Insights from the Cinematic World: boyz n the hood

Angela Bassett est une embassadrice pour l'UNICEF aux Etats-Unis

Angela Bassett

Angela Evelyn Bassett (born August 16, 1958) is an American actress. She has become well-known for her biographical film roles portraying real life women in African American culture, including singer Tina Turner in the motion picture What’s Love Got to Do with It, as well as Betty Shabazz in the films Malcolm X

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Singleton mentioned “the film industry is full of all sorts of progressive causes, but when it comes to hiring people of color, it betrays a huge gap between its ideals and actions”. By displaying racial representations as encoded social constructions of identity, John Singleton aims to throw into relief the real meaning of African American lifestyles and identities.

John Singleton

John Daniel Singleton (born January 6, 1968) is an American film director, writer, screenwriter, and producer. He is a native of South Los Angeles and claims that “early day-to-day experiences in the hood” formed his point of view in many of his films

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