Boyz N The Hood By John Singleton

The film Boyz N’ the hood follows the lives of a group of young African American men growing up in the hood where poverty, crime and violence are rampant. The three main characters are Darin (Dough boy), Ricky (Darin’s brother), and Tre. In this this film there are many schools of criminology’s that help explain the roots of the criminality portrayed.

Boyz in the Hood, a film written and directed by John Singleton presents a look into the lives of three young males living the Crenshaw ghetto of Los Angeles. The film focuses on the struggles which beset these young men as they try to build a life for themselves in this hostile environment. Presented are themes of family, racial discrimination violence among several others. However, what stands out is the role of the decent daddy played the character, Furious Styles.

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Keyshmarie lagares Surroundings have a major impact on one’s life. Such as Felicia Morgan’s life, she grew up in a horrendous neighborhood where killing often occurred and violence was a norm. According to the essay “The ghetto made me do it”, growing up Felicia was surrounded by violence. Felicia mother was a drug addict. She set Felicia’s father on fire and shot a boyfriend.

Straight Outta Compton is a 2015 drama film that was directed by Felix Gary Gary and produced by original N.W.A members Ice Cube and Dr. Dre, as well as many others. In 1987, five young men put their anger and frustration about life through music in one of the most dangerous places in America, Compton, California. Straight Outta Compton tells a story of how these young men stood up to authorities who tried to keep them down. In doing so, they formed the most dangerous group called N.W.A. They use their music to expose the truth about life growing up in the projects.

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John Singleton’s film, 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.

boys in the hood was a chronicle on the lives of a group of friends in thei pursuit to survive the rough streets of la in the 1990’s . the film dove into the systematic extermination of black in the rough neighborhoods. By asking the provactive questions like why s there a liquor store on every corner in the hood and not in Beverly hills and why nobody seemed to be paying attention to the genocide happening in the hood the directi=or john singleton highlights the racial discrimination that is still evident today in a way that not only enteratianied the verys but triogger and internal reflection within them The third film shown “ in the heat of the night “ tells the story of virgil tibbs a philedelphia police officer cauht in the wrong place at the wrong time. On his way back to philly from Mississippi he is arwssted without question and thrown head first into a high profile murder case.

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The movie “Boyz N’ the Hood” is a story centered on the issues that are seen in the urban areas of Los Angeles every day. Tre (the main character) is raised in a way that seems to be correct but he still ends up being a part of criminal activity. While watching this film in an academic setting it is easy to see the social and political reform messages that are being communicated to the audience. On the political side it is easy to see the race and ethnicity of the film maker while on the social side the audience can tell the filmmaker is spreading a message. All together “Boyz N’ the Hood” is a very good film that depicts the type of stuff that happens in the poorer parts of Los Angeles.

Marlon Riggs presented information on a culture not by research but by testimonials. Hearing testimonials from kids and those who are “in or from the ‘hood” adds a sense of truth and realness to the documentary. It makes it believable. This video is vital to the course because it allows the student to better understand oppression not only from white counterparts, but from fellow blacks as well. It shows the evolution, or the lack thereof, of African American

The film Boyz N the Hood is a story about life in South Central Los Angeles. The film was wrote and directed by John Singleton in 1991. I chose this movie because of its relevance to the course and how it reflects pop culture in that time period. The opening line in the movie “one out of every twenty-one Black American males will be murdered in their lifetime” really catches the audience attention (Nicolaides & Singleton, 1991). This movie goes into detail and shows the life of three young males living in the hood of Los Angeles battling a life surrounded by drugs, violence, and questions of race.

The film starts out with an African American man walking in the suburbs. He sees a car and is frightened. A person in a hood strangles him from behind and kidnaps him. This illustrates the fear African Americans have in a white society. The movie then fasts forwards to New York City and turns the focus on Chris who is a successful young photographer.

Boyz N the Hood was a powerful movie that came out in 1991. The writer and director John Singleton, is one of the top-grossing African American filmmaker. Who wanted to show the world the harsh reality of drugs abuse, racism, gangs, violence, and poverty that happens too often in African American communities, and other communities as well. This movie was shown to expose those harsh realities and how dangerous it is for people especially younger boys. It was to help spread awareness of what really happens in those community.