Film Review on Within our Gates and Body and Soul
This film entitled “Within Our Gates”, by Oscar Micheaux, illustrates many issues going on in America at the time. Racism is a big topic that is being displayed in this film as well as the injustice with white privilege. The topic of racism is shown through the lynching that takes place in this film of a black family that is completely innocent. White privilege is seen through nobody holding these white people accountable for these selfless acts of violence against other citizens. This film exposed just the regular everyday things that African American have to deal with such as lynching and everyday prejudice. This film was very graphic and because of this it allowed for a very serious theme. First seeing this film was very scary to me and I had to look away at times, but I couldn't look away at the same time. It has that hooked factor with many action scenes. the beginning, we first see a conflict where Sylvia is engaged to Co...