Context of Practice Presentation

My presentation for my dissertation was based on the question or investigation of ''How are Africans portrayed in movies and TV?

So far what I did over summer was watch these TV shows and movies, most of them were classic TV shows.

The books I have taken out have been mainly based on how africans are portrayed in Hollywood movies, the theories I felt ran through these books and movies was Identity, Post-colonialism, Racism and Politics. I was advised from the presentation to narrow down to at least one or two theories and also focus on what type of Africans, such as Caribbean, African-American, West Indian and British African. There are many different areas I could into but I think that it will be between African- American and British African. I can relate to these two as I have lived in both regions.

I thought that since most of the books I reading is relating to past films then why not look at the modern, present representation or stereotypical roles given to black characters. I will be focusing on the rise of web-series published on sites like Youtube, Vimeo and other video hosting sites. Popular web-series get picked up by TV stations which allows the small start-ups film groups to showcase different identities and scripts of black people. 

This is what my presentation was on so the next step is to create a literature search, start being more selective on the choice of books and preparing a gantt chart for the project.

Movies/Documentaries:

Free Angela and All Political Prisoners (documentary)

Malcolm X

42

Hidden Colours 1 & 2

Love Jones

Tyler Perry Films (Madea Films)

For Coloured Girls

Center Stage

Cotton Comes to Harlem

Hollywood & Pentagon

The Century of Self

TV:

The Cosby Show, One on One, My Wife and Kids, The Fresh Prince of Bel Air, Desmond, All of Us, The Parkers, Moesha, That’s So Raven, Different Strokes, Sleepy Hollow

Youtube Channels:

Black Media Entertainment, Inkspot Entertainment