Segregation in Films

Hi there!, as you know we`re seeing something about racism that the United States and South Africa have suffered. When I made the research for this topic, I couldn`t stop thinking the films that I`ve watched related with it. Now, I seen these movies with other eyes and I can understand them better. For that reason, I want to recommend you one of my favourite films called “Life”.

Life

It`s an American comedy-drama film (1999). It starts Eddy Murphy as Ray Gibson and Martin Lawrence as Claude Banks.

Plot: In 1932, two different young men are joined by curious circumstances which led them to be wrongly convicted of murder. They will have to spend the rest of their life for a crime they didn`t commit.

Despite this is a comedy film, it deals with racial segregation and homophobia issues in the United States during the 20^th century.

I know there are many other films that treat Apartheid better like “Mandela: Long walk to Freedom” (2013), “Invictus” (2009), etc. However, I haven`t recommend you because I haven`t watched them yet. They are more serious than “Life”, but sometimes it`s good to watch the same subject in different ways. To end up, I hope you can watch it. It`s available on Netflix. So, this is my little contribution to improve our understanding of this subject.

Life - Trailer