| Abstrakt: |
In this article we look at three recent films--Native Son (2019, dir. Rashid Johnson, based on Richard Wright's 1940 novel), Widows (2018, dir. Steve McQueen, based on a 1983 TV series), and The Hate U Give (2018, dir. George Tillman Jr., based on a book by Angie Thomas)--by Black directors that showcase the interactions between Blacks and whites in an American urban milieu. We argue that the setting of two of these films--Native Son and Widows--in Chicago, with The Hate U Give being set in a fictional urban setting bearing a strong resemblance to the Windy City, serves to articulate the continuing racial divisions of American cities in the twenty-first century. The three films show that the fossilization of the divide between Black and white districts inevitably leads to outbreaks of racial violence. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
