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Boyz 'N' The Hood

Boyz 'N' The Hood is a 1991 American neighbourhood drama set in America, Los Angeles. The film is based upon young black males growing up in a rough area which is surrounded by gangs, guns, violence, drugs and harrasment by the police. The film is mostly aimed at males of Black ethnicity. However, it can be enjoyed by many as it is reality and many could relate to the events that are brought up in the film. We can see that this is a film aimed at African American males by the facts stated in the trailer..'One out of Twenty-One Black American Males will be murdered in their lifetime'. This has immediately given the audience the plot of the film and what it will be based upon.






Trailer:

From the trailer and watching the film, there are many stereotypes and binary oppositions that could be brought up. To begin, when the trailer begins, there are only black Americans shown and no other races. They are then scenes of guns and violence which is associated with black people which live in tough neighbourhoods.

A clear binary opposition we see in the film is between the civilians and the law/police. We see that there is a clear disagreement between them and that civilians would rather handle things themselves as the police is corrupt and don't do their job as they should. 

Lastly, we can also see from the main characters of the film (Trey, Ricky and Dough Boy) that even though they try to do good it is very hard for them as there are many temptations and the only way they could cope is by fighting. Dough Boy becomes a clear product of his environment in the film and the film shows us what really happens in these tough areas when Ricky gets killed when he was trying to make something of his life.