Post colonialism

1) Read the excellent article exploring the different representations of black people in British film and TV from Media Magazine 42 (MM42 fromour Media Magazine archive - page 51)

2) List FIVE films, FIVE TV programmes and FIVE online-only productions that are discussed in the article.
Films:

Anuvahood
Adulthood
Kidulthood
Attack The Block
Sket
Ill Manors

Tv Shows:

Top Boy
Bullet Boy
Luther
55 Degrees North
Line OF Duty
Online Only:
Brothers WIth No Game
Venus Vs Mars
The Ryan Sisters
Meet The Adebanjos
All About The Mckenzies

3) Watch Destiny Ekaragha's clips above (more of her work is available onher website, including the short film The Park). To what extent can we apply Alvarado's and Fanon's theories to these films? Do they reinforce or subvert typical black stereotypes in British film and TV? Refer to specific scenes and events in the clips in answering this question and aim for at least 350 words.

In Tight Jeans, the characters are represented as if they are in gang activity.As the mise en scene of their customs has them in that type of clothing as they are wearing hoodies and the location is in an estate on the wall.This is from both Alvardo and Franz as they say in their theory are represented dangerously and decivilized.However as the conversation begins you can see their are not like that and another example in when the white person walks passed the characters look at him and through their facial expression it looks they want to rob or attack however the characters said: "blud how can you wear trousers that tight".This shows the characters are not violent but the one at the end far left is very funny in the clip.So this reinforces Alvarado theory of black people are represented to be humours characters such as being quirky and never been the main characters always the sidekick.In The Gone Too far trailer it represented the characters Alvarado’s theory by representing the black youth as what can be seen as dangerous. This is through the mise-en-scene, in further detail the clothing of the characters wearing what would be seen as stereotypical urban clothing, such as tracksuits which automatically gives the characters a street image. Also, the some others characters in the park being aggressive towards the man characters reinforces frants theory as they are represented in being decivilize.also the female characters is also represented this way as she is sly and wants to have a boy she does not even like.Another example of the typical stereotype being subverted is when the main character meets his brother. This brother, who has just arrived from Africa, has a typical African accent and this subverts the exotic and primitivize theories as the main character himself who’s a black British teenager doesn’t have an accent. Furthermore, a difference between the African brother and main character is seen through the choice of clothing: the African one wears suits and the main character wears a tracksuit. This creates humour for the African brother as he doesn’t adapt to British culture.