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Black on Black : Urban Youth Films and the Multicultural Audience by (A. Fisher): Dazed article: The Rebirth of The Hood Films. (T. Taylor): https://www.dazeddigital.com/artsandculture/article/25015/1/the-rebirth-of-the-hood-film The Construction of Black Male Identity in Black Action Films of the Nineties: https://www.jstor.org/stable/1225641?seq=1 THE GEOGRAPHY OF MELODRAMA, THE MELODRAMA OF GEOGRAPHY: THE ‘HOOD FILM’S SPATIAL PATHOS. (British Columbia FilmContinue reading “Bibliography”

While the hood films took over the film industry in the late 1980’s and early 1990’s, there is a lot of controversy in the topic of if these films helped catapult young juveniles into more trouble. While Hollywood saw financial gains through this genera, it just added to the already existing discomfort of the peopleContinue reading “Term Paper On The Hood Films Specifically New Jack City”

In New Jack City, there is a moment when Nino, who has made millions of dollars by selling cocaine to black people with drug issues who are homeless, stands in front of his huge movie screen while Scarface is playing claiming he would never make the mistakes he would make. This is symbolic for howContinue reading “New Jack City Review.”