2.
- films focusing on the struggle between
a community and the ruling power
structures
- films concerned with ‘living with
crime’ (extending the FM2 British
Cinema option)
3. Task: Watch the film trailers and make notes on the following areas. Be as detailed
as you can
o
o
Characters- some were represented as being gangsters and some were
shown trying to escape the crimes of the town
Plot- characters trying to escape and wanted to show who the gangsters
were
Themes- poverty, crime, conflict,
Setting- slums of Rio
How may the film address the issue of
The struggle between a community and the ruling power structures
‘living with crime’- children running away from crime and guns, people
struggling with living in their community
http://www.imdb.com/video/screenplay/vi1937440793/
4. Task: Watch the film trailers and make notes on the following areas. Be as detailed
as you can
o
o
Characters- one main character who was stuck in the crime culture,
which seems to be part of their everyday life
Plot- Follows a young youth and the audience follow him growing up
Themes- poverty, crime and conflict
Setting- slums, and a difference between city life
How may the film address the issue of
The struggle between a community and the ruling power structures
‘living with crime’- crime seems to be part of their culture and the
characters cannot escape
http://www.imdb.com/video/screenplay/vi1472332057/
5. Task: Create a mind map of the similarities and
differences you think the films pose?
You may wish to consider the following:
Issues
Themes
Location
Political / economic climate
Characters
values
6.
Similarities
The setting is similar between the two films
Guns= power
Poverty
The difference between city life and life in the slums
Victims
Differences
T- living with crime, COG- wants to escape
T is set in Africa, COG is set in Rio
7. In preparation for next lesson research into the
social and economic conditions of the Favelas
in Brazil and the Townships of
Johannesburg, South Africa.
History (how and why they were created
Residents (who lives there)
Living Conditions (work / crime / sanitation)
