amsterdam Vallon’s father has been killed at the hands of Bill “The Butcher” and he now seeks revenge. The film portrays the violence, gangs, and political corruption of Five Points, New York in 1863. This film is relevant to the class due to our study of political corruption. Though the use of plot, setting, and characterization the film dramatically comes to life.

Boyz n the Hood, filmed in 1991, illustrates the problems young African Americans endure while growing up in “the hood”. The Outsiders portrays similar struggles with young white males of a low socioeconomic class. Both films take place in tough neighborhoods where many young men are killed due to violent crimes, like drive-bys or street fights. Both films also depict a main character who is struggling with his own identity and place in the community; however, The Outsiders takes on a much darker tone than Boyz n the Hood likely due to the point the director of Boyz n the Hood was trying to make on ending black-on-black violence. In both Boyz n the Hood and The Outsiders, the directors portray the young male’s struggle to overcome impulsivity

The Gangs of New York was a movie based on a book written by Herbert Asbury. Five points

New Jack City is based in the 70’s-80’s with the main character Nino Brown. Nino is a young black small time drug dealer who was selling cocaine to the rich white people. The movie started off with one of Nino “killers “Duh Duh Duh man, holding a white man over a bridge “you don’t have my money & you don’t have my product.” Nino said to him before he had Duh Duh Duh man let him go. The introduction to the movie starts off strong and has you wheeled into it already. Nino has a right hand man named G-money, he was the one who introduced Nino into the crack life. Then Nino sets out to become the kingpin of the crack game even if it meant killing off all his rivals, and even taking over a whole apartment building called The Carter. But out to stop

“At the time of my last meeting with Paramount Pictures in January 1990, a well-known, highly respected white director wanted very much to direct the film. [...] I accept that he is a very fine film director. But he is not black. He is not a product of black American culture—a culture that was honed out of the black experience and fired in the kiln of slavery and survival—and he does not share the

Discusses how race is a conceptualized concept most often through stereotypes of different groups with the presence of a systematic structure of racism where the dominant group has placed themselves as superior and all other groups are deemed inferior. This structure often produces a negative impact on same race relations. Identity, according to this theory is created due to psychological enforcement of repeated racial oppression. The movie “Boyz N’ The Hood” demonstrates the effect of this enforced systematic structure and its negative impact on same race relations which lead to the ultimate death of some of the characters in this film (Singleton,1991). The movie takes place in impoverished South Central Los Angeles and depicts scenes of violence perpetrated by gangs against the main characters of the movie. Janet Helms points out that racial theory consists of four models White Identity, Black Identity, People of Color, and the Racial interaction model. She points out that the more an individual becomes aware of the social constructs of race and the racist system the closer

Boyz n The Hood is a story that was written and directed by John Singleton. This is notably the first time an African-American filmmaker has attempted to tell a story about how ghetto/hood life is. This film depicts the issues of three young boys who follow very different paths throughout the film. The central theme of this film is to raise awareness of peace among young African-American teens. Singleton uses various techniques.

THE GANGS OF NEW YORK, written by Herbert Asbury, was used as the basis for the movie GANGS of NEW YORK, a gangster film directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Daniel Day-Lewis and Leonardo DiCaprio. Filmed in Rome, Gangs covers a period of New York City's history, from the 1840's through to the bloody Draft Riots of 1863, at a time when graft and corruption permeated every level of government including the police department.

Everyone is tempted by sex, drugs, easy money and the power generated from violence and vengeance. The film “Boyz N the Hood” follows Tre, who moves to a neighborhood in the socioeconomically disadvantaged South Central with his father and becomes involved with new friends. The movie best portrays how being of low socioeconomic status during that time had a devastating effect on an adolescents development. For many young people during that era, the future is a day that never came.

of the film we see a scene were Furious shoots at a burglar in his

The 80’s were a scary time in America with rising tentions within minority communities, the destabilaztion of the economy, and the aids epidemic. The movie “Straight Outta Compton” was a significant cinematic production in many ways by having actors that portrayed their characters almost to perfection, a historical accurate story line, and a film crew that did an amazing job for every scene shot. F.Gary Gary masterfully captures the emotions of a generation by using; talented actors, a poient soundtrack, a complex interpersonal plot, and dark cinematography.

Boyz N the Hood, directed by John Singleton is one in many films to showcase the harsh reality of African Americans living in the “hood”. Hood films, as characterized by an identifiable urban setting, such as New York or Los Angeles, and within a modern time frame, use themes of hip hop culture to highlight the issues that plague urban minority communities (Massood 145). Singleton, with Boyz N the Hood, offers a commentary on the harsh experience of young, urban black males by demonstrating the issues faced by these young men, namely lack of upward mobility and cyclical and internal violence. One of the main issues highlighted in the film that plague the communities of young, urban black men is a lack of upward mobility. Social theory has

the issues shown make apparent the culture of the black communities in ghettos. Boyz N the

Directed by the legendary director Martin Scorsese, along with splendid performances of the duo Leonardo DiCaprio and Daniel Day - Lewis, Gangs of New York is an excellent film illustrated the chaotic peril of 1860s New York City based on actual historical events. Build upon the nonfiction novel by Herbert Asbury, The Gangs of New York: An Informal History of the Underworld, the movie depicted the conflict between the Americans and the Irish immigrants due to the rising wave of immigration to America. Although the movie is overall very intriguing, and gave an in-depth insight into the modern gang of New York City in the 19th century, it omits certain events in history for the purpose of entertainment.

It’s very difficult for me to choose or try to compare Manhattan and Annie Hall. Both of them has that bittersweet love story that I find it very influential to To Find Zoé. Annie Hall gave me that more funny moment, while Manhattan sent more tragic feeling to me. Annie Hall was bursting with cute ideas, and Manhattan is looking more towards a longer look at relationship and loneliness. But for me there is something about Manhattan that resonates deeply that I feel like it need to be explore in Allen’s way of telling the story.