Comapare the different ways in which conflict between the poor and the powerful are represented in the films you have studied for this topic. (35)
- Introduction - talk about the poverty, power and crime in the films and how important the themes and content of the films are in creating meaning to the audience.
- Tstotsi - barriers between police and poor people.
- the stabbing of the rich man in train.
- the meeting of the man in the wheel chair.
- the fact that police only go in rich neighbourhoods.
-La Haine - real life tapes of people protesting against police.
- police corruption, brutality.
- the use of words like 'pigs' to describe police officers.
- The fancy art gallery in Paris where the boys get thrown out.
- City of God - Difference between the slums and the city.
- Chicken run symbolises the poverty and the thirst to leave to a better place.
- Binary oppositions - beach, adds calmness for a minimal amount of time.
- Making the kids shoot each other.
Conclusion - how poverty causes crime and how it makes segregation between poor and powerful.
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