A2 Representation Black Hollywood
Objectives • View texts • Discuss and compare • Explore theory • Write analytical paragraph • Peer assess
Watch
Guess whose coming to dinner?
Discuss • What would you say was the ‘social context’ for the film?
• Is this ‘social context’ trapped historically?
• How does SHEP affect the
representation of African American’s in this film trailer?
Write
• Write a short paragraph exploring the issues of social context.
View In the Heat of the Night Mississippi Burning Watts riots 1968
Develop
• The 1960’s in the US was a time of great change.
• Can it be argued that Hollywood was leading that change?
View Rodney King Malcom X
Context
• What point is Spike Lee trying to
make in the opening of Malcolm X?