My analysis for this assignment is to be conducted on the following. The representation of black's in film and how they are portrayed by Hollywood. The way masculinity is portrayed by men in film and femininity by women, the structure of Film Noir and its transformation into Film Neo-Noir, and how the physically and mentally impaired are portrayed in film.
Christopher Miller says "A systematic exclusion of black people from the production, distribution, and exhibition of film exists in Hollywood. This "system" is white America's continuing subversion of a whole race that has existed since the first slave was dragged from African soil and put to work on an American plantation. In these "politically correct" times the system is not an overt racist activity. Rather, it is more of a hidden political agenda that does not appear to exist when looked for. The system operates in all aspects of commercial American cinema and, thus, defines how blacks are portrayed on the screen which, in turn, defines how black audiences define themselves.…
